News Reports

The items were intercepted by the patrol teams of the Area Command of the Customs Service along the ever busy Lokoja-Abuja highway. Handing over the hard drugs to the Niger State Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Barrister Haruna Kwetishe, at the Customs headquarters in Minna on Tuesday, the Niger/Kogi Comptroller Busayo […]

Bandits have abducted six women and two men at Unguwar Alkasim village near the Foundation area along Kaduna-Zaria in Igabi LGA of Kaduna State. The incident happened in the early hours of Monday when the bandits attacked the community, shooting to scare the villagers away. A resident who identified himself as Malam Adamu said fear

An Uber driver, whose name is yet to be known, has been hospitalised following an attack by a gunman in the Garki area of the Federal Capital Territory at about 10pm on Monday, according to a police report. Police sources told our correspondent on Tuesday that an argument had ensued on Monday night between the

No fewer than 25 worshippers of New Life for All Church in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State, have been abducted by bandits. It was learnt that the bandits attacked the church around 10 am on Sunday and rode motorcycles there. The Senior Special Assistant on Christian Affairs to Governor Aminu Bello Masari, Rev.

Edo State Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare, yesterday disclosed that 12 of the remaining 14 kidnapped victims from the Igueben Train Station attack have been rescued by a combined team of security operatives.The operation was carried out by a Special Force of soldiers, policemen, operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), local

The Democratic Republic of Congo government has blamed Islamic State group-affiliated rebels for a bomb attack at a Pentecostal church in Kasindi, in the east of the country. At 17 people were killed and 39 wounded as church-goers attended Sunday worship, officials say. The Congolese military blamed the attack on the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Zamfara State has arrested a POS operator, simply identified as Mustapha, for allegedly hired by bandits for financial transactions. The Zamfara NSCDC Commandant, Muhammad Muazu, said Mustapha was arrested in Birnin Tsaba Community in Zurmi LGA of the state. He further revealed that two POS machines were recovered

Ramallah, occupied West Bank – The Israeli army has shot and killed a Palestinian child during a raid in the southern occupied West Bank. The boy was identified as 14-year-old Omar Khaled Lutfi Khmour by the Palestinian Ministry of Health, which announced his death on Monday afternoon. The ministry had reported early on Monday that Khmour

A woman identified as Patience has been reportedly murdered along Oda Road in Akure, the Ondo State capital by some unknown gunmen. The deceased, a mother of four, who was said to be a hairdresser at the popular Oja Oba market, was reportedly killed on the road. A source said the assailants trailed the woman

The Osun State Command of the Amotekun Corps on Sunday said it had commenced a search for a housewife simply identified as Gbemisola abducted by some yet-to-be-identified persons in Osogbo. A statement by the Command’s spokesperson, Idowu Yusuf, said the victim was kidnapped in her residence at Technical College Area, Osogbo late on Friday. According