Estimated Reading Time: 2The Oyo State Police Command, has revealed that a freelance journalist, Titus Badejo, popularly called Ejanla, was shot dead on Saturday evening. According to a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer of the state command, Adewale Osifeso, Titus was shot dead in front of a club[Read More…]
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FGC Yauri Abductions: ‘About two weeks ago we heard that there were bandit movements’ – Governor Bagudu admits
Estimated Reading Time: 1Kebbi State Governor, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, on Friday said two weeks before bandits attacked Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, there was a report of bandits presence. The school wasn’t closed, instead a detachment of special Anti-terrorism Task Force was deployed to guard the school. Bagudu, made this[Read More…]
Police claim van used by bandits in evacuating abducted Kebbi school students belongs to a State Judge
Estimated Reading Time: 1A special adviser to the Kebbi State governor, Rabiu Kamba, has said a teacher and eight students out of those abducted by bandits on Thursday at the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State, have been rescued. Armed bandits, numbering about 150 on motorcycles, invaded the college[Read More…]
Defence Headquarters has said that the military has sustained onslaught against bandits
Estimated Reading Time: 2The Defence Headquarters has said that the military has sustained onslaught against bandits, kidnappers and other criminals by denying them freedom of action in the North West and North Central zones of the country. Brigadier General Bernard Onyeuko, Acting Director, Defence Media Operation, disclosed this yesterday in[Read More…]
Senator Ali Ndume says Maiduguri is safer than Abuja
Estimated Reading Time: 2Chairman of the Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, on Thursday said he is more at ease when visiting Maiduguri than Abuja, the nation’s capital. Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, is closer to Nigeria’s insurgency war in the North-East. The war has raged on for over[Read More…]
Akwa Ibom Police Command arrests General Overseer for killing his wife, a mother of five
Estimated Reading Time: 2Akwa Ibom Police Command has arrested a cleric, 49 for allegedly killing his wife, a mother of five, over infidelity claims. The clergyman, Ukachukwu Enoch Christopher, who is the founder of Omega World Global Ministry (Fellowship Church), reportedly committed the crime last week, but the corpse of[Read More…]
13 persons sustained various degrees of injuries as tanker explodes in Lagos
Estimated Reading Time: 1No fewer than 13 persons sustained various degrees of injuries on Thursday night following a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) tanker explosion at Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, opposite Sheraton Hotels and Towers, Ikeja. About 25 cars were destroyed as a result of the explosion, which occurred at about[Read More…]
Unidentified Gunmen have attacked a farmer in Ondo, killing his 2 sons
Estimated Reading Time: 1A farmer, identified as Dele, in Ajowa Akoko, Akoko North-West Local Government Area of Ondo State has been attacked by yet to be identified gunmen, who killed two of his children and kidnapped two others. NewsWireNGR gathered that the gunmen had invaded the town in the early[Read More…]
New Boko Haram video confirms leader Shekau’s death
Estimated Reading Time: 1A video from the Islamist terror group Boko Haram has been published, confirming the death of its leader, Abubakar Shekau. Last month, a rival faction ISWAP had claimed Shekau had been killed during a confrontation with its fighters. The Federal government have not commented on the claims.[Read More…]
Two Chinese Nationals kidnapped at a mining site in Taraba
Estimated Reading Time: 1Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed one person and kidnapped two Chinese individuals at a mining site at Arufu community in Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State. The incident was said to have taken place on Monday night. Mr David Misal, the Police Public Relations[Read More…]
