Unknown gunmen attacked a community in Zango Kataf Local Government Area (LGA) of the Kaduna state, killing two persons and burning several houses, barely 24 hours after Southern Kaduna peace summit. The peace summit, organised by the National Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC) in collaboration with inter-faith groups, had at the end iin Kafanchan on Thursday called for immediate end to Read More
Panic has enveloped Asaba, Delta state capital following the persistent cult war that has claimed another eight young men as at Wednesday morning. It was gathered that the deceased who was simply identified as Nnamdi was murdered at stop Abortion junction by Isieke, Asaba. The deceased who was a staff of a Local Government, Oshimili South was shot multiple times Read More
The heat generated by the ongoing killings in Southern Kaduna, Kaduna state is far from abating as Governor Nasir El-Rufai said he doesn’t have time for criminal elements fomenting trouble in the area. The governor also declared that his administration would not appease trouble-makers seeking attention to get money into their accounts from both the government and foreign institutions. El-Rufai Read More
Unknown gunmen have reportedly killed 22 people in a fresh attack on four communities in Atyap Chiefdom, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna state in the late hours of Wednesday and early Thursday. There is currently 24 hours curfew in Zangon Kataf, Kaura, Kauru and Jema’a LGA in the Southern Kaduna senatorial zone to stem the spate of Read More
Unknown gunmen have reportedly killed 20 people following attacks on Chibuak and Kigudu II communities in Kauru Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna state. The two villages were reportedly attacked consecutively on Thursday and Friday at midnight, while some of the villagers are said to be missing. The bandits were said to have launched yet another attack on Saturday in Read More
The Taraba state police command on Monday confirmed that the former Senator who represented Taraba North in the National Assembly, Senator Zik Sunday, was kidnapped by unknown gunmen. The Taraba state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) DSP Joseph Misal while briefing newsmen at the command headquarters in Jalingo said the Senator was kidnapped in his home in Karim Lamido, the Read More
Unknown gunmen have reportedly killed 20 people following attacks on Chibuak and Kigudu II communities in Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna state. The two villages were reportedly attacked consecutively on Thursday and Friday at midnight, while some of the villagers are said to be missing. The bandits were said to have launched yet another attack on Saturday in Kigudu Read More
Unknown gunmen struck and killed two Nigerian Naval officers along Abuja-Lokoja highway. The ugly incident happened just few days after suspected bandits killed a Nigerian Army officer, GSM Abubakar, along the same road. No official statement has been made by the any of the country’s security outfit as at the time of filling this report. Details loading…
Officers of the FCT Police Command are on the heels of gunmen who attacked Yambabu Community in Kwali area council on Saturday.A press statement by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Anjugiri Manzah, Sunday in Abuja, said: “The FCT Police Command has launched on operation to rescue so.e person s who were abducted by unknown gunmen from Yambabu Community Read More
Anambra state born journalist, Barr. Matthew Onwuasoanya, aged 49 has been declared missing for 18 days after he was allegedly kidnapped from home by unknown gunmen.Onwuasoanya, a private lawyer, who practices journalism with the state-owned National Light newspapers, was last seen on May 30, 2020, according to a statement signed by the state Council Chairman, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Read More
Unknown gunmen on Wednesday between the hours of 12 pm to 1 pm killed two people and kidnapped many along Lokoja -Abuja highways. Among those killed was Nicholas Ofordile, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of a popular Chucks supermarket located at the post office area in Lokoja, the Kogi state capital. Ofodile met his untimely death when there Read More
Chairman Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Nasarawa state, Bishop Joseph Masin, has been kidnapped. Immediate past Secretary of the association Elder Yohanna Samari revealed this to Blueprint in a telephone interview in Lafia, the state capital. He said unknown gunmen stormed the resident of the CAN Chairman at Bukan Sidi in Lafia and whisked him away to an unknown Read More
The abducted second class traditional ruler in Nasarawa state Abdullahi Magaji has regained freedom from his abductors. The monarch was kidnapped by unknown gunmen in his palace last Thursday to unknown destination. As at the time of filling this report, Blueprint was unable to ascertain if ransom was eventually paid before the monarch’ s release. The abductors had requested for Read More
