The Chief Provost of Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Imo State Command, Okiemute Mrere, has been murdered by gunmen. According to reports on Monday, Mrere, was assassinated on Saturday night on Owerri- Port Harcourt Road in Owerri. Sources at the NIS disclosed that the slain officer’s corpse was discovered in a bush on Sunday morning. Mrere, […]
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Residents of Umuahia, the Abia State capital, have been thrown into panic as unknown armed men stormed the area, shooting sporadically. According to reports traders and motorists in the area have taken to their heels with their wares to avoid being hit by bullets. As at the time of this report, it could not be […]
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One person has been confirmed killed following gun attacks by unknown gunmen in Ogbunabali community in Port Harcourt City Local Government Area of Rivers State. It was gathered that the sporadic shooting which happened on Friday lasted for an hour, leading to the death of a man identified as Obinna Chima Nwogbu. Chima-Nwogbu who hailed […]
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Some gunmen have reportedly abducted 40 Muslim worshippers, including women and children, from a mosque in Jibiya town of Katsina State. According to reports, the worshippers were kidnapped while observing Tahajud, a midnight prayer during Ramadan. The assailants were said to have struck around 2 am in the early hours of Monday, whisking away 47 […]
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Some Gunmen suspected to be bandits have kidnapped two nurses in Idon General Hospital of Kajuru local government area of Kaduna State in the early hours of Thursday. The medical director of the hospital, Dr. Shingyu Shamnom, who confirmed the incident, disclosed that the bandits stormed the general hospital through the fence with deadly weapons. According to […]
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Just two days after gunmen killed one person at Ikyaior village in Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State, gunmen on Wednesday night killed four persons in separate attacks in the area. A resident, Msuuve Aondoakaa, told newsmen on the phone that gunmen numbering about 20 invaded Tor-Iorshagher village about 9:30 pm, killing one person […]
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Some gunmen have reportedly attacked a commercial Bank and the Iseele-Uku Police Station, in Issele-Uku Community, Delta State. The gunmen also killed a police Inspector, a member of the Anioma Security Watch vigilante and a civilian during the robbery operations. The hoodlums during the attacks, used dynamites to destroy the security doors of the banking […]
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Some members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) were abducted in Kaduna Friday evening. The gunmen are suspected to be bandits who have been terrorizing the Northwest region. Head, Media and Public Relations of RCCG, Pastor Olaitan Olubiyi, confirmed the abduction to Tribune. The spokesman said the kidnappers were yet to contact the […]
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Some yet to be identified gunmen have shot and killed Isreal Adeusi, the Olufon of Ifon in Ose local government area of Ondo state. It was gathered that the monarch attended the monthly meeting of the state Council of Obas in Akure, and was returning to his domain, when he was attacked. It was learnt […]
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Gunmen killed at least 34 people in a “gruesome” attack on a passenger bus in western Ethiopia, a part of the country that has recently seen a spate of deadly assaults on civilians, the national human rights body said Sunday. The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said in a statement that “the estimated number of […]
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