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Suspected armed robbers kill policeman in Kano
Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers have killed two persons including a policeman in Kano.
Corps member shot dead in Bayelsa
Gunmen, suspected to be robbers, have shot dead a 30-year-old corps member and dispossessed him of his money and other…
Gunmen kill civil defence operative, abduct Chinese expatriate in Edo
A Chinese expatriate working with the BUA cement company in Edo State has been abducted while an operative of the…
Gunmen strike again in Rivers, kill 9
Barely 24 hours after the killing of 14 persons in Sime community in Tai local government area of Rivers State,…
Gunmen kill six Niger security agents near Mali border
Gunmen killed six security agents in southwestern Niger, a security source and local resident said, in an area near the…
Gunmen kill 23 Christians inside bus
Gunmen attacked a group of Coptic Christians as they were driving to a monastery south of Cairo on Friday, killing…
Gunmen kill father of ex-CSO to Peter Odili
Gunmen on Wednesday night shot dead Elder Macaulay Pepple, father of Larry Pepple, the Director-General of Rivers State Sustainable Development…
Gunmen abduct lawmaker’s mother, sister
Unknown gunmen on Saturday night, abducted the mother and sister of Mr Kassim Mohammed-Kassim, member representing (APC) Akwanga South constituency…
Gunmen kill businessman, son, in Sokoto
Some unidentified gunmen have killed a 50-year old businessman, Alhaji Bello Danbuba and his teenage son, Aliyu, in Gandi village,…
Police kill militant involved in Ikorodu killing
The police on Tuesday announced that one of the gunmen, who killed four policemen and an army captain at Isawo…
Gunmen assassinate newly sworn-in council secretary
Four unidentified gunmen have killed the newly sworn-in Ukanafun Local Government Area Secretary, Mr Ime Atakpa
Senator Dino Melaye escapes assassination as gunmen invade house
Senator Dino Melaye escaped death by the whiskers as gunmen invaded his house in the early hours of Saturday at…
Gunmen kill 8 policemen
Officials say eight Tanzanian police officers have been ambushed and killed while returning from patrol outside the commercial hub of…
Gunmen kill 3 policemen in Lagos again, kidnap 4 workers
Lagos State Police Command on Thursday confirmed the killing of three of its men and two community leaders by unidentified…
Gunmen abduct 2 Turkish men
Two Turkish men have been kidnapped from a hotel room in southeast Nigeria, police said on Tuesday.
Gunmen abduct Cross River Commissioner
Some unidentified gunmen on Sunday abducted Mr Gabriel Odu-Orji, the Cross Rivers Commissioner for Water Resources at Effionawan street in…
Gunmen kill man, cart away his money in Owerri
Gunmen on Thursday in Owerri shot dead, a yet to be identified man and took away a bag from him…
Gunmen kill former Edo council chairman
The immediate past Chairman of Etsako-East Local Government Council of Edo, Mr Suleiman Afegbua, has been killed by gunmen.
Gunmen Assassinate Benin Prophet Speed
The founder and head pastor of Love Fire Ministry, a Benin-based pentecostal church, Pastor Godwin Emmanuel, has been assassinated by…
Gunmen snatch 2 German archaeologists in Southern Kaduna
Unidentified gunmen have abducted two German archaeologists in the troubled Southern Kaduna, Kaduna State.
How gunmen attacked me in Lagos-Edo lawmaker
A member of the Edo State House of Assembly, representing Esan North-East 1 constituency, Patrick Iluobe has narrated his harrowing…
Gunmen kill retired oil worker in Benin
The police in Benin, Edo State, have confirmed the killing of a yet-to-be identified man by suspected assassins in Benin,…
Gunmen attack Kogi police station, kill two policemen, detainee
Some gunmen in the early hours of Friday, attacked a police station at Eika community in Okehi Local Government Area…
Ambode orders CP to arrest gunmen who killed 3 guards
Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday directed the State Police Command to ensure prompt arrest of kidnappers who…
Gunmen storm Lagos, kill 3, abduct one
Some unidentified gunmen have killed at least three people and abducted another at Isheri Estate GRA in Lagos state. Commissioner…
Gunmen shoot police officer in Ondo
Unidentified gunmen on Sunday morning shoot dead Corporal Michael Olujimi, a policeman attached to the Okitipupa Police Division in Ondo…
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Gunmen kill UN contractor, 4 others near Nigeria-Cameroon border
The United Nations on Wednesday strongly condemned an attack against a UN monitoring team near the Nigeria-Cameroon border that resulted…
10 killed, 50 wounded as gunmen attack Somali hotel
Ten people have died and more than 50 are wounded after a car bomb and gun attack at a hotel…
Gunmen abduct Kogi traditional ruler, demand N20m ransom
Some unknown gunmen have abducted a traditional ruler in Kogi, a family source said in Lokoja on Sunday. The monarch,…
Gunmen abduct woman Customs officer in Lagos
Two gunmen suspected to be kidnappers, on Tuesday night abducted Mrs Comfort Alaba, a staff of the Nigeria Customs Service…