The Kano State Police Command said it had arrested a 57-year-old man, Tijjani Yahaya, for allegedly stabbing his 20-year-old brother, Aminu Mohammad, to death. This is contained in a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, DSP Abdullahi Haruna, in Kano on Sunday. He said that the incident occurred at […]
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Italian Police has arrested 19 suspected members of a Nigerian mob over mafia operations. Those arrested were identified as members and leaders of the clan, which reportedly punished anyone who rebelled against its operations. The police made the arrests in an operation called “Burning Flame,” coordinated in the Italian cities of Bologna and Turin. Over […]
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The leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has urged the leadership of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) to call its members who are violent to order. According to NAN, Samson Ayokunle, president of CAN, spoke at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday. He said herdsmen who are of the […]
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The Bayelsa State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the kidnap of Beauty Siasia, the mother of former Super Eagles coach Samson Siasia. In a statement on Monday, spokesman for Command, Asinim Butswat, said the octogenarian was abducted by gunmen at a village in Sagbama Local Government Area of the state. “On 15 […]
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Barely 24 hours after the murder of a female undergraduate in Ise Ekiti by gunmen, another male resident has been hacked to death in Orin Ekiti by gunmen. The public relations officer of the Ekiti State Police Command, Caleb Ikechukwu, who confirmed the development, told journalists in Ado Ekiti on Saturday that everything was being […]
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Zamfara, Borno and Katsina states record the highest number of victims as various security crisis killed not less than 310 Nigerians in May 2019. According to the report prepared by a media tracking group, Nigeria Mourns, the victims included 22 soldiers and seven policemen. The group stated that the breakdown revealed that the North-Western state […]
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Troops of 112 Task Force Battalion have destroyed Boko Haram camps along Kajeri village in Borno State. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the acting Director of Army Public Relations, Colonel Sagir Musa, said the operation was made possible following a collaboration with the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF). According to Musa, two women and […]
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Insurgents who attacked a military base in Gajiram, the local government headquarters of Nganzai in Borno State on Monday night, reportedly looted the armoury. Spokesperson of Operation Lafiya Dole, Colonel Ado Isa confirmed that the troops in Gajiram had an encounter with insurgents, however, he was yet to provide details at the time of this […]
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A report obtained by TheCable indicates that Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have killed four persons, including a soldier at Tanturon in Riyom local government area of Plateau state. A security source said the attackers suspected to be herdsmen burnt all the houses in the entire village. He said they struck around 1pm and that […]
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Confusion and panic surround residents of Ikorodu area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria as cultists are on the loose in the area, wiping out a family of three. It was gathered that the cultists struck at Ojuirowo area of Ikorodu and killed a family of three – father, mother and child on Friday morning. The cultists […]
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