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…