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Police hunt abductors of three in Anambra community

4 months ago2826 min

The Anambra State Police Command on Sunday said it had begun a search for the yet-to-be-identified gunmen who abducted three persons along the Nkpologwu-Akpo Road, Nkpologwu, in the Aguata Local Government Area of the state. The police reaction was coming after the heavily armed assailants had kidnapped the three men at different locations of the community, earlier in the morning. PUNCH Metro gathered that the victims, based outside Anambra, had just returned to attend an...

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Gunmen abduct three persons in Anambra community

4 months ago2704 min

No fewer than three persons have been reportedly abducted along the Nkpologwu-Akpo Road, Nkpologwu, in Aguata Local Government Area of the Anambra State by unidentified assailants. Although the details of the incident remain sketchy, it was gathered that the armed assailants kidnapped the three men at different locations in the community early Sunday. The kidnap is said to be coming after some gunmen attacked a police checkpoint at the Omata junction along the Nnewi Oba...

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Cultists kill son of Ogun community leader, one other

4 months ago2624 min

Some suspected cultists on Friday night reportedly killed one 48-year-old PoS operator, Fatai Kehinde under the Kuto bridge, Abeokuta. The PoS operator popularly called Faithy and son of the Baale of Kuto Community, Abeokuta was said to have been killed by assailants who chased him from his shop inside Kuto market to under bridge. The killing is said to be coming on the heels of the murder of another young man said to be a...

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Ondo community, police disagree over disruption of traditional festival

5 months ago1105 min

There was pandemonium in the Ibule Soro Community in Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State as some members of the state police command allegedly entered the town and disrupted the annual New Yam Festival celebration. The New Yam Festival is celebrated annually to mark the beginning of the yam-eating season. During the celebration, some policemen allegedly arrived at the venue and began shooting sporadically to disperse the crowd and prevent the continuation of the...

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Scores killed in Benue community

5 months ago804 min

No fewer than 30 people were reportedly killed in Ayati village in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State Thursday night. Sources told journalists in a telephone chat on Friday that local bandits ans suspected armed herders unleashed terror on the village. Ayati village is gradually becoming a slaughter slab in Ukum LGA. Recall that the violent protest that led to the destruction of personal and government properties in the council a few weeks ago...

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Seven-man kidnap gang terrorising Ogun community arrested

5 months ago949 min

Ogun State Police Command on Friday said that it has arrested a seven-man gang that specialised in kidnapping and killing their victims after collecting ransom from their loved ones. This group operates within Ijebu-Igbo and environs in Ijebu North Local Government Area of the state. Two members of the gang, Chukwuma Bathlomew aged 40 and Igwe Sunday aged 42 were reportedly arrested and paraded last month while 31-year-old Ifeanyi Mathias, Anayo Simeon aged 28 and...

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BREAKING: Nigerian Soldiers Enforcing Emir’s Curfew Order Open Fire On Bauchi Community Residents, Kill 5, Injure 8 Others

5 months ago898 min

Tension has risen in Lere District, Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of Bauchi State, following a deadly clash between soldiers and residents. According to eyewitnesses, the soldiers from Operation Haven of the Nigerian Army, who were enforcing a curfew imposed by the local Emir, Alhaji Aliyu Abubakar Bawa, killed five people and injured eight others. The violence allegedly erupted after the soldiers brutally beat a driver who refused to pay a bribe, sparking outrage...

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Police hunt killers of seven Imo community heads

5 months ago6087 min

The Imo State Commissioner of Police, Aboki Danjuma, has assured the public, particularly the residents of the Umucheke community in Onuimo Local Government Area of Imo State, that the command under his watch will leave no stone unturned in ensuring that the killers of the seven community heads who are also Eze Umucheke’s cabinet members are all arrested and brought to justice.Danjuma said this in a release signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, ASP...

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Gunmen kill seven village heads in Imo community

5 months ago1005 min

Tragedy struck again in Imo State on Saturday evening when some gunmen reportedly shot dead the President-General of Umucheke Okwe autonomous community in Onuimo Local Government Area of Imo State, Hyginus Ohazurike. Six village heads from the autonomous community were also allegedly killed by the gunmen. An indigene of the community, who pleaded anonymity, told PUNCH Online that the gunmen, who operated in a vehicle, struck while the victims were having a meeting in the...

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Group decries planned demolition in Lagos community

5 months ago985 min

A coalition of victims of the demolished buildings in the Oworoshoki area of Lagos State has called on the government to stop further planned demolition in the area. On Thursday, officials of the Lagos State Environmental Task Force invaded the Mosafejo community, a slum settlement at Oworonshoki, in the Kosofe Local Government Area of the state. The invasion was unprecedented as the dwellers were taken unawares when the armed officials ordered them to vacate the...

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