By Boluwaji Obahopo – Lokoja A medical doctor, Dr. Solomon Nidiamaka working with General Hospital Ugwolawo, in Ofu Local Government area of Kogi State has been kidnapped by gunmen. Dr. Nidiamaka, it was gathered was forcefully taken away by the kidnapers around 8:30am from the hospital premises on Monday. A statement issued by the Kogi […]

Residents of Igangan in Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State, were on Friday night thrown into confusion as gunmen struck again, allegedly killed the Amotekun commander in the local government.

Gunmen kidnapped a traditional ruler, the Adogu of Eganyi in Ajaokuta Local Government Area of Kogi, Alhaji Mohammed Adembe, on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered in Lokoja on Wednesday that the traditional ruler was returning to his community from Okene, also in Kogi, when he was kidnapped. Confirming the incident, a police […]

INTERNATIONAL Christian Concern (ICC), a United States-based worldwide Christian group has learned that in the early hours of July 5, 2021, gunmen invaded Bethel Baptist High School, Damishi, in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria, and kidnapped 153 students.

Gunmen have kidnapped six workers of a ceramic company located at Itobe, Kogi. The Public Relations Officer of the Police Command in the State, DSP William Aya, told newsmen in Lokoja on Wednesday that the workers were kidnapped on June 29. Aya said that the workers were working at one of the mining sites of […]

Armed men believed to be kidnappers have abducted another traditional ruler in Ekiti, Oba Benjamin Oso, the Eleda of Eda Ile, in Ekiti East Local Government Area. A source told newsmen on Saturday in Ado Ekiti, that the traditional ruler was returning from farm with his wife  on Friday  when he was abducted but his […]

Gunmen on rampage have in the past two days, kidnapped no fewer than 40 persons in Kebbi, Ogun and Enugu states, killing two policemen in the process.

Barely twenty four hours a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak, was shot dead in Owerri, Imo state, a former Enugu State High Court Judge, Justice Stanley Nnaji, Sunday evening reportedly assassinated by a yet to be identified gunmen in Enugu. Confirming the report in a statement, the Enugu State Police Command could […]

…Suspected herders kill 4 villagers in Enugu …Gunmen shoot, stab bizman to death in Ibadan …Pregnant woman killed in Nasarawa …12 killed, many missing in Benue communities By  Peter Duru,  Peter Okutu, Ikechukwu Odu, Ola Ajayi & David Odama FIFTY four Nigerians were reportedly killed by suspected herdsmen and gunmen in different attacks carried out […]

Some residents of Kubwa, a satellite town in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Wednesday, expressed fears over kidnappings. A cross-section of people, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said the issue was becoming worrisome. A civil servant, Mr Fidelis Nwanchukwu, said Abuja was no longer safe as everybody now lived in […]