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Gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, abducted a young lady in Garo town, Kabo Local Government Area of Kano State, after extorting a sum of N8 million from her family. The gunmen, numbering 10, were said to have invaded the sleeping community in Garo town in the early hours of Sunday, with sporadic gunshots. It was…
22 Jan
A doctor at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH) in Anambra has been kidnapped by gunmen at his residence in Anambra. The Guardian reports that the victim has been identified as Dr Collinus Onuigbo. He was abducted on Tuesday, a few days after Governor Chukwuma Soludo launched Operation Udo ga-achị, a joint security force…
19 Jan
A 40-year-old notorious cultist identified as Nasir Isiaka was killed by unknown gunmen in Owo, headquarters of the Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State, on Sunday. Isiaka was killed a few days after five people were killed in the ancient community during a cult-related clash, after which a curfew was imposed on the town.…
19 Jan
Tragedy struck yesterday when gunmen, suspected to be hired assassins, shot and killed the Shepherd-in-charge of a Celestial Church of Christ (CCC) in the Idiroko border town of Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State on Sunday morning. The deceased, identified as Yomi Adetula, was shot dead inside his church around 11 a.m. while preaching.…
17 Jan
The wife of retired Assistant Inspector General of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has been abducted from her residence in the Arepo area of Ogun State late Thursday night. The Ogun State Police Command confirmed the incident in a statement released on Friday. Reports indicate that the victim was attacked by four masked men as she…
17 Jan
Aten-man kidnapping gang has abducted five individuals, including a woman, her daughter, a visitor, and two men, in Odo-Eku community, Isin Local Council of Kwara State.
16 Jan
A final-year Higher National Diploma (HND) student of Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Ikot Osurua, identified as Prince, was shot dead yesterday by gunmen at his residence along Abuja Street in Ikot Osurua community.
10 Jan
Gunmen have killed about 30 people in the Charanci, Safana, Kurfi, and Kaita Local Government Areas of Katsina State. A source who pleaded anonymity in Barebari village in Safana local government area of the state said that 15 people died on the spot after the attack. He said, “Baure village is known as a bandits’…
9 Jan
Gunmen have reportedly abducted two Catholic nuns along Ufuma Road in the Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State. Secretary-General of the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Maria Ikeotuonye, confirmed the incident in a statement on Wednesday. She said the two nuns were on their way back from a vocational association meeting…
6 Jan
Gunmen allegedly led by a notorious bandit leader, Danisuhu have reportedly imposed a levy of N172.7 million on 25 villages in the Tsafe west area of Zamfara state. According to counter-insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, in a post on his official X account on Monday, the levies were accompanied by demands for in-kind contributions, including bags…
4 Jan
Gunmen have reportedly abducted Professor John Ebeh of the Department of Philosophy, Prince Abubakar Audu University, Anyigba (PAAU), Kogi State. According to an eyewitness, the gunmen, who are demanding a ransom of N10m, stormed the professor's residence in Agbeji, a suburb of Anyigba in Dekina Local Government Area, around 7pm on Thursday. A family source…
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