Four Nigerian emergency agency workers were kidnapped on Wednesday as they returned from an assignment in oil-rich Rivers State in southern Nigeria, security sources said.
Three men and a woman from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) were snatched, the source said....
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Scores of students of the College of Education (COE) Katsina-Ala in Katsina-Ala local government area of Benue have continued to flee the area in large numbers following the outbreak of hostilities by suspected armed local militants.
The militants have visited mayhem on communities in the area...
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Kidnappers, who abducted three persons from Kajuru castle, a holiday resort in Kujuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State at the weekend, have demanded N60 million ransom in order to release the captives.
Security sources in Kajuru said the kidnappers made the demand yesterday evening...
One of the two tourists killed by gunmen in Kaduna State has been identified to be a British national.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr Yakubu Sabo, confirmed this to Channels Television on Sunday. He, however, said efforts were ongoing to ensure those kidnapped …
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Eleven persons were reportedly killed and many unaccounted for in a Good Friday attack by gunmen on worshippers returning from church at Tse-Aye and Tse-Ngibo, Ikurav Tiev in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State.
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Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed two persons and abducted three others in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
The state police command spokesman, DSP Yakubu Sabo, who confirmed the incident in a statement, said the gunmen who were armed with dangerous weapons invaded the...
Eighteen people were abducted yesterday by gunmen in different locations in Kogi State, worsening the state of insecurity in the Confluence State.
While 14 passengers travelling in a commercial bus were abducted by suspected kidnappers along Lokoja-Kabba road, four persons were kidnapped...
A pregnant woman and a newborn are among the 16 people killed in an attack on Numa village, Akwanga local government area of Nasarawa state, on Sunday.
Philip Gyunka, senator representing Nasarawa north, disclosed this to reporters on Monday, saying the gunmen struck during a naming ceremony...
A resident of Numan-Chuko in Akwanga Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Maiwuya Bahago, on Monday narrated how she lost a pregnant daughter and three other children to suspected herdsmen attack.
Bahago said the unfortunate incident occurred on Sunday, when her children were attending …...
Not fewer than thirty-three persons have been reported killed in three Local Government Areas of Katsina State.
Eleven out of the thirty-three killed were armed bandits killed by villagers....
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Gunmen attacking a village Many people have been feared dead as bandits attacked Sabuwa Local Government Area of Katsina state and destroyed houses and other properties.
Katsina Police Command’s spokesperson, SP Gambo Isah who confirmed the incident in a phone interview, with Channels TV put...
The Kaduna state police command, on Tuesday, confirmed that no fewer than twenty one people were killed in Banono and Anguwan Aku remote villages in Kufana district of Kajuru local government area of the state.
Confirming the incident which took place on monday, DSP Yakubu A. Sabo...
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The refusal of the gunmen who kidnapped the acting director of Lagos State Fire Service, Rasak Musibau and six others, to …
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Lagos State Fire Service Director, Mr. Rasaki Musibau, and six others have been abducted on Itokin- Epe Road, Ikorodu area.
Musibau and other victims were abducted on Saturday about 8p.m. on Iwoye Bridge, Itokin-Epe Road, Ikorodu. The state Commissioner of Police, Zubairu Muazu, on receiving...
Suspected bandits have burnt down a police station at Kakangi village, Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna state, killing two policemen.
TheCable learnt that the gunmen arrived the community on motorbikes around 5:00am and began shooting sporadically. A resident of the community, who...
Two brothers of the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in Zamfara State, Dauda Dare, have been abducted by gunmen.
The two brothers Yusuf, a staff of First Bank Plc and Abba, a graduate, were abducted in Gusau Zamfara state on Sunday. They are between 37- 39 …
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Looks – This year’s edition of the annual Dankwo fishing festival in Lokoja ended abruptly on Saturday when gunmen opened fire on participants.
The festival, which is an annual event organised by the Lokoja Traditional Council, was just about one hour underway when the gunmen …
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The Police in Kebbi are investigating the murder of a housewife and her three year-old daughter in Dole Kaina village of Dandi local government area of Kebbi State.
The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Nafiu Abubakar confirmed this to LEADERSHIP Friday yesterday in Birnin Kebbi. According...
There have been new incidents of kidnapping in Jos, Plateau state capital, with the victims being children between the ages of two and 10 years. Ahmad Salkida, journalist versed in security matters, dislosed this on Wednesday.
In a series of tweets, Salkida said unlike Zamfara state where the...
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Reverend Father John Bako Shekwolo, the Parish Priest of St. Theresa Catholic Church, Ankwa Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State, has been abducted.
News of his abduction was disclosed by Revd Fr. Daniel Kyon, the Chancellor of Kaduna Archdiocese, via a statement issued in Kaduna on...
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