Tag: gunmen
150 Gunmen Storm Village, Kill 48
An armed gang has raided a village in Zamfara State, northwest Nigeria, and killed 48 people in an apparent reprisal…
Nigerian Cab Driver Shot Dead In Washington DC
A 57-year old Nigerian cab driver Solomon James Okoroh was shot dead around 3 a.m Tuesday in the 2400 block…
Reports: Oil Vessel Hijacked Off Bayelsa, Crew Kidnapped
Latest reports said Pirates have hijacked a fuel tanker off the coast of Nigeria’s oil-rich delta region, taking Pakistani and…
2 Igbo Bizmen Killed In Kano
Unidentified gunmen have shot and killed two Igbo businessmen in Kano, northwest Nigeria. The victims were identified as Ibe Ugwuanyi,…
Gunmen attack Nigerian village
The state of lawlessness in Nigeria appears unending with another reported attack by gunmen on residents of Atakar chiefdom in…
Gunmen kill relation of Bayelsa special adviser
Gunmen suspected to be sea pirates on Tuesday shot dead two persons in the riverside community of Kuroamagbene in the…
Shitta Killings: Taskforce Destroys Criminals’ Hideouts, Recovers Cocaine
Following the killing of three people by gunmen, officials of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Specials Offences (Enforcement)…
Nigeria: 18 killed in weekend of violence
Gunmen killed 18 people in two separate attacks in Nigeria at the weekend. In Bayelsa state, eight former militants were…
Boko Haram Bombs Ex-IG’s Home
Unidentified gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram on Sunday bombed many places in Ringim town in the Ringim Local Government…
Gunmen Invade JAMB Registrar’s Home
Unidentified gunmen have invaded the home of the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Professor Dibu Ojerinde.…
Bamigbetan’s Kidnap And Its Wider Implications
On Monday, at about 11 pm, when the Chairman of Ejigbo Local Council Development Area, Lagos, Comrade Kehinde Bamigbetan (former…
Gunmen Kidnap Lagos Council Boss
The Chairman of Ejigbo Local Council Development Area, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, Comrade Kehinde Bamigbetan, has been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen.…
Suspected Kidnappers Of Iweala’s Mom Paraded
The Lagos State Police Command Monday paraded suspected kidnappers of the mother of the Coordinating Minister and Minister of Finance,…
Brother of NNPC GMD killed
By Femi Adi/Kaduna Unidentified gunmen today killed the younger brother of Andrew Yakubu, the Group managing director of the Nigerian…
Men In Mobile Police Uniform Kill Spare Parts Dealer
An auto spare parts dealer, Santos Korie, was killed on Thursday morning by gunmen who wore the Nigerian Mobile Police,…
Another Bloody Attack By Fulanis
Suspected Fulani herdsmen descend on a Southern Kaduna village killing dozens While Christians across the country were celebrating the symbolic…
Professor Slumps, Dies In Office
Ambrose Alli University in Ekpoma, Edo State, was thrown into mourning Thursday, after Professor Solomon Momoh of the Institute of…
Deputy Prisons Boss Killed
Gunmen on Wednesday killed the Deputy Controller of Prisons in charge of the Sokoto Central Prison, Alhaji Usman Gwandu, at…
UNIMAID lecturer shot dead
Gunmen on Sunday shot dead a Nigerian lecturer , Malam Murtala Mohammed, of the Mass Communication Department of the University…
Gunmen attack prison, bank, police station
Gunmen on Friday launched multiple attacks on the Ganye Divisional Police Headquarters, the prison and a bank in Nigeria’s north-eastern…
Gunmen break Nigerian jail, free 170 inmates
Latest news reports said gunmen suspected to be either militants of the Boko Haram sect or members of a criminal…
Boko Haram Kills Two PDP Leaders
Two prominent members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Borno State, northeast Nigeria, have been shot dead by gunmen…
Four school teachers injured by gunmen
Gunmen opened fire at Dan Maliki Primary School in the northern Nigerian city of Kano on Tuesday, injuring four teachers…
Miscreants throw grenade at Jos mosque
An attempt by some armed men to bomb a Nigerian mosque failed Friday night as the grenade thrown into the…
2 Nigerian cops killed in aborted kidnap of foreigners
Gunmen have stormed a residence in Tella, Taraba state in northeastern Nigeria, that housed foreign workers, killing two police guards…
Kano buries cop killed by gunmen
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano The remains of the late Superintendent of Police, Dahiru Ibrahim Majia who was killed by gunmen Monday night…
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…
BOTCHED KIDNAP: Policeman Killed, Lebanese Escapes
Unidentified gunmen yesterday at about 10 p.m. killed a police corporal simply identified as Levi at Festac town, Lagos state,…
IG Orders Special Security For Health Workers
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, has ordered special security for all medical personnel involved in the ongoing routine…
Police Arrest Youths Over Murder Of Lagos Chief
Following the murder a Lagos White Cap Chief, Chief Kayode Adeshina, the Onimole of Lagos by unidenfied gunmen at his…