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Gunmen rob, kill businessman in Bayelsa

Gunmen, suspected to be armed robbers, on Monday robbed and killed a businessman in his office, opposite Ekeki Motor Park, Yenagoa. The businessman, who simply identified as Cletus, was said to have been trailed to his office in the early hours and stabbed several times in the head until he died. The assailants were said to have left with an undisclosed amount of money, his mobile phone and a Highlander jeep, packed opposite the office....

Armed men kill police inspector, three civilians in Aba

The Abia State Police Command said armed men on Sunday killed an Inspector of Police, Shehu Oyibo, and three civilians in the Aba area of the state. The police officer, who was attached to the state’s Rapid Response Squad, was gunned down by the armed men along Ngwa Road by Mosque junction, Aba. In a statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Maureen Chinaka, the state Commissioner of Police, Kenechukwu Onwuemelie said, “Today, July 21,...

Property destroyed as gunmen invade Bayelsa community

Some unknown gunmen dressed in military uniform have reportedly invaded Akamama community in the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the attack on Saturday was the second attack on the Akamama community in 10 days though the reason for the invasion remained unknown. Community sources told our correspondent that military men arrived in the community in gunboats accompanied by some workers of an unnamed pipeline surveillance company. The gunmen...

At least a policeman reportedly died on Thursday when some gunmen attacked the Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shuaibu’s security details in Benin, Edo State.  The gun battle which was captured in a viral video seen on X by SaharaReporters was learnt to have occurred between the gunmen said to be the Edo State Security Network (ESSN) and the deputy governor’s convoy. This was also confirmed in a press statement issued by Shaibu’s media team...

Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed two bus passengers and abducted several others including members of the National Youth Services Corps (NYSC), during an attack along Ifon/Owo road in the Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State. The passengers were travelling from Anambra State to Owo when the vehicle was attacked on Friday night, it was gathered.  Among those abducted were; Adewole Paul Oluwaseun, a corps member who was returning from the NYSC camp,...

SaharaReporters had on Monday reported that the students were said to have been kidnapped by a group of unknown gunmen on Friday along the Evwreni axis of the East-West road in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. The Delta State Police Command has said its operatives have rescued nine students who were abducted along the East-West Road in Ughelli, Delta State. SaharaReporters had on Monday reported that the students were said to have...

Confirming the abduction, the spokesman for the Cross River State Police Command, SP Irene Ugbo, said the command along with other security agencies had launched a manhunt for criminals and ensure the rescue of the victims. Some gunmen have reportedly kidnapped three medical students of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Cross River State, South-South Nigeria. Citing the police, the News Agency of Nigeria reports that the incident occurred on Thursday night. The students were identified...

Gunmen kidnap ex-NULGE Chairman, two others in Nasarawa

In Nasarawa State, gunmen suspected of kidnapping Ismaila Konga, former Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE). Konga was kidnapped along with two others on his way from Akwanga town, the headquarters of Akwanga Local Government Area, to his country home, Andaha, where he lives with his family, on Monday evening. According to a family source, the gunmen set up a roadblock on the Akwanga-Jos federal highway between Ningo village and Andaha,...