Tag: attack
12 killed in attack on Egypt restaurant
No fewer than 12 people were killed in an overnight attack on a restaurant near Cairo, a report said on…
Boko Haram militants kill four, wound two in Niger attack
Militants from the Islamist group Boko Haram killed four people and injured two others in an attack on a village…
Lawmakers condemn soldiers’ attack on LASTMA
Eromosele Ebhomele Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday decided to write a letter of protest to…
Hoodlums attack truck owner with guns, seize his truck
Paul Iyoghojie A manager with a transport firm, Godday Haulage Investment Limited at Apapa, Lagos State, western Nigeria, Mr. Tochukwu…
Hoodlums attack truck owner with guns, seize his truck
Paul Iyoghojie A manager with a transport firm, Godday Haulage Investment Limited at Apapa, Lagos State, western Nigeria, Mr. Tochukwu…
In three months, IS carries out 1,000 attacks, kills 3,000
AFP – A major increase in violence by the Islamic State group saw over 1,000 attacks and nearly 3,000 deaths…
3 contractors arraigned for attacking man with machete
Paul Iyoghojie Three building contractors have been arraigned before a Lagos Magistrates’ court for allegedly invading the palace of a…
Robbers force victims to serve them food during attack
Cyriacus Izuekwe Robbers early Thursday morning invaded streets in Ejigbo community in Lagos State, western Nigeria. During the three-hour attack,…
LASTMA Attack: Female Tricycle Operator Battles For Life
Sunday Akintoye A female tricycle operator in Lagos, Remi Johnson, is currently fighting for her life at the Federal Road Safety…
Suspect dead after gun, bomb attack on Dallas police HQ
Dallas (AFP) – A man sprayed gunfire and planted several bombs at Dallas police headquarters in a rampage that came…
Thousands Of APC Supporters, 23 LG Bosses Protest Against Police
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Less 24 hours after the Rivers State Police Commissioner, Dan Bature, accused Governor Chibuike Amaechi of attacking…
PDP Coordinators Beat Up Zonal Secretary
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, campaign co-ordinators drawn from the 236 wards across Ogun State, western Nigeria, on Wednesday…
Attack Arsenal, Coach Charges Monaco Ahead Tonight’s Clash
Leonardo Jardim said his Monaco side will have to keep attacking if they are to keep Arsenal at bay in…
Fayose Attacks Obasanjo Again
Kazeem Ugbodaga Controversial Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, has again attacked former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, saying his exit from the…
First Boko Haram attack in Niger beaten back by troops
Islamist group Boko Haram for the first time launched an attack in Niger on Friday, striking at the town of…
‘You Can’t Use Buhari’s 1985 Guns To Fight Insecurity’
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola has attacked President Goodluck Jonathan for saying that he cannot fight insecurity because…
Mbaka: A Man Of God Or Just An Impostor? (2)
By Jonathan Ekene Ifeanyi Now back to Mbaka: It is interesting to note that before this blistering New Year eve…
That Attack On Ekweremadu’s Medical Mission
By Raymond Ekeji Ordinarily, Enugu State is populated by a humane, humble, peaceable, most hospitable, and easy-going people who prefer…
Ex-LG Boss Escapes Assassination
Former Chairman of Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State, Comrade Ayodele Adewale, yesterday escaped being killed when he…
Man Goes Crazy, Hacks 4 Siblings
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A middle-aged man, simply identified as Mike, has reportedly butchered four children of his neighbour in Okha II…
Customs Invade LASTMA Office
Crisis erupted at the Mile 2 office of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) recently when some officials of…
At Last, Buhari Attacked By Jonathan’s Men!
By Jonathan Ekene Ifeanyi As I rightly stated in my piece written in response to Alhaji Balarabe Musa, which was…
40 Yazidi Children Reported Dead After Iraq Attack —UN
Forty children from northern Iraq’s Yazidi minority are reported to have died as a result of a jihadist attack on…
Police Ambush Civil Defence Officers, Aid Vandals
The Anti-vandal Team of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have been attacked by Nigeria Police officers in…
‘Boko Haram Can Only Be Defeated If Corruption Ends’
An Italian nun who has been living in Southern Nigeria for the past 18 years has declared that Boko Haram…
CHIBOK KILLINGS: Police Aware Of Attacks On Christians
Two weeks before Boko Haram Islamists attacked a series of churches on Sunday near Chibok, the northeast Nigeria town where…
Unpaid Guards Attack Man With Machetes
Two security guards in Frankazi Street, Bucknor-Ejigbo area of Lagos State, western Nigeria, Frank Olise and Emmanuel Olise, have been…
Robbers Kill 4 Policemen, Others
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Armed robbers on Tuesday attacked a bullion van conveying money from Agbor in Ika South Local Government Area…
Biafra Group’s Attempt To Seize TV Station Foiled
Oluokun Ayorinde/Abuja At least 20 members of the Pro-Biafra group, Biafra Zionist Movement, BZM, led by Barrister Benjamin Onwuka on…
Soldiers Attack Commander Again In Maiduguri
Soldiers have again attacked the newly posted General Officer Commanding the 7th Division of the Nigerian Army located at Maimalari…