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A notorious commander of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), identified as Tochukwu, alias Joto and two other of his comrades have been killed by security forces in Imo State. A statement by the Nigerian Army on its official X handle said troops in conjunction with personnel from Nigeria Police, Department of State Services, […]

Maiduguri—Another Improvised Explosive Device, IED, planted along Maiduguri-Dikwa-Gamboru Ngala road has killed seven people, including a telecommunication experts, Mallam Abbashuwa Bulamarwa.The incident took place, weekend, when their vehicles drove on the planted IED in-between Dikwa and Logomani village, about 80kms drive from Maiduguri. This is coming barely one week after a vehicle conveying members of

The authority of the Nigerian Army, on Monday, said its troops deployed for counter-terrorism operations in the North Central in conjunction with Volunteer Guards, have successfully repelled a kidnap attempt and rescued two kidnap victims in Benue State. The army in a post on its Facebook page, said the troops, while responding to a distress

At least, six persons have been confirmed killed and eight others critically injured when bandits in their large numbers invaded the Ambe Community in the Southern Kaduna area of Kaduna State. The rampaging bandits, it was gathered stormed the village on Sunday night and unleashed terror on the community thereby killing the armless people and

Gunmen have killed a traditional ruler in Ebonyi State, His Royal Highness, Eze Umazi Ubani. PUNCH Metro reports that Ubani was the traditional ruler of Umuihe Community in Akaeze, in the Ivo Local Government Area of the state. Our correspondent gathered from residents that the monarch was killed when the hoodlums invaded the community on Friday

One middle-aged woman was shot while many others sustained varied degrees of injury in Ughelli on Monday as operatives of the Delta State Police Command resorted to forceful dispersal of a group of protesting women. The women from Oteri-Ughelli in the Ughelli North Local Government Area were protesting against alleged incessant harassment and extortion by

One person has been killed in Ogun State as gunmen kidnapped seven travellers on the Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode Expressway. The gunmen, numbering about seven, armed with AK-47 rifles, struck around between Ilisan, Ceplast industry, and Iperu junction axis of the Expressway. Though the incident happened on Sunday, the police authorities confirmed the death of a passenger on

Floods in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state have killed at least 78 people over the last seven days. The death toll is rising as heavy rains continue to lash southern Brazil, driving floodwaters higher. The storms and flooding in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul have killed at least 78 people,

Chad is set to become the first of Africa’s current junta-led states to move to democratic rule with Monday’s presidential vote. It will end a three-year transition imposed after the sudden death of long-serving leader Idriss Déby Itno while fighting rebels. But as his son, and successor, Gen Mahamat Déby is one of the favourites

President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian military to hold nuclear weapons drills involving the navy and troops based near Ukraine, the defence ministry said Monday. Putin has upped his nuclear rhetoric since the Ukraine conflict began, warning in his address to the nation in February there was a “real” risk of nuclear war. “During