Gunmen release Kidnapped Kaduna school students, teacher six weeks after
By Ibrahim HassanWuyo After collecting ransom in two tranches, the four JS-3 students and their teacher, have been released by their abductees. Those who regained freedom were the three female students, a female teacher and a male student. The victims were students and a teacher of Prince Academy, Damba Kasaya, in Kaduna According to a […]
Just in: Gunmen kill councilor in Bayelsa
Karma Agagowei, Councilor representing Ward 6 Sagbama Council Area of Bayelsa State, has died from gunshots he sustained while returning from a party congress in Yenagoa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Agagowei was attacked by gunmen along Opolo while returning from a People’s Democractic Party (PDP) ward congress on Saturday night. Agagowei […]
Gunmen kill serving PDP councilor in Bayelsa
By Emem Idio A serving Councilor representing Ward 6 in Sagbama Local Government Council of Bayelsa, Hon. Karma Agagowei, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen over the weekend. Agagowei, it was gathered was killed in Opolo, a suburb of the state capital while he was returning from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ward congress. READ […]
Gunmen storm church programme, kidnap Pastor in Gboko, demand N10million ransom
By Peter Duru, Makurdi Unknown armed men last night kidnapped the proprietor of Excel Grace Secondary School, Akaajime, Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State, Pastor Emmanuel Apeh during a church programme and whisked him away to an unknown destination. Vanguard learnt the armed men who took their victim on a motorbike had stormed the […]
Gunmen invade 2 Kaduna communities, kill two, abduct sick policeman
…CAN chair was saved by prayers By Ibrahim HassanWuyo The Mararaban Rido and Juji communities in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State were invaded by gunmen on Friday who killed two. In failed kidnap attempt, the gunmen killed the two persons in Juji, while in the attack on another neighboring community – Maraban Rido, […]
Gunmen kill son of Katsina LG former Chair, abduct ex-chair of neighbouring LG
By Andy Asemota Gunmen have killed a middle-aged son of former chairman of Musawa Local Government Area of Katsina State, identified as Bello Ilelah Musawa, and abducted his wife, Yusra. The incident, which occurred shortly before midnight last Monday at Musawa town, came on the heels of the abduction of the former chairman of neighbouring […]
Edo 2020: Gunmen attack council chairman’s residence during son’s birthday
By Ozioruva Aliu SUSPECTED gunmen Tuesday evening attacked the private residence of the chairman of Owan East local government area, Andrew Osigwe at Ihievbe. Osigwe said the gunmen attacked when members of his family were celebrating the birthday party of one of his sons. He accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of being responsible for […]
Gunmen kidnap 7 students, 1 female teacher in Kaduna
Gunmen have kidnapped seven students along with their female teacher from a secondary school in Kaduna state, killing a vigilante and vandalising a church, residents said Tuesday. The attackers on 20 motorcycles stormed Damba-Kasaya village Monday morning, shooting indiscriminately, they said. “The gunmen arrived around 8:00 am (0700 GMT) and went into the Prince Academy […]
Gunmen abduct JSS students in Kaduna, kill one
By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Final year students of Prince Academy, Kaduna, have been abducted by gunmen on Monday. Report had it that they invaded Damba-Kasaya community in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. One local was killed, as vigilante tried to pursue the gunmen in the bush. Journalists were told that the bandits on motorbikes stormed […]
Gunmen attack police station in Ibadan, kill police corporal
Tragedy struck on Friday evening as some unknown gunmen attacked the Ikolaba Police Station in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, leaving a police corporal on duty dead. It was gathered that the gunmen shot sporadically into the station as they came into the premises. The reason for the attack could, however, not be ascertained as […]
Gunmen abduct three women in Chikun near Kaduna
About 40 gunmen on Wednesday night struck at a community in Chikun local government area of Kaduna State where they abducted 3 ladies.
Gunmen abduct ex-commissioner’s children, NSCDC personnel in Zamfara
…Police rescues wives, daughter of slain lawmaker in Bauchi …Free kidnapped Syrian, arrest suspects in Lagos By Evelyn Usman & Charly Agwam Two sons of a former commissioner in Zamfara, Alhaji Bello Dankande, and two others, including a personnel of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, were yesterday abducted. This is coming on the […]
Gunmen killed over 100 Muslims in Southern Kaduna — Imams
The Council of Imams and Ulama (Islamic Clergy) in Kaduna state has accused the Nigerian media of being bias in their reportage about the killings in Southern Kaduna.
Killings: Gunmen are not spirits, expose them – CAN President tells El-Rufai
President, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Rev. Samson O. A. Ayokunle, has told Governor Nasiru Ahmed El-Rufai of Kaduna state to study how his predecessors ensured peace and harmony across Kaduna state.
Night of horror! ‘How gunmen killed five members of my family’
Residents of Apyioj, in Zangon Kataf area of Southern Kaduna state will never forget the night gunmen stormed their community, killing, maiming, burning and looting. It was as if they were watching a horror film but it was real.
‘Gunmen shoot Afghan negotiator’
A prominent women’s rights campaigner and member of the Afghan negotiating team that will hold talks with the Taliban, Fawzia Koofi, has been wounded in a gun attack near Kabul, officials said Saturday. Gunmen opened fire on Koofi and her sister on Friday when they were returning from a meeting to offer condolences in the […]
