•Leader of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, Shettima Yerima The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum has condemned the brutal killing of some Northern travellers in Uromi, Edo State. The victims, mostly Hausa hunters, were on their way to Kano to celebrate the Sallah festivities when members of the Edo State Security Corps and local vigilantes in...
•Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State has ordered investigation into the killing of some hunters who were travelling for Sallah. A mob had intercepted the victims at Uromi, Esan North East Local Government Area of Edo State, reports Daily Trust. After ransacking their vehicle where dane guns used by [&h...
•A pregnant woman A man, identified as Wealth Nnamdi, has fled after he allegedly killed his pregnant fiancee, Osasu Isaac and her daughter, identified as Miracle, following a disagreement at Idiangbona Street of Ovbiogoe Community, Benin, Edo State. A neighbour of the couple, who pleaded anonymity, told our correspondent yesterday that Nnamdi...
•The suspect A 31-year-old Nigerian man, Adimabua Chukwuka, is facing a possible life sentence after being charged with the first-degree murder of a 60-year-old homeless man, Mario Ferreira, in Toronto, Canada. It was gathered yesterday that Chukwuka was arrested last Friday by the Toronto Police Service’s 52 Division following a tip from the ...
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has confirmed the killing of one of its personnel, Correctional Assistant, Shuaibu King David, during the jailbreak incident at Koton-Karfe custodial centre yesterday. “SCA Shuaibu King David, in the line of duty, bravely stood his ground in an effort to prevent the escape of inmates and protect the int...
•Deji Adeyanju A human rights lawyer and activist, Comrade Deji Adeyanju, has raised concerns over the killings of personnel and officers of Tantita Security Services Ltd, a private security firm dedicated to safeguarding Nigeria’s vital oil pipelines and critical infrastructure. Adeyanju, who spoke yesterday in Abuja, noted that these acts no...
•Protesters Protesters are on the rampage over the killing of three community guards in Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State, setting ablaze the council secretariat and palace of the traditional head of Naka, Ter Nagi, Chief Daniel Abomtse. The hotel belonging to Senator Titus Zam was allegedly torched by the rampaging protesters in ...
•Late Rev. Father Sylvester Okechukwu The U.S. Mission in Nigeria has said it is distressed by the “brutal and senseless” killing of Reverend Father Sylvester Okechukwu in Kaduna State. Okechukwu is reported to have been abducted from his residence by suspected bandits on Tuesday night and his corpse found on Wednesday. Before his demise, he [...
•Some of the attacked trucks Drivers and owners of trucks conveying goods from the North to the South East have protested against incessant killing of their members by suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). They staged the protest yesterday in Jos, Plateau State capital, decrying that many of their members had been [&hell...
•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...
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