•Gunmen Gunmen believed to be kidnappers attacked a commercial vehicle belonging to Benue Links, the state-owned transport company. About 17 candidates travelling to Otukpo for their examination centres in the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) are feared to have been abducted, although the exact number of victims remain...
•Gunmen The Oyo State Police Command today said that concerted efforts were on to ensure the safe return of a woman who was abducted in front of her house around the Bolumole area of Challenge in Ibadan. In a statement signed by its spokesman, DSP Olayinka Ayanlade, the incident occurred around 6 p.m. on Wednesday […]
•Gunmen Gunmen last night invaded Mbwelle village in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State and killed at least eight persons. Most of the victims were members of the same family, our correspondent gathered. Those killed included Elder Iliya Mangut Dakus, Mr Luck Titus Dakus, Mr Habila Istifanu Dakus, Mr Hassan Istifanus Dakus, Mrs Hass...
•Gunmen Suspected gunmen believed to be kidnappers have snatched a newborn from a 19-year-old mother in Kidnawi 2, Maraban Gurku, Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The community, situated about 18 kilometres from the Presidential Villa in Abuja, was rocked by the incident on Saturday night, reports The Guardian. The mother, Aisha, ...
•Bandits There was tension in Anguwan Rukuba, in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State, following a deadly shooting incident yesterday evening. It was learnt that unidentified gunmen, reportedly riding on a motorcycle, shot and killed an unspecified number of youths in the area, reports Channels TV. A resident, who spoke to our corr...
•Yusuf Falke Yusuf Falke, the uncle of 26-year-old Uwaisu Sunusi, talks about the killing of his nephew while he was travelling to a market, the painful search for his body, and the family’s call for justice, reports Saturday PUNCH. Excerpts: What is your relationship with the late Uwaisu Sunusi? I’m an uncle to Uwaisu Sunusi, […]
•Gunmen The Ondo State Police Command today confirmed the attack and murder of a farmer along Agunla Farm Road, Ayede-Ogbese in Akure North Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s spokesperson, DSP Abayomi Jimoh, who confirmed the incident to newsmen, said the case was reported at approximately 9:30 p.m. yesterday by a concerned citi...
•Protest Residents of Ondo State blocked the Akure-Owo Expressway for hours in protest against the kidnapping of no fewer than five worshippers during a vigil at Celestial Church of Christ in Uso community, Owo Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday night. The assailants reportedly stormed the church located along the Akure–Owo Expressw...
•Gunmen Gunmen, in the early hours of today, abducted five worshippers at a church in Uso, Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State. It was gathered that the armed men stormed the church, a branch of the Celestial Church of Christ, at about 1:00 a.m. while a service was ongoing, abducted the worshippers and took […]
•Olumide Akpata and Peter Obi A chieftain of the African Democratic Party (ADC), Peter Obi, has criticised the All Progressives Congress (APC) government after an attack by suspected gunmen. Gunmen suspected to be political thugs attacked some chieftains of the ADC at the residence of the erstwhile APC National Chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun, in...

