The Police Command in Delta has confirmed the killing of two of its officers by gunmen, along Ugbolu-Illah road in Oshimili North Local Government Area of the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Mohammed Ali, confirmed the killing to newsmen on Tuesday in Asaba. He said that the police however killed two of the
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There was panic at Awo Omamma Community in Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State when gunmen invaded Afor Awo Market. At least, two persons were killed in the incident, which occurred around 4 pm on Wednesday. Another six sustained different degrees of gunshot wounds while several others sustained injuries from stampede as the
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Gunmen suspected to be cultists on Wednesday disrupted the National Identity Number (NIN) enrollment at the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) office in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Eyewitnesses told journalists that the seven-man gang wielded dangerous weapons and descended on one of the NIN applicants, collected his mobile phone, and collected monies from others before
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Two men travelling in a white Toyota Hilux vehicle with registration number Kogi BJK 527 AA have been killed in Imo State. Reports have it that the men were attacked by unknown gunmen, who shot several bullets into their vehicle, killing both the driver and the passenger. In a viral video shared on the internet,
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Gunmen on Sunday night abducted 20 people in two communities in Bosso and Munya local government areas of Niger State. Scores of others were also injured in the attack carried out in Maitumbi and Kuchi communities in the Bosso and Munya LGAs. The Chairman of Bosso LGA, Abubakar Gomna, who confirmed the incident to journalists
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Gunmen suspected to be assassins have killed Ishaku Gata, husband of the vice chairman of Kogi local government council of Kogi State, Hon. Hassana JB Ishaku. It was gathered that Gata and one other person identified as Joshua Jonah were shot dead by five gunmen in army uniform while returning from farm at Tanahu community.
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Three people have been confirmed dead after a gunmen attack in Madaka village of Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State. Among those killed is the leader of the vigilante group in Madaka, Isyaku Alhassan, his son Abdulhamid Isyaku and one other person whose name is yet to be ascertained as at the time of
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Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Saturday abducted the Edo State Head of Service (HoS), Anthony Okungbowa. Okungbowa’s driver was also killed by the gunmen who waylaid his car along Oza Road, Orhiomwon local government area of the state. An official of the Edo State government, who confirmed the incident to journalists, said the HoS
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Unknown gunmen on Friday abducted a monarch in Ankpa local government area of the state. The victim, Shuaibu Usman, who is the acting Eje of Ankpa, was abducted by the gunmen while entering a mosque in the area at about 5:30 a.m., on Friday. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Ayuba Ede, who confirmed the incident
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Unknown gunmen killed about 16 Kano indigene travellers on Wednesday along Abuja-Kaduna expressway while they were going back to Kano from a business trip. It was gathered that the 16, from Dambatta local government, were conveyed in a private vehicle and met their untimely death on the Abuja-Kaduna high way. Governor Abdullah Umar Ganduje while
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Unknown gunmen assassinated a female TV anchor and her driver in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar, officials said on Thursday. The journalist, Malalai Maiwand, and her driver were shot dead at 07:10 am local time (02:40 GMT) on their way to work in the provincial capital Jalalabad city, the provincial governor spokesperson, Ataullah Khogyani, said.
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‌The Police Command in Cross River State has confirmed the killing of an Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mr Egbe Edum, by gunmen in the early hours of Wednesday in Calabar. The command`s Public Relations Officer, DSP Irene Ugbo, confirmed the death in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Calabar. Ugbo said
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No fewer than four persons killed on Saturday by unknown gunmen suspected to be Jukun militias invaded Tor-Iorshaer community, Rafinkada ward in the Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State. It was gathered that the victims recently returned to their community based on the directives given to them by the state government. The gunmen, who
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Gunmen have kidnapped the wife of a lecturer in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Delta State University, Abraka, Dr Sunny Ojoboh. The victim, who is a staff of Erho Secondary School, Abraka, was kidnapped at her shop on old Eku-Abraka Road on Monday evening. The gunmen numbering about five, arrived at the victim’s
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Unknown gunmen on Monday raided the residence of security detail to the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, and took his wife and son away. The kidnappers were believed to have gone for the said aid to Atiku, whose name is not given but confirmed to be a police personnel, but took his wife and son
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