Three Ekiti farmers hospitalised as herdsmen strike

Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi Suspected herders on Tuesday unleashed terror on three women in a farm settlement in Irele-Ekiti, in Ikole Local Council Area of Ekiti State. The incident came less a month after two farmers were killed by herdsmen in Isaba-Ekiti, in the same local government area. An eyewitness, who spoke on […]

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Nigerian beauty queen, PhD student shot dead in US

A 24-year-old former Nigerian beauty queen, Najeebat Sule, has been found shot dead inside her car parked close to her residence at 8800 block of Frankford Avenue on March 12, Daily Mail reports. Nearly three weeks later, police have not found a motive and have made no arrests, leaving Sule’s family and friends searching for […]

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CSP, two others killed, four missing in IPOB, police clash – Command

Akwa Ibom State Commissioner of Police, Andrew Amiengheme Three police officers, including a Chief Superintendent of Police, Ben Ajide, on Monday died when they clashed with suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra in Ikot Akpan community in the Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. It was gathered that four other […]

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Nigerian beauty queen, PhD student shot dead in her car in US

A 24-year-old former Nigerian beauty queen, Najeebat Sule, has been found shot dead inside her car parked close to her residence at 8800 block of Frankford Avenue on March 12, Daily Mail reports. Nearly three weeks later, police have not found a motive and have made no arrests, leaving Sule’s family and friends searching for answers. ‘I […]

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‘How a cleric shattered my dream of becoming lawyer’

A robbery suspect under investigation for attacking a reverend father has said that he singled out clergymen for attacks because his life was ruined by one of them. Federick Ugah, who is currently cooling his heels in the cells of the Nasarawa State Police Command, said he had to drop out of the university as […]

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‘My son was beheaded in my presence’

Photo: Save the Children Children as young as 11 are being slaughtered in the Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, an international aid agency, Save the Children, said on Tuesday. The oil-rich region has been bedevilled by violence since 2017, with armed gangs sacking villages and towns. Nearly 670,000 people have been displaced, the agency said. […]

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Family claims Delta politician was assassinated

Demands justice On the evening of January 11, 2021, the Ofa family of Oghara Kingdom, Ethiope West Local Council, Delta State, was jolted by the chilling report of the gruesome murder of Elliot Ofa, a PDP councillorship candidate in Ward 13 of the council. The deceased, 49, was a popular grassroots politician in Oghara Kingdom, […]

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Gunmen kill policeman, eight others in Osun, Ekiti, Bauchi

Family of six among dead Troops foil kidnap attempt on 307 pupils in Kaduna Gunmen were on the prowl on Sunday, killing six in Osun State, one policeman and his friend in Bauchi State, as well as a traveller in Ekiti State. In Kaduna, troops foiled the attempt by suspected bandits to abduct more than […]

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Police rescue 16 kidnap victims in Delta

Police Inspector General Mohammed Adamu The Delta State Police command on Thursday said it rescued 16 persons, killed an armed robber and recovered an Ak-47 rifle with live ammunition in separate locations in the state. The acting Police public relations officer, DSP Bright Edafe, in a statement, said the police received a distress call on […]

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317 Jangebe schoolgirls kidnapped

The police Friday said it has begun searching for the whereabouts of the 317 Jangebe schools kidnapped from their school. The girls were kidnapped in the early hours of Friday from Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Jangebe in Zamfara State. The Zamfara Police Commissioner Abutu Yaro said a joint search and rescue operation is already […]

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