A car bomb exploded near the Somali parliament Saturday, killing eight people, emergency workers said, hours after militia executed nine civilians from a clan with suspected links to the Islamist Al-Shabaab. "We have confirmed eight people killed and 16 others wounded in the blast," the private Aamin Ambulance service said. A second blast on a…

A renowned film maker and media practitioner Salisu Muazu, has been abducted by some armed men on Thursday evening on Kaduna-Jos road. Confirming the incidence to NAN on Friday, the elder brother of the victim who is also a film maker, Sani Muazu, said they were travelling together with two other persons at the time…

Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers in the early hours of Sunday invaded the residence of the Nasarawa State Commissioner for Higher Education, Chief Clement Uhembe, and killed a 400-level student of the Federal University, Lafia, Terlumum Hemba. The incident occurred at Kaduna Koro area, a suburb of Lafia, the state capital, along the Lafia-Makurdi…

Unknown gunmen in the early hours of yesterday captured the Permanent Secretary, Taraba Ministry of Water Resources, Mrs. Suzzy Nathan, from her Jalingo home. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the state command, DSP David Misal, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), confirmed the development to newsmen in the capital He said…

The gunmen, who allegedly murdered Chief Anthony Igboka, President General of Nimo Town in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra, have been arrested, says Gov. Willie Obiano. The governor made the disclosure on Sunday at St Williams Catholic Church, Nkwelle Ezunaka, during a thanksgiving mass for the family of Prof. Greg Nwakoby, Vice Chancellor of…

Gunmen abducted two Chinese nationals, Sun Zhixin and Wang Quing Hu yesterday in Ebonyi State. Confirming the incident, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Odah Loveth, said the two kidnapped Chinese, both male, are staff of Tongyi Construction Company working on a road project in Ohaozara Local Government area of the state. She said…

A bursary of the Akure Anglican Church Diocese in Ondo State, Mr. Gabriel Abiodun, has been shot dead by suspected gunmen. Abiodun was killed by the gunmen, who were said to have followed him after leaving the banking premises of one of the new generation banks in Akure, the state capital, where he went to…

This year’s edition of the annual Dankwo fishing festival in Lokoja ended abruptly on Saturday when gunmen opened fire on participants.

The police in Kebbi are investigating the murder of a housewife and her three year-old daughter in Dole Kaina village of Dandi local government area of the state.

The Kaduna State Police Command yesterday confirmed the abduction of a Catholic priest, Reverend Father John Bako Shekwolo by gunmen at his residence in Ankuwa village, Kachia Local Government Area of the state. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Yakubu Sabo, disclosed in a statement that he received information from the police unit in Kachia…

Dr George Abang-Ekpungu, the former Commissioner for New Cities Development in Cross River escaped attacks by gunmen suspected to be hired killers on Sunday night. Abang-Ekpungu, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Calabar, said the incident took place in his country home in Kakwagom community in Boki local government…

Gunmen yesterday freed 14 of the 18 kidnapped National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), who served as ad hoc staff in the weekend’s presidential and federal legislative elections in Akwa Ibom State. According to the breakdown, 10 were abducted in Abak, four in Itu and another four in Ikono, just as two others were mistakenly arrested…