Tag: killings
4 persons killed in cult wars in Ijebu-Ode
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta No fewer than four persons were killed in clashes between rival cult groups in Ijebu Ode, Ijebu Ode…
Is It Sane To Be A Christian In Today’s Nigeria?
By Henry Chukwuemeka Onyema Ever since I read the study about Christians in Northern Nigeria in the 12 January, 2014…
Police confirm 17 killed in Nigerian village
The Nigerian police on Tuesday revised up from five to 17 the death toll in a raid the previous day…
9 Boko Haram militants killed, says Nigerian army
Nigerian troops said Friday they had killed nine suspected terrorists belonging to the Boko Haram in a gunfight in Borno…
Merchants Of Blood Incorporated
By Ebo Socrates It is a season of mourning in Anambra State. A time of sorrows, pangs of pain, turmoil…
Witnesses recount gory attack on wedding convoy
Witnesses and survivors have recounted how gunmen, believed to be Boko Haram members, attacked a wedding convoy in Nigeria’s northeastern…
Masked Gunmen Raid Banks, Kill 3
Heavily armed masked gunmen stormed Saminaka town and attacked two commercial banks and communities in Saminaka in Lere Local Government…
British Terror Suspect Arrested In Nairobi
A British national has been arrested in Nairobi following the mall siege that killed at least 67 people, the Foreign…
More Soldiers Deployed To Troubled Borno Town
Nigeria’s military sent reinforcements Friday to the remote northeastern town of Benisheik after Boko Haram Islamists stormed the area, burnt…
Boko Haram Bombs Police Station: 2 Cops Killed
Gunmen with explosives and rocket-propelled grenades attacked a police station in Nigeria’s restive northeast, killing two officers and injuring another…
Egypt kills 30 pro-Morsi protesters
Egyptian security forces killed at least 30 people on Wednesday clearing a camp of Cairo protesters who were demanding the…
Killings By Police Bullets
The killing of innocent people in Nigeria by police bullets has become a frequent occurrence and many are asking: when…
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…
2 Nigerian soldiers killed in an ambush
Suspected pirates attacked an Indian-owned oil barge Tuesday, killing two soldiers and wounding two civilians in an ambush in Nigeria’s…
Nigerian troops kill Boko Haram militants
Nigeria’s special military task force, fighting Boko Haram terrorism has reported yet another success in its campaign, with the destruction…
7 Killed In Clashes Over Farmland
Inter communal strife between the people of Adadama and Igbo Amabana in Abi local government area in the central part…
Nigerian troops kill 5 Boko Haram suspects
The Nigerian Army said it had killed five suspected Boko Haram members and destroyed a bomb making factory in Rigasa…
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…
Port Harcourt 4: 13 Suspected Remanded In Prison
The thirteen suspects accused of killing the four University of Port Harcourt students were today arraigned in Port Harcourt Magistrate…
MSSN Condemns UNIPORT, Mubi Killings, Calls For Adequate Security
The Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria, MSSN, Lagos State Area Unit, southwest Nigeria, has condemned, in strong terms, the recent…
Nigerian Worshippers’ killers dressed in police uniform
It has been revealed that the murderous gang that opened fire on worshippers outside a mosque in the Kaduna village…
35 Boko Haram militants killed, says JTF
Nigeria’s military said Monday it has killed 35 suspected Boko Haram Islamists in a crackdown on the insurgent group in…
4 Boko Haram suspects killed, 3 Arrested in raids
The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order said on Saturday that it had killed four and arrested three…
South Africa probes killing of mine workers
South African President Jacob Zuma announced Friday a probe into the deaths of 34 miners in a police crackdown on…
20 Boko Haram members shot dead
Twenty suspected Boko Haram militants in Maiduguri,have been killed by Nigerian soldiers in a shootout. But the army lost one…
OKENE MASSACRE: Kumuyi Breaks Silence
General Superintendent, Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi has broken his silence following the massacre of 19 members of…
Boko Haram In Dual Attacks
Gunmen suspected to be members of Islamist Boko Haram sect late Wednesday launched simultaneous attacks on two police posts in…
‘Incessant Killings, A Dangerous Trend In Nigeria’
The Chairman, House Committee on Information, Security and Strategy of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Segun Olulade, has condemned…
Setback As Dana Plane Black Box Is Burnt
Nigerians may never know why Dana flight 992 crashed in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, on 3 June, killing more than 150…
Nigeria Witnessing Genocide —Lagos Lawmaker
The Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mufutau Egberongbe, has described the recent…