US condemns killing of Plateau pastor’s family, demands justice
"The United States strongly condemns the horrific killing of members of Rev. Ezekiel Dachomo's family in Plateau State, Nigeria. The continued violence targeting Christian communities and other vulnerable populations in Nigeria's Middle Belt is deeply alarming," the bureau said.
Late night inferno razes cars in Lagos
By Olasunkanmi Akoni Tragedy struck on Wednesday night in Lagos when a raging fire, which broke out at Okeowo Somorin Street, Ifako, Gbagada, destroyed buildings and cars worth several millions of naira. The incident, according to an eyewitness, happened at about 8p.m., adding that there was no loss of life. Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management […]
Survivors of Borno rice fields massacre recount a tale of horror
For several days, the killers lived peaceably among their future victims, sharing their dormitories and eating their food. Then, on Saturday afternoon, they took out their guns, rounded up the people like cattle and slaughtered them one by one. This was the nightmare recounted by survivors of a massacre that unfolded in the rice fields […]
Villagers in Niger retaliate bandits’ attack, kill one
By Wole Mosadomi – Minna Armed bandits on Monday hit a local Market in Dajal Market, Mangun village in Mashegu local government area of Niger state killing no fewer than four people. The villagers were however said to have killed one of the bandits in retaliation. Vanguard correspondent reliably gathered that the bandits had stormed […]
Suspected killers of Ondo monarch, 15 others arrested by Amotekun
***Places surveillance on Falae farm By Dayo Johnson – Akure Suspected killers of the Ondo first-class monarch, the Olufon of lfon, Oba Isreal Adegoke Adeusi, have been arrested by the personnel of the state Security Network Agency codenamed “Amotekun Corps”. Also, the security outfit has arrested 15 other suspected criminals in different flashpoints across the […]
Shekau’s Boko Haram faction claims Borno farm massacre
The Boko Haram jihadist group on Tuesday claimed responsibility for a brutal massacre of farmworkers in Borno over the weekend as the death toll rose to 76. The grim search for bodies continues after gunmen on motorbikes attacked the area outside Borno state’s capital Maiduguri on Saturday, slaughtering dozens of labourers in rice fields near […]
