Gunmen have kidnapped the 18-year-old daughter of a Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) officer in Birnin Kebbi, the Kebbi state capitaL. It was gathered that the gunmen invaded Gangaren NEPA area of the metropolis and broke into the victim’s home in the early hours of Friday, March 12. The gunmen who…
15 soldiers have reportedly been killed following an ambush launched on a military convoy by Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) faction of Boko Haram. AFP reported that military sources said the incident occurred near Gudumbali in the Lake Chad region on Thursday March 11. It was also alleged that 13 government fighters, including 10…
Governor Samuel Ortom has stated that his government will no longer grant amnesty to criminals unless they come back and beg for forgiveness. The Benue state Governor said this on Saturday March 13 while speaking at the burial ceremony of Terkura, elder brother to former Governor of the state Gabriel Suswam, who was killed alongside his aide…
The Commander of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno, Yusuf Baba Idris was killed when Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) militants attacked a military convoy. 15 Nigerian soldiers and three other CJTF members were killed while 10 sustained injuries in the attack which occurred near Gudumbali in the Lake Chad region…
Unknown gunmen suspected to be assassins have murdered Mrs Eunice Aghanya, the wife of a former Commissioner of Police, Ibezimako Aghanya, in Makurdi, Benue State capital. The victim was hacked to death by the assailants at her residence, behind Kismet Hotel, off David Mark Bye-pass, on Friday, March 12. It was gathered that at…
Adamawa State Police Command has arrested two suspects over alleged vandalization and theft of power cables. Spokesperson of the command, DSP Suleiman Nguroje, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, March 13, said the notorious vandals are auxialiary staff of the Yola Electricity Distribution Company (YEDC), which deployed the cables. He said the…
Apostle Johnson Suleman has said that the fact he said he bought his third jet during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic doesn’t mean he owns 3 jets. He said this while responding to a follower. Apostle Suleman had shared a photo of Archbishop Benson Idahosa to celebrate him on the anniversary of…
A 52-year-old Nigerian man identified as Olabamidele Olumide Bewaji has been arrested for allegedly raping an 83-year-old woman suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. Bewaji who was accused of attacking the woman at the Pillars of Mankato home in Mankato, Minnesota since the beginning of March, was nabbed by the woman’s son who set up a surveillance camera in his mother’s room so…
A Nigerian woman, Mrs. Samuel Bhiologialoaziba Regina, a native of Onuebum community in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State has given birth to a set of triplets after eleven years of marriage. Mrs Regina gave birth to two boys and one girl at the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa on arrived on March 3, 2021. She…
The Lagos State Command has arrested 26-year-old Adelaja Samson, over his involvement in the kidnap and murder of a Chinese national. It was gathered that the suspect and his gang members kidnapped the Chinese national at Okunowa, Ijebu, in Ogun State in February 2020. They kept him in their hideout at Agbowa Ikosi,…
