Tag: gunmen attack
Kogi: Gunmen attack police station, kill 3 officers
Kogi Police Command Public Relations Officer, SP. William Ayah, confirmed the attack in a statement issued in Lokoja on Saturday…
Gunmen shoot 3 dead in Edo community
The deceased were collecting parking fees from vehicles when the gunmen opened fire on them, killing the three on the…
Gunmen kill 5, injure 3 in Plateau
When contacted, ASP Ubah Ogaba, Police spokesman in Plateau, confirmed that a report of the attack had been lodged with…
We lost 7 outboard engines to gunmen in 1 week – A’Ibom fishermen
The fishermen also appealed to Gov. Udom Emmanuel and council authorities to deploy a surveillance boat to help curb the…
Gunmen kill 1 miner, 3 commuters in Plateau – military
Army explained that the killing at the Plateau mining site was due to a clash between some herders and miners…
‘How gunmen chanting ‘Allahu Akhbar’ attacked Kogi police station’
Aya said personnel on duty at Okene Police Division responded and were able to kill one of the gunmen while…
Gunmen invade Kogi police station, one killed
Kogi government said two motorcycles, arms, ammunition and explosives were recovered from the gunmen who were forced to flee as…
Gunmen attack Imo police division, kill inspector
Gunmen attacked the Mgbidi Divisional Police Headquarters in Imo State on Friday night.
Gunmen attack passenger boat in Bayelsa
They made away with the 115-horsepower Yamaha outboard engine of the boat and dispossessed the passengers of their valuables.
#AnambraDecides: Gunmen attack polling unit, cart away ballot boxes
The gunmen unleashed terror on party agents and officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, bringing the voting exercise to…
Gunmen kill 7 in Adamawa community
The assailants launched the attack on the community at about 2 a.m. on Wednesday.
Gunmen attack civilians heading to market, kill 10
Unidentified gunmen attacked civilians heading to a market in northern Burkina Faso early Monday, leaving 10 dead and four others…
Gunmen hit 2 checkpoints in Enugu; 2 policemen killed
Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen attack two checkpoints in Enugu state on Wednesday evening.
Mystery gunmen hit Benue again, kill 9 in Agan
Unidentified gunmen attacked Agan community in Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue on Friday, leaving nine people dead.
200 gunmen raid military base in Niger state, kill 6 soldiers, 7 civilians
About 200 gunmen have raided a military base in Allawa, Shiroro LGA of Niger state, killing six soldiers and a…
Wike spits fire: “If you kill Ortom, then be prepared to bury Nigeria”
Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike, warns that Nigeria may be plunged into another civil war if his Benue counterpart, Samuel Ortom,…
Gunmen rain bullets on Correctional Service bus, kill 2, free inmate in Anambra
Gunmen attack Nigerian Correctional Service vehicle, kill armed guard, one other person in Ekwulobia area of Anambra State.
Gunmen abduct 16 fishermen with their engine boats
Gunmen kidnap 16 Ugandan fishermen on Lake Albert shared with the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Police said…
Gunmen rain bullets on police team, kill Inspector, steal weapons in Rivers
Gunmen killed Police Inspector, injured others in an attack on Sunday in the Borokiri axis of Port Harcourt, the capital…
Again, gunmen shoot 2 dead in Benin city
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Two persons were shot dead by unidentified gunmen in two separate attacks at Aduwawa and Ogida areas of…
Policeman killed in gunmen attack on ex-Gov. Dickson’s country home
One police officer was killed in a midnight attack by some unknown gunmen at the Toru Orua, Bayelsa country home…
Just in: Gunmen kill 2 FRSC officers, kidnap 10 in Nasarawa
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Two Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, officers died after bandits attacked the vehicle they were traveling at Udege…
Gunmen kill six in Burkina Faso Catholic church
Gunmen killed a priest and five parishioners during mass Sunday in an attack on a Catholic church in Dablo, northern…
1 killed, 3 injured as gunmen attack Plateau community
Gunmen on Wednesday killed a 42 year-old man, Mr Mahan Ishaya, and injured three others in Daffo town of Bokkos…
By-election: Unknown gunmen attack APC candidate in Kwara
The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Irepodun/Ekiti/Oke-Ero and Isin federal constituency Nov. 17 by-election, Mr Raheem Olawuyi, was…
UPDATED: Gunmen attack on Kogi community spreads, 16 dead
The violence unleashed on Kpanche community in Bassa Local Government of Kogi State in the early hours of Sunday has…
10 killed in fresh gunmen attack on Kogi community
The police in Lokoja on Sunday confirmed the death of 10 persons when gunmen invaded Kpanche community in Bassa Local…
Police foil gunmen attack on Igando community
The Police in Lagos State on Tuesday said it foiled an attempt by unknown gunmen to attack Igando Community in…
SDP guber candidate decries attack on APC supporters in Rivers
Rev. Minaibim Harry, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Governorship Candidate in Rivers, on Wednesday decried the attack on All Progressives…
Lokoja prison bombed, 50 inmates freed
Gunmen armed with dynamite freed at least 50 inmates in a raid on Koton Karfe Prison,Lokoja, in the central Nigerian…