Bandits have on Wednesday attacked two villages in Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara, killing some people. The bandits attacked a mining site at Kuru-kuru village and also ambushed some people from the neighbouring Jarkuka village as they mobilised to bring help to Kuru-kuru. A witness, Sadi Musa, said scores of people were killed at […]
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Some gunmen early on Tuesday invaded the police station at Gegu village on Lokoja – Abuja road, killing two of the policemen on duty. Spokesperson for Kogi State Police Command, William Aya, told journalists in Lokoja, the state capital that the gunmen also injured one of the suspects in police cell. He said the corpses […]
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Ten persons have been confirmed killed by gunmen that invaded rural settlements in Daffo District of Bokkos Local Government, Plateau State, on Friday. Mr Danjuma Wabas, Councillor representing Daffo District told newsmen that the deceased, including five women, four men and an infant, have been buried. Many of the fear-stricken villagers had fled to some […]
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Thirty six people killed by gunmen in Birane Village in Zurmi Local Council of Zamfara State on Wednesday have been buried, amidst outrage in the social media that the tragedy was being downplayed and that there has been no official reaction. However, the Police Command in Zamfara admitted that 18 persons died in the attack, which […]
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Five heavily armed Gunmen have kidnapped a chieftain of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Musa Danbaba Saya-Saya in Kaduna State around 1,00 am Tuesday morning. The gunmen stormed Saya-Saya village in Ikara Local Government area of Kaduna State around where they forced their way into the residence Musa Danbaba Saya-Saya a former State Treasurer of PDP […]
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Not less than 21 people were reportedly killed in an attack on Omoku, a community in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni (ONELGA) local government area of Rivers state, on Monday. There are reports that the assailants were working for a former militant leader. Although Nnamdi Omoni, spokesman of the state police command, confirmed the attack, he could not give […]
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Four persons were killed and eight others injured in an attack by a lone gunman in Kaduna State. The killings occurred on Friday night around the Nindem village axis in Godogodo district, Jemaa local government area of the state. Colonel IK Ekpeyong, spokesman for Operation Safe Haven, who confirmed the incident in a statement, said […]
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Some armed persons on Tuesday night attacked the residence of the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu. The house, located within a farm owned by Mr. Magu in Karshi, a suburb of Abuja, was stormed by unidentified attackers at about 10 p.m. on Tuesday. The attackers subdued a police […]
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The Adamawa police command has confirmed the death of four of its men in a clash with gunmen in Numan local government area of the state. Othman Abubakar, the command spokesman, who confirmed the incident to NAN on Friday, said the four policemen from Numan divisional headquarters were on patrol when the incident occurred. Abubakar […]
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Residents of Mgbosimiri and AGIP axis in Port Harcourt the Rivers State capital were jolted from their sleep in the early hours of today following the invasion of their community by gunmen. The gunmen during the invasion killed 10 people, including a couple. The incident, which happened at about 4:00 a.m, caused panic in the […]
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