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Ondo Church Attack Police Deploy Anti-Bomb Squad

Ondo Church Attack: Police Deploy Anti-Bomb Squad

June 6, 2022 4:33 am

The Commissioner of Police in Ondo State, Mr Oyeyemi Oyediran, has confirmed the deployment of officers of the Explosive Ordinance Device Unit (anti-bomb squad) to the scene of the attack in Owo Local Government Area of the state.

This is contained in a statement by the command’s spokesperson, Funmilayo Odunlami, on Sunday in Akure.

‘The command is aware of the attack at Owo, we will give you the full details of the incident later.

‘We want to implore the people of the state to be calm as all security apparatus are currently active to ensure peace in the area,’…

Buhari Condemns Brutal Murder of Worshippers in Ondo Church

Buhari Condemns Brutal Murder of Worshippers in Ondo Church

June 6, 2022 4:31 am

The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has described as heinous the killing of worshippers yesterday at the St Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, Owo Kingdom, in Ondo State.

In a press statement issued by his Media Adviser, Femi Adesina, the President, apart from condemning the incident stated that only fiends from the nether region could have conceived and carried out such dastardly act.

According to him, eternal sorrow awaits the perpetrators of the bad act both on earth here, and ultimately in the hereafter.

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President Buhari also mourned the …

Panic As Gunmen Kill Seven, Injure Five In Kaduna Community

Another APC Aspirant In Kwara Attacked By Gunmen

May 24, 2022 8:04 am

As politicians in the country take some more extreme measures to tighten up their security, some gunmen, in the early hours of Tuesday, in Igosi, Oke-ero Local Government Area of Kwara State, attacked a House of Representatives aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Kayode Bankole who luckily escaped unharmed.

Bankole had gone to visit the delegates at the Igosi-Imode Ward, to solicit their support for the forthcoming primaries of the APC when he was attacked on his way to his hometown in Ekan.

The have also been reports that Bankole, however, escaped by the …

Gunmen Invade Bayelsa, Kill 2 Police Officers, Injure Many

Gunmen Invade Bayelsa, Kill 2 Police Officers, Injure Many

May 16, 2022 4:47 am

Some yet-to-be-identified Gunmen have attacked and killed two policemen, three civilians, and left several others injured in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that a vehicle that was conveying the police officers and some civilians were attacked by the gunmen while coming from a colleague’s burial on Saturday.

In a statement, signed and sent to Africa Daily News, New York on Sunday, through the State’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Asinim Butswat, he stated that ‘On 14 May, 2022, at about 0745 hours, gunmen ambushed Policemen serving at Rivers Command, at Idema- Otuabagi …

Gunmen Abduct Eight Kwara APC Leaders

Gunmen Abduct Eight Kwara APC Leaders

March 18, 2022 12:33 pm

No fewer than eight members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have been abducted between Araromi Opin and Obbo Ile in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara.

Africa Daily News, New York kidnapped while returning from the inauguration of the Kwara chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) State Executive Committee from Ilorin.

One Adekunle Oluwole, a relative of one of the victims, broke the news of their abduction on Thursday in Ilorin.

Oluwole revealed five of the eight people involved had escaped from the kidnappers.

He listed those involved, as the Isapa Ward Chairman in Ekiti local government area …

Gunmen Invade Katsina Village, Abduct 11 Locals

Gunmen Invade Katsina Village, Abduct 11 Locals

March 12, 2022 10:34 am

At least 11 persons, mostly elderly women were on Saturday abducted by gunmen at Shinfida Village in Jibia Local Government Area of ​​Katsina State.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that they were abducted on their way to join other residents who earlier taken refuge in a refugee camp for safety after their village came under attack by a group of gunmen suspected to be bandits.

Sources told newsmen in an interview on Saturday that the assailants invaded the village last night.

