Tag: gunmen
Chaos in Kano: Gunmen snatch lady despite N8 million ransom payment
According to eyewitness accounts, the gunmen, numbering about 10, targeted the residence of a prominent business tycoon, Alhaji Auwal, in…
Fear grips Arepo as gunmen abduct ex-AIG Odumosu’s wife in bold attack
In moments of sheer terror, the assailants dragged Mrs Odumosu from the vehicle and vanished into the murky depths of…
Unholy crime: Catholic Nuns abducted by Gunmen in Anambra
The nuns were reportedly returning from a vocational service meeting in Ogboji when they were intercepted.
Anambra: Catholic priest Rev. Fr. Tobias Okonkwo shot dead
Fr Tobias, who was also a pharmacist was shot dead on Boxing Day, December 26, the Catholic Diocese of Nnewi…
Ogun ex-Councillor Akinbami shot dead by assailants in Abeokuta
Reports indicated that the victim, dressed in a black polo shirt and white jeans, had been using an iron rod…
Gunmen kill three youths in Plateau community
“The Berom Youths Moulder Association (BYM), therefore, calls on security agents, especially Operation Safe Haven to, as a matter of…
Midnight ambush: Gunmen lure, execute Afegbua in cold blood in Edo
Afegbua, who was at home with his wife that night, reportedly received a phone call summoning him to a location.
Gunmen kill councillorship candidate in Ogun
The report says another anonymous source stated: “The Killing happened around 2 pm, it took everybody by surprise… No one…
Chaos in Rivers: Gunmen in Police uniform hijack election materials, voters, officials flee
Residents and voters scrambled for safety, rushing into nearby streets, as police patrol vans sped away with stolen materials. The…
Gunmen strike in Edo: Couple abducted, third victim escapes
Sources revealed that a third victim managed to escape during the kidnappers' attempt to relocate them to another area, leaving…
Deadly assault in Imo: Gunmen murder cop, burn Police Station
The source further revealed that the attackers, operating without resistance, returned in the early hours of Wednesday to set a…
Gunmen kill four cops, PoS operator in Imo
He said: “For now four police officers have been confirmed dead. Investigation is ongoing to unravel the miscreants responsible for…
Abia govt places N25m bounty on killers of five soldiers
The Abia State Government, in a statement by the state Commissioner for Information and Culture Okey Kanu also condoled with…
Three workers of oil company shot dead by gunmen in Edo
Olise, who noted that the company enjoys a cordial relationship with the communities in the area, however could not confirm…
Gunmen wipe out 13 people in Plateau
Alabo said that the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Emmanuel Adesina, who visited Bokkos, condoled with the families…
Gunmen invade Oyo State Secretariat, security officials say no cause for alarm
A security man at one of the commercial banks around the secretariat main gate told NAN that gunmen numbering more…
Gunmen kidnap Channels TV reporter, want N30m ransom
“We are appealing to the kidnappers to release him immediately and unhurt. He is just a journalist doing his job…
Anambra task force recovers 9 home-made bombs from gunmen
According to him, troops of the Nigerian Army and the Navy lent considerable firepower to the operation which completely routed…
Gunmen kill farmer in Edo
According to sources in the community, it was apparent that the deceased was attacked by his assailants while leaving the…
Gunmen shoot two Ekiti traditional rulers dead, one escapes
The driver of the car, who is the Alara, was lucky to have escaped unhurt from the scene as he…
Gunmen open fire in Istanbul church, kill one person
Istanbul Governor Davut Gul said no one was injured in the attack, which he said targeted one person.
Gunmen abduct Oyo State PMS Chairman
A source who did not want his name made public, said that the gunmen stormed Akintola’s residence in the early…
Lagos PDP Chairman Aivoji abducted on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
Aivoji was kidnapped around 6.00pm around Ogere area, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Thursday while returning from a stakeholders meeting in Oyo…
Gunmen abduct man in Abuja
A man, Abdullahi Sabo, has been reportedly abducted within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) while he and his wife were…
Gunmen kidnap Benue council chairman, three aides
“The ugly incident took place this morning, along Anyagba, Tongov, in Katsina-Ala LGA, of Benue State, around 6:30am, while on…
Kidnappers demand N20m to release two Abuja landlords
Initially demanding N10 million from each family, one offered N2 million, but the kidnappers rejected the partial payment and threatened…
Gunmen attack residence of Kogi INEC REC
Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, the Chief Secretary to INEC Chairman, said this in Abuja on Friday, adding the incident occurred around…
Gunmen kill abducted Priest in Kogi after collecting N1m ransom
Musa was said to have been killed on Tuesday night after the gunmen collected N1 million ransom from his family.
Gunmen attack Benue communities, kill many
Gunmen on Wednesday killed five persons in Ayilamo, a village in Logo Local Government of Benue.
Gunmen kill eight soldiers, policemen in Imo
The dastardly act occurred at Umualumaku community, Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of the state around 11.30am.