Three men of the Nigeria Police Force were reportedly killed along the Birnin-Gwari-Kaduna highway during an ambush by suspected bandits on Tuesday. The vehicle in which the deceased officers were in was also set ablaze, according to the Birnin-Gwari Vanguards for Security and Good Governance. The group said the incident occurred near Labi village in Birnin-Gwari […]
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Kidnappers of a senior official of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, identified as John Ihenacho, have killed him after collecting ransom. Ihenacho was said to have been abducted by his captors in Ndoki community in Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State last week It was learnt that the victim was later buried in […]
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Gunmen suspected to be members of a wanted militia gang leader, Terwase Akwaza, invaded Wankya settlement, Zaki-Biam town, Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State, killing two persons and abducted another. A source who spoke to The PUNCH said the killers invaded the area around 11.30pm on Saturday, with guns and broke into the homes of […]
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In a fresh attack of Nirnin Gwari-Funtua road, some gunmen abducted more than 25 people between Kiryoyi and Maganda villages of Birnin Gwari local government area or Kaduna state. According the natives, the suspected kidnappers stopped vehicles carrying passengers and ordered the people into the bush. Danladi Duniya, chairman of the National Union of Road […]
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A report by DailyTrust, says a fresh attack on Malikawa Village in Gidan Goga district of Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara state has led to death of about 30 persons. The gunmen were said to have attacked and killed five persons who had gone to work on their farms and twenty-five others who wanted to […]
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Gunmen have abducted 44 passengers along the Birnin-Gwari-Kaduna highway in Kaduna state. According to witnesses, the victims were kidnapped on two different occasions — Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning. The female victims were reportedly stripped before being taken inside the bush. In the Wednesday incident, 21 people said to be traveling in three Golf vehicles from […]
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Gunmen have shot dead Mr Ebikimi Okoringa, a newly appointed Special Adviser to Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa. A community leader, who preferred anonymity, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Yanagoa that Okoringa was shot on Monday by some assailants who laid ambush near his house in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area […]
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The Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed that 10 miners were killed by armed bandits in Birnin Gawri Local Government Area. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Austin Iwar, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Kaduna on Sunday. NAN reports that the 10 local miners were working […]
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The violence unleashed on Kpanche community in Bassa local government area of Kogi state in the early hours of Sunday has spread to two other communities with death toll jumping to 16. According to NAN, Khalid Bukar, the traditional ruler of Mozum community in the area, said the violence has spread to Ozugbe and Biroko, […]
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Two policemen and an official of the National Union Road Transport Workers (NURTW) have been shot dead in Ciki Da Falo, a village in Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna state. A resident disclosed that 15 people, including two brides, were abducted. The resident who preferred anonymity said the incident happened around 5pm on Thursday. […]
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