No fewer than 20 persons were feared dead on Thursday in Plateau State by some gunmen. The latest attack occurred in Mavou village area of the state under Wade local govrre area. The invaders stormed inhabitants of the village at about 2am on Thursday and burnt down about 10 houses. Police spokesperson in the state,…
A man of God serving at the Assemblies of God Churcg in Kastina State, Pastor Dike Ocha, was on Tuesday slain by an angry mob. The gang accused the 50-year-old pastor of killing a six-year-old girl, Fatima Yusuf, who had been missing for four days, and her mutilated body found near the pastor’s home. The…
Barely a week some suspected cattle rustlers attacked a police station in Giade area of Bauchi, another police station has been raided, resulting in the death of at least two people. The hoodlums stormed Soro Divisional Police Station in Ganjuwa local government area of Bauchi, killing a police officer and his son. Also, one police…
According to SaharaReporters, no fewer than three people “were killed in another attack by unidentified gunmen” on Monday evening in Southern Kaduna. A source in Kafanchan told SaharaReporters that the gunmen struck around 6pm local time in an area called Zangan, in Kaura local government area of the state. The assailants [reportedly] burnt down houses…
Some unknown gunmen, on Saturday night, shot dead a radical Islamic scholar in the ancient city of Zaria in Kaduna State. Sheikh Muhamman Awwal ‘Albani Zaria’ was assassinated on his way home from an event he attended in Zaria. One of his wives, who was with him at the time of the incident, was also…
Not less than 5000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Imo State joined the All Progressives Congress, APC. The PDP members were welcomed into their new party at an event held for Senator Osita Izunaso by the Orlu senatorial zone at the Orlu Township Stadium in Orlu local government area of the state.…
No fewer than four persons were feared dead on Saturday morning when the convoy of the deputy governor of Ondo State, Ali Olanusi, was involved in a fatal car crash. The deputy governor was said to have been on his way to a social function in Akure when the unfortunate incident happened along the Aponmu-Owena…
Some unknown gunmen suspected to be cattle castle rustlers attacked a police station in Bauchi State on Thursday. The attackers took police officers at the Giade Divisional Police Station in Bauchi unawares. They reportedly used some explosives to raid the police station. They also broke into the police cell to free a suspect identified as…
Two men accused of vandalising petroleum pipelines in Plateau State have been jailed for 25 years. They were sentenced by a Federal High Court sitting in Jos, the state capital. The two suspects were brought before Justice Ambrose Allagoa by the Plateau State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, on a…
Gunmen on Monday night stormed Amodu Street, off Akala Street, Mushin, Lagos State, killing an eight-month pregnant woman, Musili Bello, and her 12-year-old daughter, Suliat Olowu. Punch Metro learnt that a commercial motorcycle rider, identified simply as Baba Monday, was also shot to death in the operation which was said to have lasted for about…