Category: Society

Council polls were held in Yobe State on Saturday under heavy security. Several voters turned out for the exercise to elect chairmen and councillors into the 17 local government areas in the state. All the polling booths in the state had combined teams of security personnel manning them. Soldiers, police, civil defence corps and immigration…

A former acting governor of Kogi State, Clarence Olatunde Olafemi, on Thursday, survived an attempt on his life by some armed men. The incident occurred along the Kabba/Okene road in Lokoja, Kogi State capital. The hoodlums severally shot at his car as his driver attempted to zoom off. Olafemi, an acting governor of the state…

Some suspected terrorists believed to be Boko Haram members have killed an aide to Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State along with eight others. The governor’s aide, identified as Muhammad Sani, was shot dead by the gunmen on Friday at Bulabulin-Ngabura village, which is about 50km from Maiduguri, the state capital. The attackers stormed the…

Tragedy struck in Ikot Omin area of Calabar, the Cross River State capital, on Sunday night when a young couple died after being suffocated by generator fumes. The husband and wife died along with the wife’s teenage sister, who lived with them. The couple recently moved into their yet-to-be completed house. On the fateful day,…

Fulani Gunmen Kill 7 In Kaduna

Some suspected Fulani gunmen numbering about 20 stormed Adu village in Atakad Chiefdom, Kaura local government area of Kaduna State, on Monday, killing about seven persons and injuring some others. The incident occurred in the early hours of Monday when residents of Adu were getting ready for the day’s work. The attackers reportedly entered the…

No fewer than six persons were reportedly killed in Shwan Village in Kuru, Jos South local government area of Plateau State when some gunmen invaded the community on Sunday night. The fresh attack left five siblings and one other person perished in the incident. The armed men stormed the village and killed the victims in…