Gunmen attack Benin police post near Burkina border
An armed group attacked a police post in northern Benin near the frontier with Burkina Faso, where several jihadist groups operate, leaving at one officer wounded, police and residents said on Sunday. It was the first such assault against security forces in Benin which borders three West African countries battling a growing jihadist insurgency. Around […]
Herdsmen exchange fire with policemen during rescue operation
*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 […]
Gunmen kill one, kidnap house wife, her one year daughter
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 […]
Gunmen kidnap monarch’s wife, children, demand N60m ransom
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 […]
Buhari calls ex-president, Jonathan, over gunmen attack on his home
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 […]
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 […]
