Crime

Hungry gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents attacked Kwarangilim village in Borno State on Tuesday.

The assailants were said to have invaded the village in Chibok Local Government Area of the state, in search of food to loot.

They also set houses ablaze while villagers were forced to escape to nearby bushes as the attack lasted for hours.

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Troops of the 28 Task Force Brigade and the 117 Battalion of the Nigerian Army deployed in Chibok have since arrived the village to restore calm.

Kwarangilim is located about five kilometres to …

The Lokoja-Obajana-Kabba Road in Kogi State has become the kidnappers and bandits play field, as six staff of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), were abducted by gunmen on Sunday.

A staff of JAMB, who confirmed the abduction, said that the victims, were from the head office in Abuja, and were headed to Kogi West, in preparation for the mock UTME exams.

The source, who pleaded anonymity, however declined to give more details, while all efforts to get confirmation from the Kogi State Police Command proved abortive, as at the time of filing this report.

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Unknown gunmen on Sunday abducted Alhaji Jibrin Giza, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works in Nasarawa State.

The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Bola Longe, who confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said that Giza was abducted by gunmen from his residence at Shabu, a suburb of Lafia at about 12:40 am., to an unknown destination.

The CP further stated that the DPO in the area had already mobilised some officers and men who are on the trail of the fleeing abductors and their victims.…

Nine drug addicts have been killed in an overnight shooting in a non-residential area in western side of Kabul, Afghanistan.

Ferdaus Faramarz from Kabul police told Xinhua on Sunday that “The shooting occurred at side of Qurugh Mountain in Police District 6 roughly at 8:00 p.m. Saturday. Personnel of Kabul Criminal Investigation Police Department shifted the bodies to Forensic Science Department near Kabul University shortly after the shooting was reported,”

One arrest is said to have been made, while motive behind the incident remained unclear as at press time.

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The official noted …

The National Office Against Organized Crime in China says authorities have captured 4,112 fugitives suspected of gang and organized crimes amid a nationwide crackdown.

According to the office, the 100-day campaign launched last November has targeted 4,713 fugitives involved in organized crime.

Among them, 50 were on the country’s class-A wanted list issued by the Ministry of Public Security.

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A total of 1,873 fugitives had turned themselves in and 41 most wanted suspects had been apprehended, the office said.

The office has pledged to push forward the campaign and hunt down all …