According to him, those kidnapped virtually lack the capacity to leave at the time most residents fled to …

Anxiety As Gunmen Kill Poultry Farmer in Ekiti

Anxiety As Gunmen Kill Poultry Farmer in Ekiti

March 11, 2022 9:26 am

The residents of Ago Aduloju, a farmstead in Ado Ekiti metropolis have been gripped by palpable fear following the report that suspected gunmen killed a poultry farmer who was in his farm.

A resident of the area located on Ado-Ijan road Ado Ekiti, who spoke to newsmen on Thursday revealed that the incident occurred on Wednesday.

The source further narrated that the farmer had just rounded off work on his poultry farm and entered his vehicle to return home when the evil men struck.

He added that the deceased was shot in the head while the killers fled.

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Insecurity Five Killed As Gunmen Attack Benue Community

Insecurity: Five Killed As Gunmen Attack Benue Community

March 9, 2022 10:23 am

Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have murdered no fewer than five people in Tse-Ahentse village in Ndzorov council ward of Guma Local Government Area in Benue State.

Villagers who spoke to newsmen under the condition of anonymity disclosed that several others sustained gun wounds following the attack which took place on Tuesday.

The villagers said they were sleeping at night when the attackers whom they suspected to be armed herders stormed the community and began to fire gunshots indiscriminately.

Chairman of Guma LGA, Caleb Aba, confirmed the sad development to reporters disclosing that the incident happened early hours of Tuesday …

Nigerian Army General, Hassan Ahmed Murdered In Abuja

Nigerian Army General, Hassan Ahmed Murdered In Abuja

July 16, 2021 2:31 am

Some yet to be identified gunmen have assassinated Major General Hassan Ahmed who is a former Provost Marshal of the Nigerian Army in Abuja.

He was murdered last night in the Abaji area of the nation’s capital. Reports also revealed that the assailants kidnapped his sister, Safina Ahmed (initially mistaken for the wife).

A source close to the family told correspondents that the siblings were coming from Okene when they were attacked.

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‘They opened fire on his vehicle, he died. The driver pretended to be dead from the wound he …

Gunmen Kill 9 In Agan Community In Benue

Gunmen Kill 9 In Agan Community In Benue

May 23, 2021 4:40 am

Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen have attacked the Agan community in Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue leaving no fewer than nine persons dead.

According to reports available to Africa today News, New York, nobody knew where the attackers came from.

A native who preferred to remain anonymous said; ‘These attacks are becoming too frequent. This is the second time in less than three weeks that the attackers launched attacks on our community.

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‘We hardly sleep well nowadays for fear of attacks.

‘I appeal to the Federal Government to please send …

Tension As Gunmen Attack Sunday Igboho’s Residence

Tension As Gunmen Attack Sunday Igboho’s Residence

April 27, 2021 2:27 am

Self-acclaimed Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo who is well known as Sunday Igboho, has alerted the public that gunmen attacked his residence in the early hours of Monday.

His Media Aide Olayomi Koiki, raised the alarm on Monday warning the perpetrators not to eat more than they can chew.

There were reported sporadic shootings around the Soka, the Ibadan residence of Igboho, as some heavily armed gunmen stormed the area.

In a video shared on Facebook which has now gone viral, Koiki claimed that the residence was besieged by men of the Nigeria Army with the aim of arresting …

One Reported Killed As Gunmen Abduct JSS3 Students In Kaduna

One Reported Killed As Gunmen Abduct JSS3 Students In Kaduna

August 25, 2020 9:28 am

Gunmen have reportedly abducted an unconfirmed number of students from a school in Kaduna State.

The incident took place on Monday at Prince Academy in Samba-Kasaya, a village around Buruku area in Chikun Local Government Area of the state.

Those kidnapped are said to be some JSS 3 students who are preparing for the Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) before the armed men invaded the school at about 7am and took them away.

The Kaduna State Police Command has yet to confirm the incident and the number of those abducted.

But a security source in the area told Channels Television…

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