Tag: gunmen
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…
Lagos White Cap Chief Murdered
A Lagos white cap chief and the Onimole of Lagos, Chief Kayode Adeshina, 73, has been shot dead, by unidentified…
Police confirm attack in Kano
By Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano The Assistant Inspector-General of Police, AIG, in charge of Zone 1, Mr. David Olufemi Omojola, Thursday told…
Gunmen attack Nigerian police station
Gunmen with explosives attacked a police station outside northern Nigeria’s restive largest city of Kano, killing a policeman and a…
Security Guard Shot Dead
By Ayodeji Dedeigbo Nigerian Detectives at the State Criminal Investigations Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba, Lagos are trying to unravel the…
School Boy Kidnappers Want N150m
By Kazeem Ugbodaga Kidnappers of two-year old Nigerian boy, Emmanuel Alonge, have demanded N150 million as ransom before the boy…
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…
Bayelsa Speaker’s Mom kidnapped
Madam Betinah Okunwa Benson, the 78-year old mother of Mr. Kabawei Benson, the Speaker of the Bayelsa State House of…
Gunmen burn council office, police station
Nigerian gunmen have attacked and razed the Song divisional police station and local government secretariat in Adamawa state. It was…
Nigerian Prison, Police Station Attacked By Gunmen
Unidentified gunmen on Friday attacked the Maiha Prison and Divisional Police Station in Maiha Local Government Area of Adamawa. A…
Kano council boss escapes assassination
Nigerian gunmen have shot and injured Alhaji Kambai Sumaila, the Interim Management Chairman of Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of…
Gunmen Kidnap French National
A group of 30 gunmen, who stormed a residence in northern Nigeria where expatriate workers were staying, kidnapped a French…
8 Gunmen Arrested In Kano
A team of policemen arrested eight gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect who attacked their vehicle…
Gunmen Abduct businessman In Benin
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Barely 48 hours after a renowned Benin-based Estate Manager, Dan Odiete was kidnapped in Benin City, another gang…
Gunmen freed 30 detainees, says Nigeria Police
The Nigeria Police has confirmed that 30 suspects in its detention were freed by gunmen who attacked the premises of…
Gunmen Kill 2 Cops
Unidentified gunmen today killed two policemen at Olodo International Cattle Market, Ayetoro in Yewa area of Ogun State, southwest Nigeria.…
2 Chinese workers killed in Northern Nigeria
Two Chinese construction workers have been killed by gunmen in the town of Benishek in Nigeria’s volatile northeast. The killing…
Lagos Lawyers Back State Police
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Lagos chapter, on Sunday said that the establishment of state police would check the activities…
Gunmen Kill Policemen
Unidentified gunmen in a black colour Sport Utility Vehicle shot at three policemen, killing two of them while one was …
Gunmen Rob, Kill Car Dealer
Four armed men on Monday robbed and killed a middle-aged car dealer, Chief Emeka Ekwerendu, at Modebe Avenue Junction in…
Kidnappers Demand N50m Ransom To Free Housewife
Gunmen who kidnapped a housewife, Mrs. Ime Abasi in Calabar, Cross River State; southsouth Nigeria, have contacted her husband, Mr.…
Another Chinese killed in Maiduguri
Gunmen shot dead a Chinese construction worker in Maiduguri on Friday, an official said, the second killing of a Chinese…
6 DAYS AFTER: No Word From Rivers Kidnapped Commissioner
Six days after the Rivers State Commissioner for Power, Mr Augustine Nwokocha, was abducted by unidentified gunmen, no contact has…
Maiduguri: another day of violence, another 4 dead
Nigeria’s city of Maiduguri was on Sunday rocked by a roadside blast and two separate gun attacks that killed at…
Killed Mubi Poly students were called out by name
Attackers who massacred at least 26 people in a student housing area in northern Nigeria on Tuesday called victims out…
6 killed playing Ludo in Bauchi
Gunmen suspected of belonging to the Boko Haram Islamist sect late Sunday shot dead at least six people who were…
Kidnapped Lebanese Bought Freedom For N3m
Wahab Mohammed whose 23-year old Lebanese brother, Ahmed Mohammed, was kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, last Monday…
Kidnapped Lebanese Released
Ahmed Mohammed, the 23-year old Lebanese kidnapped in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, last Monday has been set free by his captors.…
Lebanese Kidnapped In Lagos
A 23-year old Lebanese identified as Ahmed Mohammed has been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen, at Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. He…
2 brothers, 2 villagers killed by gunmen
In two separate attacks, unidentified gunmen killed two brothers in Michika, Adamawa state and two villagers in Plateau state. In…