•Gunmen A farmer, Gabriel Vandefan, was beheaded yesterday by armed attackers while working on his farm in Uikpam village, Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. Locals said the community has recently come under threats from gunmen, forcing many residents to abandon their farms, reports Daily Trust. However, Vandefan reportedly risked retu...
•Bandits No fewer than 1,111 Nigerians were killed and another 276 persons abducted by non-state actors in the month of June, a report released by Beacon Security and Intelligence Limited has disclosed. According to Leadership, the report also revealed that June witnessed a notable de-escalation in overall security breaches compared to the mon...
•Gunmen An unspecified number of passengers were today abducted and some of them reportedly shot by criminals operating at Ezinnachi/Okigwe axis of the Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway. The incident, according to some passengers, occurred between 9:00 and 10:00 am as the gunmen blocked the highway and operated unchallenged, reports Vanguard. One...
•Gunmen Tragedy struck in Ogboji, Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State, as gunmen in two Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) stormed a meeting venue and opened fire, killing at least 19 people. According to eyewitnesses, the attackers targeted a gathering of individuals believed to be indigenes of Ebonyi State who were holding a meet...
•Police The Anambra State Police Command has activated rescue operations to apprehend the armed hoodlums involved in the abduction of a yet-to-be-identified resident in Awka, the state capital. The incident, it was gathered, occurred in the early hours of yesterday, when the victim was abducted near his residence by three armed men operating i...
•Gunmen The management of Benue State Transport Company, popularly known as Benue Links Nigeria Limited, has confirmed that one of its buses travelling from Abeokuta to Makurdi was intercepted by gunmen yesterday evening in Benue State. In a statement issued today by the company’s Information Officer, Johnson Daniel, the company said the attac...
•Truck Gunmen have killed two drivers and burnt their truck at Ogi Junction in Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State. Officials of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Imo State chapter, told our correspondent that the incident occurred around 10:30 am on Saturday, reports Daily Trust. Dahiru Musa, NURTW’s chairman in Okig...
•A gunmen and Pastor WF Kumuyi Gunmen have struck again in Ondo State, kidnapping three members of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry in the Akure North Local Government Area of the State. The incident was said to have occurred yesterday evening while the churchgoers were returning from a Bible study session in the Kasemola area […]
•Gunmen For the third time in seven days, gunmen have attacked Okoloke, an agrarian community in Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State, abducting four persons. The latest incident occurred in the early hours of yesterday when an unidentified number of armed men stormed the area, reports Channels TV. According to a local source, [&hell...
•Gunmen Tension gripped residents around Agulu and Nanka communities in the Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State, when some yet-to-be-identified assailants shot dead a lawyer and his client after a court session in the area. According to eyewitnesses in the area, the attackers carried out the brutal killings without facing any opposi...
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