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The governorship primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party ended abruptly in the early hours of Wednesday when gunmen invaded the venue of the election, Lokoja Confluence Stadium.... Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2LhTHGN Get More Nigeria Political News

Tragedy struck in Takum Council Area of Taraba State yesterday as armed bandits attacked the family of five on their farm, killing a member of the family following various degrees of injuries he sustained from gunshots. The Guardian learned that the … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News...

Nigeria’s police in central state of Benue on Sunday confirmed the killing of 9 people in the early hours of Saturday at a burial in Tongov district of the state, Trend reports citing Xinhua. State police spokesperson Catherine Anene, who told reporters in Makurdi, the … Read more via...

More than one month after the abduction of Mummy Beauty Ogere Siasia, the mother of former Super Eagles coach, Samson, was kidnapped , her whereabouts remains unknown. Mummy Beauty, 76, was kidnapped alongside two of her relations, 65-year-old Florence Daunana, and her 17-year-old...

Daredevil armed men have abducted a pastor in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The pastor, who is in charge of Nagarta Baptist Church, Angwan Makiri, near Udawa in Chikun Local Government Area, was forcibly taken from his home about 1.30a.m., on Wednesday. This is coming Barely...

Armed robbers have attacked reverend sisters at Nativity Convent in Okwunga area of Ugbokolo, Okpokwu, Benue State. The attack on the convent came as the police in Gboko Local Government Area yesterday arrested a suspected notorious kidnapper, Chile Kama (32) and a kidnap kingpin, Mr. Terna...

KATSINA—Gunmen have attacked Ruma community in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State, kidnapped a 13-year-old boy, Uzairu Basiru; 12 women, killed one person, with five others sustaining injuries.... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2YKP5la Get More Nigeria Metro News

Gunmen have killed the resident pastor of the Living Faith Church, Romi New Extension, in Kaduna State, Jeremiah Omolara. The pastor’s wife, according to a source, was abducted. The incident was said to have taken place along Kaduna-Abuja Road while the pastor and the wife … Read more via...

A former chairman of the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Akoko-Edo branch, Alhaji Jimoh Olumoye, has been kidnapped on his way to farm by gunmen. He … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News – https://ift.tt/2GBKsyD Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of a director with the Sharia Court of Appeal in Kaduna. The police said the abductors also killed the victim’s son while carrying out the operation on July 24. The Command Public Relations Officer, Yakubu Sabo, a deputy … Read...

Three ladies traveling from Lagos State to Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital, were on Sunday reportedly abducted by gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen. The abducted ladies were identified as Okuboere, Seifefa and Amara, and the incident reportedly occurred at about 12p.m along the...

Gunmen have killed two soldiers and kidnapped an expatriate at a road construction site in Ukanafun Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The incident occurred Tuesday afternoon as the expatriate engineer working with Al Madal Construction Company was inspecting the construction of Ikot...

Two Chinese nationals working with a glass and aluminum company in Benin-city, Edo State capital, have been reportedly kidnapped by gunmen. It was also gathered that a policeman attached to them was killed during the kidnap operation.... Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2RT1o8h...

Seven suspected gunmen yesterday abducted Tsua Ibi, the immediate past special assistant on revenue matters to Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba State. Ibi was kidnapped by the gunmen in his house located at Tornengee village in Serkin-Kudu Ibi local government area of the state. His brother...

The Police Command in Katsina State has confirmed the abduction of Bature Mai’unguwa, the Village Head of Labo in Batsari Local Government Area, by unknown gunmen. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Gambo Isa, a superintendent of police, confirmed the abduction to journalists on...

Unidentified armed men ambushed a cargo truck that also carried passengers, killing 16 people on Tuesday in Macomia district in Mozambique’s northern province of Cabo Delgado, local media reported on Friday. Witnesses told the press that the attack occurred during the day when armed men came...

One person has been killed and 17 others abducted as gunmen raided communities in Kaduna State on Sunday. Some of the villages affected are Dankande and Dogon Dawa in Birnin Gwari local government area and Guguwa-Kwate village and Rigasa area in Igabi local government area of the state. In...

Three gunmen have stormed a five-star hotel in the restive Pakistani province of Balochistan, killing at least one person, officials say. The attack targeted the Pearl Continental Hotel in the strategic port city of Gwadar, the centrepiece of a multi-billion-dollar Chinese project..... Read...

LAFIA- Suspected gunmen in the early hours of Sunday attacked the residence of the Nasarawa State commissioner for higher education, Chief Clement Uhembe, and killed a 400 level student, Terlumum Hemba of the Federal University, Lafia. Police The incident is said to have taken place …...

Gunmen abduct Taraba female perm. sec. Uknown gunmen in the early hours of Sunday, abducted Mrs Suzzy Nathan, Permanent Secretary, Taraba Ministry of Water Resources, Jalingo from her home. The Police Public Relations Officer in Taraba, DSP David Misal, confirmed the incident to newsmen in...