Suspected herdsmen have killed 10 persons in Nandu -Gbok village, Sanga local government area of Kaduna state on Saturday. The gunmen also set at least 30 houses on fire. A source told newsmen that men armed with guns, machetes and sticks laid siege on the community around 4am. “We were woken up by heavy gunshots, […]
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The Katsina State Police Command has confirmed the killing of a police officer and abduction of three INEC ad-hoc staff during the governorship and state assembly election in the state. The police also announced the killing of a civil defence officer in a separate attack, while on election duty. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Gambo […]
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Gunmen killed at least eight Chadian UN peacekeepers in an attack Sunday, on one of their bases in northern Mali, multiple sources reported. The UN spokesman in Mali condemned what he described as a vile and cowardly attack and called for a “robust” response. “According to a new toll, still provisional, at least eight peacekeepers […]
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Unknown gunmen have killed five villagers in Barkin Ladi local government area of Plateau state in a late night ambush. Mathias Tyopev, spokesman of the state police command, said the incident happened on Wednesday at Pugu village. He said the gunmen attacked the villagers while they were returning from a birthday party at about 9pm. […]
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Gunmen who raided a government building in the Afghan capital killed at least 28 people – mostly government employees – and wounded more than 20 others. The attack was a seven-hour standoff with police that ended on Monday night, Afghan authorities said. Others killed included a policeman and three of the attackers who were shot […]
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Some armed men suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect have sacked Gudumbali town, the Local Government Headquarters of Guzamala Local Government Area of Borno State. According to Channels Television on Saturday, residents said the attackers looted food items and carted away with about five gun trucks. However, the Nigerian Army authorities have […]
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Some gunmen have kidnapped five Catholic nuns in Delta state. The nuns belong to the Order of the Missionary of Martha and Mary in Agbor. PUNCH reports that they were returning from a burial ceremony in the south-east when the gunmen kidnapped them at Railway Line near Agbor, Ika South local government area of Delta. The […]
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Gunmen have killed five persons at a mining site in Gana-Ropp village of Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau. DSP Terna Tyopev, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Police Command in the state, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Jos. “On Tuesday at about 12:30.p.m, we […]
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Hosea Akuchi, a pastor of a Baptist Church, Guguwa, Nasira, Igabi local government area of Kaduna state, was on Sunday killed while attempting to resist kidnappers. The suspected bandits, however, abducted Talatu, the deceased’s wife, after killing the clergyman. The incident was said to have occurred when the gunmen attacked the community. Witness said the […]
Continue ReadingThe Speaker, Zamfara House of Assembly, Alhaji Sanusi Rikiji, has said that 15 persons have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen on Saturday in Maradun Local Government Area of the state. Rikiji told newsmen in Gusau on Sunday in Gusau that the security situation in the state called for serious review. He recalled the ugly incidences […]
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