A four-year-old girl, Esther Olisa, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen, in Akure, Ondo State capital. According to reports, Esther was abducted on Saturday night, in front of their house, around the Danjuma area, Oke-Aro in Akure South local government area of Ondo State. It was learnt that the girl was kidnapped around 8pm, shortly […]
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No fewer than 11 persons, mostly elderly women, have been kidnapped by gunmen at Shinfida Village in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State. They were abducted on their way to join other residents, who had earlier ran to a refugee camp for safety after their village came under attack by a group of gunmen, […]
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Suspected gunmen have reportedly attacked passersby in front of a Government Secondary School located in Kagoro, Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State. An eyewitness, who confirmed the incident, disclosed that the gunmen came on motorcycles and wreaked havoc on those they could sight. The source said six persons have been confirmed dead as a […]
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Gunmen have shot three soldiers and four vigilante members dead in a shootout in Mariga Local Government Area of Niger State. The security operatives were said to be on the trail of over 60 gunmen who abducted about 100 villagers in the early hours of Friday at Tungan Bako and Kawo communities in Rafi Local […]
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Gunmen numbering about 60 have invaded two villages in Tungan Bako and Kawo communities in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State and abducted 100 villagers. The incident had occurred on Thursday night when the gunmen, riding on over 30 motorcycles with two in each motorcycle and heavily armed, stormed the small farming communities at […]
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Gunmen have raided the office of indegenous newspaper, THISDAY, located at Utako district in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). According to the newspaper, the gunmen stormed the office at about 3am on Thursday. The armed men reportedly came in through the back fence of the company’s premises. Security men on duty said the criminals subjected […]
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Suspected gunmen Saturday evening killed four workers at a mining site in Dong village, Plateau State. According to reports the attackers stormed the village and shot dead the workers at the site. A woman was said to have escaped the onslaught by whiskers, but she is presently receiving treatment in the hospital. Similarly, the Plateau […]
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Passengers who had boarded a commercial bus heading to Lagos from Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, were on Tuesday abducted by unknown gunmen in Isiala Mbano, Imo State. It was gathered that the bus was intercepted by yet to be identified gunmen at Odo Rubber road in Obiohuru in the Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of […]
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Acho Ndukwe, the traditional ruler of Amagu Ihube, and Paul Ogbu, ruler of Ihitte Ihube in Imo state, have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen. The two communities are in Okigwe LGA of the state. The palaces of the two monarchs were set ablaze by the gunmen during the attack on Sunday. A youth leader in […]
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Five people, including two children, have been abducted by gunmen who attacked some homes in Suleja, Niger state. The gunmen raided Kwankwashe, a community located along Suleja-Madalla highway in Niger State. Suleja is about 30 minute’s drive to the federal capital territory (FCT). Daily Trust reported that the incident occurred in the early hours of […]
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