Tag: Gunmen
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Gunmen attacked Correctional Centre in Oyo, freeing inmates- Official
Unknown gunmen on Friday night attacked the Abolongo Correctional Centre in Oyo Town, freeing unspecified number of inmates at the facility. Mr Olarewaju Anjorin, the Public Relations Officer, Nigeria Correctional Service, Oyo State Command, confirmed the attack to our correspondent on Saturday in Ibadan. Anjorin said that the attack happened around 9.50 p.m on Friday.…
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Troops neutralise 3 gunmen in Enugu
Troops of Sector 5 operating under Exercise ‘Golden Dawn’ in Enugu, have neutralised three gunmen who attacked a police checkpoint along Okija-Onitsha expressway on Thursday. The Director, Army Public Relations, Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said the gallant troops engaged and overwhelmed the gunmen with superior firepower, forcing…
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Gunmen kill soldier, abduct housewife, 8 children in Kaduna
Gunmen attacked the residence of a Kaduna State University lecturer, Dr Ahmed Buba, in Zaria, Kaduna State, on Monday and seized his six children. The gunmen also shot a soldier, Ebuka Okechukwu dead. The soldier died of gunshot wounds in a hospital. They abducted Rabi Isya, Dr Buba’s neighbour’s wife and two of her children.…
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Gunmen kill 1, injure 1 in Bauchi -Police
The Police in Bauchi has confirmed one person killed and one other injured in an atrack by unidentified gunmen at Burshin Fulani area of Bauchi metropolis. The Police Public Relation Officer, SP Ahmed Wakil, who confirmed the incident, said the gunmen stormed the community in the early hours of Saturday and unleashed terror on the…
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Police in Edo confirm killing of Sowore jnr. by gunmen
The Police in Edo, on Saturday confirmed the killing of one, Mr Olajide Sowore, the younger brother to social activist, Mr Omoyele Sowore. The police said the deceased was shot dead in Edo by gunmen in the early hours of Saturday. He was said to have been coming from Igbinedion University, Okada, near Benin, where…
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Gunmen abduct ex-councillor’s wife, 7-month-old son in Zamfara – Police
The Police Command in Zamfara said gunmen had kidnapped the wife and seven-month-old son of an ex-councilor in the state, Mr Babangida Ibrahim. Confirming the development, the spokesman for the command, SP Muhammad Shehu, told our correspondent that the gunmen attacked the former councilor’s house at Damba in Gusau at about 12.30 a.m. on Wednesday.…
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Gunmen abduct traditional ruler in Kogi
Gunmen kidnapped a traditional ruler, the Adogu of Eganyi in Ajaokuta Local Government Area of Kogi, Alhaji Mohammed Adembe, on Tuesday. Our correspondent gathered in Lokoja on Wednesday that the traditional ruler was returning to his community from Okene, also in Kogi, when he was kidnapped. Confirming the incident, police spokesman in Kogi, DSP William…
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Gunmen kidnap 2 people in Kubwa
Gunmen have kidnapped two people from their houses in Byazhin, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The armed men, who stormed the hilly area close to the Lottery Quarters and few metres away from Living Faith Church at Byazhin in Kubwa, abducted a man identified as Mr Ayodele Somorin before they whisked away…
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Protest in Ogun over kidnap of FUNAAB student by suspected gunmen
The students of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), on Monday took to the streets to protest the kidnap of their colleague, Olayinka Toyinbo, in Odeda, Ogun. Our correspondent reports that the placard-carrying students took their protest to the Ogun State secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Abeokuta. The inscriptions on the…
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Gunmen attack Plateau community, kill 7 – Police
Gunmen attacked Dong Community in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau on Sunday and killed seven persons. “At about 8 p.m. on Sunday, we received a distress call that gunmen invaded Dong Village and killed seven persons, police spokesman in Plateau, ASP Ubah Ogaba, said in a statement issued on Monday in Jos. “A…