Estimated Reading Time: 2Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle on Saturday said the state of insecurity in the state is worsening at an alarming rate. He made the remark after confirming the bandit attack on Kadawa village, Zurmi Local Government Area in a special broadcast on Democracy Day. According to the[Read More…]
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Democracy day event canceled in Zamfara as 53 persons killed #June12thProtest
Estimated Reading Time: 2At least 53 persons were killed in an attack by bandits on some villagers in Zamfara State leading to the cancellation of activities lined up for the Democracy Day celebration in the state. Scores of motorcycle-riding gunmen called bandits earlier on Thursday through Friday, invaded the villages[Read More…]
Buhari “express disappointment and sadness” as Governor Samuel Ortom, “makes a litany of accusations against his person”
Estimated Reading Time: 2The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Thursday said the President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed “disappointment and sadness” to hear the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, make a litany of accusations against his person and his government following the recent[Read More…]
Governor Wike sympathises with families of slain security officers
Estimated Reading Time: 1Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has sent his condolences to security agencies and families of the slain operatives. Mr Wike, in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Kelvin Ebiri, on Sunday condemned the killings and described it as barbaric and dastardly attack. “The Government[Read More…]
Biafra Militia allegedly kill 3 Hausa men in Orlu, Imo State
Estimated Reading Time: 1A pro-Biafra Militia group in Orlu town, has allegedly killed three Hausa men in Imo State according to reports early Sunday. The BBC Hausa Service, reported that the death of the three Hausa men amid other attacks from the Biafra militia group has plunged the Hausa community[Read More…]
Breaking: Chairman of the Miyetti Allah cattle breeders association has been shot dead
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association in Nasarawa State, Alhaji Mohammed Hussain, has been killed by suspected bandits. Hussain was murdered alongside the chairman of the association in Toto Local Government Area, Mohammed Umar, on Friday night. Police Public Relations Officer in Nasarawa, Ramham Nansel,[Read More…]
Breaking: 56 Houses burnt as terrorists attack 3 LGAs in Kaduna
Estimated Reading Time: 1Thirteen people have been killed and seven others injured by the terrorists during separate attacks in Zango Kataf, Chikun, and Kauru local government areas of Kaduna state. In a statement issued Friday by the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, the armed bandits killed[Read More…]
Breaking: Gunmen kill retired Police DIG Aghanya’s wife in Benue
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Benue Police Command has announced the assassination of Mrs Eunice Aghanya, wife of retired Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police, Mr Ibe Aghanya, in Makurdi, the Benue capital. The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Catherine Anene, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), that[Read More…]
Police officer kills Lagos trailer driver, 30-year-old Dada Bashir, in ‘Kill them all’ raid
Estimated Reading Time: 3Protesting Truck and trailer drivers in Akilo road, Ikeja Lagos State have Saturday, blocked the roads after a police officer shot a 30-year-old man dead during a raid. The protesting drivers of the Wahum company and Cocoa Industrial company told NewsWireNGR that operatives of the Lagos State[Read More…]
Bandits kill village head in Niger one week after abduction
Estimated Reading Time: 2Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed Mr Zakari Ya’u Idris, the Village Head of Madaka in Rafi Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State. The Chief of Staff to the Chairman of Rafi LGA, Mohammed Mohammed, confirmed the murder of the village head to Channels Television[Read More…]
