•Airstrike by Nigerian Air Force An army jet killed at least six civilians after mistakenly attacking them while pursuing gangs in northern Nigeria’s Katsina State, residents told our correspondent yesterday. It dropped a bomb on a cluster of huts on the outskirts of Zakka village in Safana district on Saturday, three residents said. The strik...
An eyewitness account of the explosion that rocked the Islamic school in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) yesterday, has said the bomb was brought to school by one of the students. The blast at the Sani Uthman Islamiyya School, Kuchibuyi Village, Bwari area council had claimed two lives and injured two persons, reports Channels TV. [&hellip...
Terrorists today planted a fresh set of explosives around Mai Lamba axis along Dansadau-Gusau road under the Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara state, killing travellers. Gory pictures seen by our correspondent showed victims of the blast lying lifeless by the roadside as passersby looked on in shock and despair, reports Channels TV. Reside...
•Niger Delta ex-militants A powerful grassroots group of freedom fighters and liberation ambassadors in the Niger Delta have threatened to shut down oil facilities if the courts order the seizure of allocations meant for the 23 local government councils in Rivers State. The group, Niger Delta DeÂvelopment Force (NDDF), that gave the warning at...
•Bomb explosion Two police operatives have been killed by an improvised explosive device detonated by unidentified gunmen in Uruagu, a community in Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The spokesman for the Anambra State Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga who confirmed the incident, said it occurred in the early hours of today w...
•Gunmen Some gunmen today set ablaze the Umunze Police Station in Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State and killed two policemen. The gang reportedly attacked the police facility with improvised explosives, shooting continuously, as fire gutted a part of the station, reports Daily Trust. It was learnt that two police operatives o...
•Gunmen Gunmen have attacked another police station with bombs in Anambra State with three operatives feared killed. The incident happened at Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area this morning with many policemen seriously injured, reports The Nation. But the police authorities claimed that only a Corporal was killed by the hoodlums. The se...
•An explosion At least 19 people were killed after an Improvised Explosive Device(IED) suspected to be planted by Boko Haram insurgents went off at a local joint in Kawuri village, Konduga Local government area of Borno State, yesterday. The incident happened three days after insurgents attacked a police station at Jakana town in the same [&he...
•Lagos Police PRO, SP Benjamin Hundeyin The Lagos State police comÂmand’s anti-bomb squad yesterday successfully deÂactivated an improvised exÂplosive device (IED) in the Ikeja area of the state. The incident was conÂfirmed by the state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin. He noted that the device was found wrapped in a bag and ...
•An explosion An explosion suspected to be a planted Improvised Explosive Device has exploded at the popular Buni Yadi market in Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State. A resident of Buni, Ali Hassan told our correspondent via telephone, that the incident happened at around 12.30 PM today, injuring a girl, reports Channels TV. The […...

