By Demola Akinyemi Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have kidnapped three indigenes of Obbo-Aiyegunle, Ekiti local government area of Kwara State who were travelling home for new year celebration. Vanguard gathered that the fourth victim reportedly escaped from the gunmen with very serious injuries. It was further gathered that the herdsmen have taken advantage of […]

  Gunmen have killed no fewer than 19 people in Tawari community in the Kogi Local Government Area of Kogi State, burning buildings, including the palace of the king of the community. The Public Relations Officer of the Kogi State Police Command, Mr Williams Anya, confirmed the development in an interview with the News Agency of […]

*Five female farmers rescued By Evelyn Usman Kidnappers, on Thursday, engaged a team of policemen in a gun battle in their bid to escape with six abducted farmers, all women, in farmland at Mata-Mulki village of Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State. The women were said to be picking groundnuts from their farm when […]

By Bashir Bello A stray bullet by unknown gunmen who stormed Jibia town in Katsina State has left one Ibrahim Usman dead. The gunmen who invaded the area on Sunday night shooting sporadically and resulting to the death of Usman also abducted a housewife, Asmau Tasiu alongside her one year baby, Husna Tasiu and one […]

The abductors of Olori Regina Akinrinmade, the wife of a monarch, Oba Rufus Akinrinmade, the Orunja of Odigbo kingdom and her two daughters, have demanded N60 million ransom for their release. Chief Olu Akinsawe, the Odofin of Odigbo kingdom confirmed this development to journalists on Tuesday in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. The […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru and Soni Daniel – Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday put a call to former President Goodluck Jonathan to sympathize with him following an attack by gunmen on his Otuoke, Bayelsa State country residence. In the telephone conversation, President Buhari expressed sadness over the “tragic and unfortunate attack,” during which a gallant […]

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 on Sunday night abducted the son of the Bayelsa State Commissioner for Water Resources, Mr. Nengi Talbot. The hoodlums stormed Taibot’s residence at the Commissioners’ Quarters in Yenagoa and took away his six-year-old son, Antonio. The spokesman of the state police command, Mr. Asinim Butswat, confirmed the incident to journalists on Monday. READ ALSO: Gunmen […]

Ike Uchechukwu – Calabar There was a pandemonium Saturday evening along Webber Street in Mayne Avenue area of Calabar, Cross River, when a heavily armed six-man gang robbed a popular soft drink depot in the area. Vanguard gathered that the gunmen stormed the depot at about 6:00 p.m. and carted away a huge amount of […]

Samuel Oyadongha  – Yenagoa Unidentified gunmen have reportedly attacked an Abuja -bound Bayelsa passenger bus along the Okene-Lokoja expressway in Kogi State, with 12 people abducted. One of the passengers was said to have escaped while two others sustained serious injuries The ill-fated bus, owned by De-prize Motors, a Yenagoa- based transport firm was travelling […]