Alhaji Musa Umar, the district head of Daura has been kidnapped by four unidentified gunmen. The kidnappers stormed Umar’s Daura residence at 7pm on Wednesday and sporadically shot into the air, scaring the hell out of bystanders, who scampered for safety. Umar had just returned from the mosque where he took part in the evening […]
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Four senior staff of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen while another was shot on Tuesday evening in River State. According to PRNigeria, the incident took place while the officers were on official duties. The officers were in the state to conduct an enumeration exercise to determine the number […]
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Samuel Mashi, Chairman of Akwanga Local Government of Nasarawa State, said on Monday that gunmen have killed a newborn, a pregnant woman and 15 others in Numa village of the area on Sunday night. Mashi told newsmen in Akwanga that the gunmen attacked the community at about 10pm during a naming ceremony. “They just started […]
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No fewer than 25 suspected bandits have been killed in an operation carried out by Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in continuation of its campaign against banditry. The Air Force successfully attacked and destroyed a bandits’ logistics base at Ajia and Wonaka in Birnin Magaji Local Government Area of Zamfara. The attacks were carried out by […]
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Kidnapping incidents in Jos, Plateau state capital, has taken a new turn with the victims being children between the ages of two and 10 years. Ahmad Salkida, journalist versed in security matters, dislosed this on Wednesday. In a series of tweets, Salkida said unlike Zamfara state where the abductions occur mostly in the rural communities, […]
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The three men charged to court over the April 5, 2018, bank robbery in Offa, Kwara state, told a high court in Ilorin, Kwara capital, that the confessional statements admitting to the crime, were obtained under duress. The police charged Ayoade Akinnibosun, Ibikunle Ogunleye and Adeola Abraham with criminal conspiracy to rob the banks, murder […]
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The Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency (ADSEMA) says two suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers were killed on Sunday after a botched attack on Gulak, headquarters of Madagali Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. Dr Muhammed Suleiman, Executive Secretary of the agency disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola […]
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The Nigerian military has repelled Boko Haram attackers who made an attempt to infiltrate Maiduguri, the Borno capital today. Multiple bomb explosions and gun shots were heard between 5am and 6am. But calm has now been restored, according to tweets by some Nigerians in Maiduguri. The army has not issued a statement yet about the […]
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Unidentified Gunmen have abducted a twelve-year boy at staff quarters of the Hiegpang campus of Plateau State Polytechnic in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of the state. DSP Terna Tyopev, Spokesman of the Plateau Police Command, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Jos. According to Tyopev, the incident, […]
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Some men suspected to be herdsmen have killed 16 persons during an attack on Ebete community in Agatu local government area of Benue state. The herders were said to have attacked the community at 1am on Wednesday, opening fire on residents and setting houses ablaze. Adeyemi Yekini, force commander, Operation Whirl Stroke, an army task […]
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