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...
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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...
Unknown assailants have killed a 43-year old woman, Temitope Abolarin, at her residence in the Jikwoyi area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, leaving her family demanding justice. The incident occurred on Wednesday while the deceased was reportedly alone at home, with her husband and father away at work....
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...
Suspected terrorists have raided and killed three residents of Bali town, the headquarters of Bali Local Government Area of Taraba State. The attack also led to the abduction of an unspecified number of people through a nearby bush path by the suspected terrorists. Sources within the town disclosed that...
Angry natives on Monday set two suspected ritualists ablaze for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old girl to death in Ede-Oballa, Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State. An eyewitness from the community, who pleaded anonymity, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the incident had thrown the community into...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has condemned the gruesome murder of Madam Harira and her four innocent children by some “unknown gunmen” and demanded for justice . The President of CAN, His Eminence, Rev. Samson Ayokunle, who condemned the act in a statement...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria is in mourning over the senseless killings in Borno and Katsina states in the last 48 hours. In a statement issued by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, on Wednesday in Abuja, the president vowed that the perpetrators would be...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has given a marching order to security agencies to apprehend those who are responsible for the killing of innocent people in the South-Eastern part of the country. President Buhari also condemned the viral videos circulation of innocent people being killed, describing...
A federal lawmaker, Hon. Yusuf Gagdi (APC-Plateau) has called on the National Assembly to enact laws that will permit Nigerian to bear arms in oder to defend themselves. Hon Gagdi, representing Pankshin, Kanke and Kanam Federal Constituency of the state, made the call in an interview with journalists in...
A group of pastors under the umbrella of Interfaith Alliance have staged a peaceful protest against the incessant attacks and killings by bandits in Kaduna State. The protesters are asking the Federal Government to step up actions against banditry with the aim of wiping them out. The protest comes...