Gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, on Wednesday shot dead two people and also abducted two others at a farm in Awo Village in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun. One of the deceased was an area commander of Ogun security outfit, So-Safe Corps, identified as Saheed Ogunrinde. The...
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……..Condemns tragic killings in Benue, Plateau By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday expressed condolences on the loss of lives of two United States embassy officials and two Nigerian policemen accompanying them in an attack by gunmen in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State. “I...
By MARK JANG, Jos – More than 30 persons have been confirmed dead following an attack by gunmen in Bwoi District of Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Alfred Alabo, confirmed the incident in a statement on Tuesday. Alabo said the Commissioner...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Nasarawa State Police Command has commenced investigation into the murder of 15 persons at Tarkalafia and Kwaja villages in Karu Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Ramhan Nansel, disclosed this in a statement issued...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – A mass burial was held yesterday Saturday, for thirty eight (38) people including women and children killed by Fulani herdsmen in Takalafia and Gwanja rural communities of Karu Local Government Council of Nasarawa State The Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State, Dr. Emmanuel Akabe, who...
The youths of Atyap communities in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Tuesday trekked 12 kilometres from Samaru to Zonkwa, to protest the incessant killings in their communities. The youths in thousands, all dressed in black, trekked for about two hours while others came from different...
Some women in Farin Lamba community of Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau on Monday, staged a protest over alleged recent killings in the community. The women, who all appeared in black cloths, have also blocked the ever-busy Jos-Akwanga road, stopping vehicular movements on the highway. DCP Alfred...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – No fewer than 3 persons have been killed and over ten persons sustained various degrees of injuries following a bloody clash over fishing pond by two rival groups in Alingani Community in Lafia East Development Area of Nasarawa State.. Our correspondent gathered that the...
The Imo State Police Command has begun manhunt for the killers of five police officers and a couple at Okpala, in Ngor-Okpala Local Government Area of the state on Friday morning. The state’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Henry Okoye, who confirmed the incident, said the command’s Tactical and Operational...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Kaduna State Government has confirmed the killings of some citizens in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, stated this in a statement issued on Sunday in Kaduna. Aruwan said the military...
Rev.Fr Hyacinth Alia, the Benue Governor-elect has tasked security agencies to find the killers of 46 persons in Umogidi community of Entekpa-Adoka in Otukpo Local Government Area of the state. Alia said this when he spoke with newsmen on Friday in Abuja. He sympathised with the families of the...
Members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Imo, on Tuesday, staged a peaceful protest following the incessant attacks, killings and kidnapping by gunmen in the state. Their grievance was further heightened with the killing of Nnaemeka Ugboma, the Chairman, Customary Court, Ejemekwuru, in Oguta Local Government Area, on...
The Police Command in Osun said two people were killed during a clash between cult members in Oke Baale area of Osogbo. SP Yemisi Opalola, the command Spokesperson, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Osogbo that those killed were members of the cult groups involved...
There is panic in some communities in Ogun State, following the alleged threat of fresh attacks from suspected killer herdsmen. The communities are Asa, Agbon, Ibeku and Oja-Odan communities in the Yewa-North Local Government Area of the state. According to The Punch, the letter was reportedly written on Saturday....
Six youths were killed in cold blood by rival cult groups over the past one week in Ogwashi-Uku, Aniocha South LGA of Delta. The latest development followed the cold-blooded murder of Mr. Ekene Ekwenuya by suspected members of a cult group in the community, which sources said, triggered the...
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, the apex socio-cultural organisation of the Igbo people, has condemned killings in parts of Enugu and Ebonyi states. Chairman, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Council of Elders, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, condemned the killings while addressing newsmen in Owerri, on Thursday. Iwuanyanwu, an elder statesman, frowned at the “wanton destruction...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Thursday in Enugu expressed worries about renewed killings in the country. It said it would continue to engage governments at all levels to ensure that the killings were curtailed. CAN National President, Rev. Daniel Okoh, expressed the worries at the 31st General...
Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong has directed security agencies in the state to fish killers of people of the state without further delay. Lalong gave the directive in a statement by Dr Makut Macham, the Director of Press and Public Affairs to the governor on Wednesday in Jos. The...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the heinous killing of Eze Ignitus Asor, the traditional ruler of the Obudi-Agwa community in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo and others. President Buhari in a statement by his media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, on Tuesday in Abuja,...
Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom on Tuesday appeared to withdraw his support for the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar. Mr Ortom accused the PDP candidate of dishonoring him as Governor and working against the interest of Benue residents. His comments came after a group of...