Kidnappers of a second class traditional ruler in Nasarawa state Abdullahi Magaji, the Oron Akye of Uga, have slashed their demand for ransom to N15 million. The abductors had on Saturday contacted his family and demanded a sum of N50 million ransom to secure the monarch’s release. Magaji was kidnapped by unknown gunmen in his palace in Uga to unknown destination on Thursday Read More
The International Press Centre (IPC) has demanded the immediate release of a reporter with the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), who was abducted by unknown gunmen in Kaduna. A statement by the Executive Director, IPC, Comrade Lanre Arogundade, also frowned at the arrest of a journalist in Ebonyi state, describing it as a renew assault on press freedom in the country. Read More
Unknown gunmen on Thursday struck in Kogi, and abducted Four officers the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) in Ajegwu, Ofu local government area. Reports say the officers to be heading to Makurdi, Benue state capital, for a promotion examination in an official vehicle before they were whisked away along the Itobe-Anyigba highway. Already, the State Police Public Relations Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday had a brief meeting with former President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.The meeting which lasted for about 10 minutes was held behind close-doors. There was official statement on why the former president visited the Presidential Villa. But sources said Jonathan’s visit was to thank Buhari for emphatising with him over attack on his Read More
A gang of unknown gunmen Tuesday stormed the Otuoke community of former President Godluck Jonathan, killing a soldier on guard at his courtyard in Ogbia local government area of Bayelsa state. But three of the hoodlums were however felled in the duel as they made effort to break into the house. Providing some insight into the attack, the former president said Read More
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has narrated how unknown armed men in the early hours of Tuesday launched attack near his country home in Otuoke, Bayelsa state. Jonathan who spoke through his media aide, Ikechukwu Eze, said he was not in his residence during the attack. The statement reads, “A security post stationed near the Otuoke residence of former President Dr Goodluck Ebele Read More
Three police operatives on patrol were on Tuesday killed in an ambush by unknown gunmen at Aboro Village along Fadan Karshi -Nimbia Forest, in Sanga local government area of Kaduna state, the Kaduna state Police Command has said. According to a statement signed by ASP Suleiman Abubakar on behalf of the Kaduna state Commissioner of Police, the policemen were on patrol when Read More
The Nigerian community in South Africa is in mourning following the killing of a Nigerian and injuring of two others by unknown gunmen. Mr Odefa Ikele, the National Spokesperson of Nigerian Union South Africa, made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. Ikele said the incident that led to the death of Mr. Chikamso Read More
Barely a week after six school girls and two teachers were abducted from Engravers College Kaduna, Government Technical College on Thursday suffered another blow, as the school principal was abducted by unknown gunmen. According to the Kaduna State Police Command, Mr Francis Maji was kidnapped in the early hours of Thursday at the premises of the boarding school, while concerted Read More
President of United Church of Christ in Nations, popularly known as Hekan, Reverend Amos Kiri, has urged Federal Government to take action against those hiding under religion to make Nigeria unsafe. Reverend Kiri lamented that Nigerians are no longer safe on their farms, on the roads and even in their homes, hence the need for government to be proactive in Read More
Unknown gunmen early Thursday morning attacked Engravers College, a boarding secondary school near Kakau Daji village in Chikun LGA of Kaduna state. The gunmen took away six female students and two staff of the college. Kaduna state Police Public Relation Officer, DSP Sabo Yakubu, while confirming the incident said, “the Command received an information through DPO Toll Gate, in the early Read More
Unknown gunmen on Saturday kidnapped a respected member of the inner bar, Chief Chika Onyemenam in Asaba. Chike Onyemenam SAN is the head of Chike Onyemenam SAN & Associates (George-Ann Chambers) and staunch ember of Asaba branch. The Asaba chapter of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), in a statement on Sunday, urged security agencies to quickly intervene and rescue the Read More
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