Gunmen abduct commissioner’s six-year-old son in Bayelsa
By Samuel Oyadongha Unknown gunmen have kidnapped the six-year-old son of Mr. Nengi Talbot, Bayelsa State Commissioner for Water Resources. Vanguard learned that the toddler, identified as Antonio, was abducted, on Sunday at about 10.30pm. The gunmen, numbering about six were said to have stormed the Opolo Commissioners Quarters’ residence of their target and whisked […]
Gunmen kidnap Benin Court of Appeal Judge Chioma Nwosu
The Police on Wednesday in Benin, confirmed the kidnap of Justice Chioma Nwosu of the Court Of Appeal, Benin Division. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the judge was kidnapped by gunmen in Benin, in the early hours of Wednesday. NAN also reports that the police orderly accompanying the judge, Insp. A. I. […]
Abductors of Ondo judge demand N50m ransom
Dayo Johnson – Akure Abductors of the judge of the Federal High Court in Akure, Ondo State, Justice Abdul Dogo, have opened a discussion with his wife and demanded N50million ransom. Justice Dogo was reportedly kidnapped with his driver on Tuesday at Ibilo/Isua Akoko axis, a border area between Ondo and Edo States. His police […]
Breaking: Judge in Akure kidnapped by gunmen
A judge of the Federal High Court, Akure, Justice Abdul Dogo, has been kidnapped by gunmen. Reports have it that Justice Dogo was abducted while he was returning to Akure from Abuja.
Nigeria Security Tracker 2019: October 1 to October 15
By Rasheed Sobowale Here are some cases of crime incidents reported by Vanguard since the beginning till 15th of the month of October in 2019. This is part of Vanguard’s Nigeria Security Tracker series summarising activities of Gunmen, Kidnappers, Bandits and Boko Harams across the nation. October 2: Gunmen kill Delta community chairman The Chairman […]
Judge gunned down in East Afghanistan’s province
Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a local judge in Afghanistan’s Eastern Paktia Province, a local TV reported on Saturday. The incident happened at midnight on Friday when a group of unknown armed men attacked Justice Lahore Khan, shooting him dead in the Ahmad Abad district’s Rud area of the province, 100 kilometres south of Kabul, […]
Robbers kill policeman, injure school head in Edo
GUNMEN suspected to be armed robbers have reportedly killed a police sergeant identified as Yusuf Igoche and injured a school principal who he was escorting but he has been rushed to the University of Benin teaching Hospital (UBTH).
Breaking: Two school children whisked away by gunmen in Delta
SUSPECTED gunmen have reportedly whisked away two school children from a private school (name withheld) at Izele-Asagba, Aniocha North Local Government Area, Delta State.
Gunmen allegedly attack group leader in Abia for leading protest
…Abia Government raises alarm By Ugochukwu Alaribe – Umuahia Unknown gunmen have attacked the leader of the women group who embarked on the protest over alleged bad roads in Aba, Abia state. Ogbauta, who is the leader of Women for Change Initiative and Equity Organization, alleged that she was attacked by a five man gang […]
Gunmen abduct NSCDC officer, two children, kill one in Kuje
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed one person and abducted a Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) officer, with his two children at Dafara community, in Kuje Area Council, FCT. The District Head of the community, Makeri Joseph, told newsmen in Kuje on Thursday that the incident happened around 12 0’ clock on […]
Gunmen storm another Kaduna school, abduct principal
Ben Agande – Kaduna Unknown gunmen again struck at a Government Technical Secondary School in Maraban Kajuru, a community in Kajuru local government area of Kaduna State and abducted the principal of the school. The attack came exactly one week after another set of gunmen abducted six female students and two teachers at Engravers Academy […]
Gunmen kill man, 28, in Port Harcourt
A 28-year-old man, Mr. Osaja George was murdered by unknown gunmen in one Saheed Ogunlesi’s apartment at 26 Okusu Street, Diobu Mile 1, Porthacourt, Rivers State, on the 26th of September, 2019. Vanguard gathered that the late Mr. Osaja George was a close friend who lived with Mr. Saheed Ogunlesi. Investigations revealed that Mr. Saheed […]
Gunmen kill one, abduct four in Kaduna
Ben Agande – Kaduna Five days after gunmen abducted six students and two staff of the Engravers Academy in Kaduna, gunmen on Monday killed one person and abducted four others at Angwan Barau in Chikun local government area of the state. Also, the abductors of the students and their teachers have reportedly increased their ransom […]
Again, gunmen kill one, abduct 4 in Kaduna
Five days after gunmen kidnapped six students and two staff of the Engravers Academy in Kaduna, gunmen again killed one person and abducted four others in Angwan Barau in Chikun local government Area of the state.
Just in: Gunmen abduct six people in Adamawa
Gunmen on Saturday kidnapped six people at Gurin village in the Fufore/Gurin Local Government Area of Adamawa in Nigeria’s insurgency-wracked North-East.
Gunmen kill butchers’ chairman in Bayelsa
Emem Idio – Yenagoa SUSPECTED gunmen have shot dead a chairman of the Butchers’ Association in Bayelsa State, Mr Chibuzor Nwachukwu. Vanguard gathered that Nwachukwu was killed at about 8:00 p.m. by his doorsteps at Ogilo Street, Yenagoa, while returning home on Sunday. Nwachukwu, 42, and a father of four, hailed from Nkanun in Enugu […]
