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Pandemonium erupted in Esa Oke, Obokun Local Council of Osun State, yesterday as seven police officers were allegedly shot by unidentified gunmen while responding to a distress call related to a chieftaincy dispute.
3 days ago
The death toll in Mangu, where suspected gunmen attacked the Lighilubang village in Bungha district of Mangu Local Government of Plateau State, has risen to seven. The village was attacked at midnight on Friday, January 31. Our correspondent gathered that a family was wiped out in the gruesome attack comprising the husband his wife and…
1 Feb
Gunmen in Syria have shot dead 10 people in a "massacre" in a village home to members of ousted president Bashar al-Assad's Alawite minority, a war monitor said on Saturday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Friday's attack killed "10 citizens in Arzah village in the northern Hama countryside, which is inhabited by citizens…
29 Jan
Gunmen suspected to be terrorists have attacked the private residence of the Executive Chairman of Malumfashi Local Government Area (LGA), Katsina State, Matazu Deyi, killing his security aide. The Guardian gathered from reliable sources that the incident occurred late Tuesday night and led to the killing of a police corporal attached to the LG boss,…
26 Jan
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’…
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