Tag: fresh killings
Curfew slammed in Kaduna villages after scores died
By Femi Adi/Kaduna A 24 hour curfew has been slammed on Sanga local government area, in the northern state of…
Army claims killing 18 Boko Haram terrorists
Nigeria’s military on Monday in Abuja said that it killed 18 suspected terrorists while troops captured more weapons and aborted…
Plateau state: Nine persons killed by gunmen
Gunmen on Wednesday killed at least nine people and set fire to dozens of houses in central Nigeria, the army…
Boko Haram: The denial, lamentations, empty vituperations
By Bamidele Aturu The horrendous massacre of children by Boko Haram insurgents and the cluelessness of the security agencies are…
127 killed in Central Africa’s fresh sectarian violence
At least 127 people have been killed and more than 100 wounded in the Central African Republic over the past…
24 killed by Boko Haram in separate attacks
Suspected Boko Haram militants killed 24 people in two separate attacks in northern Nigeria, eyewitnesses said on Saturday, just as…
10 Boko Haram fighters killed in air, land raids
Nigerian troops launched an air strike and later killed 10 suspected members of Boko Haram in a clash in the…
Boko Haram: Death toll of victims crosses 12,000 mark
Boko Haram militants dressed as soldiers opened fire on worshippers leaving a mosque in Dumba, in Nigeria’s far northeast this…
7 killed, houses burnt in clashes with herdsmen
There appears no end in sight in the bloodletting between Fulani herdsmen and settler-farmers in Nigeria’s Plateau state. With close…
6 killed in Kaduna village
By Femi Adi/Kaduna Gunmen have attacked residents of Aduwan village, Zango Kataf local government area of the northern Nigerian state…
5 poker players killed in Nigerian state eve of polls
Gunmen on Friday killed five persons and injured seven others at the Bagadaza area of the Gombe metropolis in Gombe…
Nigeria: 10 die in Plateau state gruesome attacks
Ten members of the same family, with half the victims under the age of six, have been killed in Nigeria’s…
Nigeria: 9 polio vaccinators killed by gunmen
Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano with agency report Gunmen attacked two clinics where polio vaccinators had gathered in Kano city, northwest Nigeria, on…
Breaking news: 5 killed in fresh attack in Kano
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano No fewer than five persons were killed by gunmen on motor bike Tuesday evening in Kano, capital of…
10 killed by gunmen disguised as Nigerian soldiers
Gunmen said to be dressed as Nigerian soldiers opened fire on a pub in Barkin Ladi area of Plateau state,…
Groom killed by gunmen on auto bike in Kano
A groom along with two friends were shot dead today by gunmen, operating on a motor bike, in Kano, northern…
Ex-Customs chief, son and family of ASP killed
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen killed seven people in Potiskum, Yobe state Saturday, taking the death toll to at least 30…
2 killed in Plateau attacks
The Plateau Police command on Wednesday confirmed the killing of two persons in two separate attacks by gunmen on some…