Tag: killing
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,…
Full Scale War: 20 Boko Haram Members Killed
At least 20 insurgents were killed Friday as Nigeria’s military carried out an aerial bombardment of suspected militant Islamist camps…
Robbers Raid 3 Banks, Kill 3
Armed robbers on Tuesday raided three banks in Omu-Aran, Kwara State, killing three people before escaping with an unspecified amount…
Boko Haram commander killed by Nigerian troops
The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order (ORO) on Saturday confirmed the killing of a suspected Boko Haram…
Al-Qaeda Bloodthirsty, Kills French Hostage
The French government was scrambling Wednesday to verify a claim by Al-Qaeda’s north African branch that it has executed a…
NURTW deputy chairman killed
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Some unidentified gunmen have killed the Oyo state Deputy Chairman of Nigeria’s National Union of Road Transport Workers…
Couple, child killed by auto-bike assassins
Two motorcycle-riding gunmen killed a Christian couple and their child as they were about to leave their home for church…
Farmer, 22, Remanded Over Murder Of Man, 70
A Makurdi Chief Magistrate’s Court presided over by Mrs. Theresa Wergbah on Tuesday remanded a 22-year old farmer, Aondoyila Agbidye,…
One-eyed Boko Haram commander, 29 others killed
Contrary to earlier reports that four suspects, belonging to the militant Boko Haram sect in Yobe state, were killed today,…
4 Boko Haram suspects killed
Nigerian soldiers on Sunday shot dead four suspected members of the Islamist sect Boko Haram following a raid on their…
Another Boko Haram commander killed in shootout
A Nigerian Boko Haram sect commander known as Abubakar Yola has been killed by Nigerian soldiers in a shootout while…
$100,000 reward for killer of anti-Islam movie
A Pakistani government minister Saturday offered a $100,000 reward for the death of the maker of the anti-Islam film produced…
2 Boko Haram commanders killed, 8 members arrested
Nigerian soldiers in the special anti-terrorist force in Maiduguri, Borno State said Thursday they killed two senior commanders of Islamist…
Killed by robbers: The tragic death of an undergraduate
Abiodun Onafuye, Abeokuta Late Sunday 9, September, 2012, Wunmi Adebayo, a 21 year-old 200 level student of English Language of…
Robbery kingpin shot dead
Nigerian Soldiers on patrol on Friday shot dead a suspected armed robber on Ukwuakwu Street, off Asumpta Avenue, Owerri, capital…
2 Indians shot dead in Nigeria
Suspected members of Islamist group Boko Haram attacked a gum arabic factory in Maiduguri, northeastern Nigeria on Wednesday, killing two…
Councillor, Others Wanted For Killing Elephants
A former councillor in Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State, southsouth Nigeria, Joseph Enem and his accomplices have…
Gunmen kill abducted college bursar
Armed men, suspected to be robbers, on Friday night abducted and killed Stephen Omole, a bursary staff member of Federal…
Killing of army general: Police Arrest 4
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested four suspects in connection with the killing of retired Brigadier-General Sylvester Iruh. He…
Serial Murder Suspect Arrested
Police detectives at Homicide Department of State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, have arrested a…
Ex-army general killed in Lagos
By Okafor Ofiebor Sylvester K. Iruh,a retired Brigadier-General of the Army was on Saturday July 7, killed at the popular…
Who Killed Citizen Adedeji?
As it has strangely become one of its hallmarks, the Nigeria Police has yet another case of extra-judicial killing on…
Deceased Banker Had Stabs On Chest, Face, Head —Witness
A prosecution witness, Mr. Adewale Adeyemi, in the alleged murder of a Lagos banker, Mrs. Titilayo Arowolo, by her husband,…
Al-Mustapha, Sofolahan Deserve To Die —Lawyers, Activists
Nigerians, especially human rights activists and lawyers have reacted to the death sentence passed on Major Hamza Al-Mustapha and Mr.…
Rape: Driver Kills Teenager Inside School Bus
The police in Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria have arrested a private school bus driver for allegedly killing a 16-year old…
Clerics Want Church Bombers Punished
The Chief Imam of Ansar-Ud-Deen Society of Nigeria, Ikorodu Branch, Alhaji Abdul-Fatai Olutusin, has distanced Islam from the violence being…
Robbers Raid Bank, Kill Customers
A Â robbery gang raided an old generation bank located at Okeyimi Street in Ado-Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti State, Southwest…
Soldiers Did Not Kill DPO, DCO In Badagry, Says Army Spokesman
The Nigerian Army has denied media reports that soldiers were involved in the killing of the DPO of Badagry police…
Revisiting NYSC Programme
One of ugly memories of 2011 general elections was the killing of 10 National Youth Service Corps members in the…
Al Qaeda: Bin Laden Dead
Al Qaeda confirmed Osama bin Laden was dead on Friday, dispelling some of the fog around the killing of the…