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Gunmen kill four police officers, PoS operator in Imo

10 months ago1524 min

Gunmen on Monday evening killed four police officers at stop and search checkpoint along Owerri-Onitsha road in Imo state. An eyewitness, who claimed to be a resident of Irete in Owerri-west Local Government Area of the state, said fear couldn’t allow him and others to ascertain how many civilians were also shot. He said, “The gunmen stormed one of the popular hotels where the police checkpoint was mounted at Irete around 6:30 pm and shot...

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Gunmen attack customs base, kill officer in Kebbi

10 months ago5614 min

Gunmen suspected to be hoodlums have reportedly attacked a Nigeria Customs Service patrol base in Koko, Kebbi State killing one officer and abducting one other in the process. A press statement made available to newsmen on Sunday evening by the Public Relations Officer, Kebbi Area Command, Mohammed Tajuddeen Salisu, said the incident occurred on Thursday. “With deep regret, we announce a distressing incident which occurred at our Koko Besse patrol base on Thursday, July 25,...

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Gunmen kill inspector in Borno police station attack

10 months ago1423 min

Some unknown gunmen in the early hours of Sunday, July 28, 2024, killed an Inspector of Police (name undisclosed) during an attack at the Jakaan Police Station, Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State. “We recorded a foiled attack by unknown gunmen at the police base in Jakana town. The gunmen tried to infiltrate into the police parameters but the efforts of the Police Mobile Force attached to the police station in Jakana were able...

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Devil pushed me to kill my friend for ritual —Osun herbalist

10 months ago6725 min

A herbalist based in Oba-Oke, Osun State, Ganiyu Kehinde, arrested by the police for killing his friend, Emmanuel Collins, has said he committed the act in a bid to get human parts that would be used for money rituals. Kehinde was among the suspects arrested across the state for various crimes paraded by the police at Osun Command’s headquarters in Osogbo on Friday. Giving the facts of the case, Osun Police Command’s spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola,...

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Police foil attempted carjacking, kill two, arrest others in Abuja

10 months ago1394 min

Two suspected armed robbers were killed on Thursday night while trying to hijack a Prado Jeep at gunpoint in the Jahi area of Abuja, Federal Capital Territory. This was confirmed by FCT Commissioner of Police, Benneth Igweh, during a press briefing at the police command in Abuja on Friday. There, he also presented two arrested members of the robbery gang, according to Daily Trust. The incident occurred around 10.45pm on Thursday. He said, “A four-member...

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Soldiers kill two terrorists in Kaduna

10 months ago1364 min

Troops of the Nigerian Army have killed two terrorists in an ambush operation in Kaduna State on Wednesday. The NA disclosed this in a statement and pictures shared on X.com on Thursday. The statement partly read, “The troops, responding to actionable intelligence, executed a well-coordinated ambush along the Tasha-Bwari Road, a vital link between Gurara town in Kachia and Kagarko Local Government Areas of Kaduna State. “During the operation, the troops engaged the terrorists in...

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Hired thugs kill man for stealing brother’s doors in Anambra

10 months ago65311 min

Some yet-to-be-identified hired thugs have beaten a 28-year-old man identified as Kingsley Okoye, to death for allegedly stealing and selling his elder brother’s doors from a construction site. The incident, PUNCH Metro gathered, happened in Okpuno Umuogali community of Oba in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, on Sunday. The deceased was accused of selling some “foreign doors” he allegedly removed from a yet-to-be-completed building belonging to his overseas-based elder brother, Joseph Okoye,...

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Gunmen kill 300-level Ondo varsity student

10 months ago1315 min

A 300-level Linguistics student of Adekunle Ajasin University, simply known as Emmanuel, was on Sunday, shot and killed by gunmen in one of the private student hostels in Akungba Akoko. A student who pleaded anonymity disclosed to our correspondent that the deceased was shot in the room. “It happened last night, the victim was shot while on his bed, in his room,” he said. PUNCH Metro in a telephone interview with the Ondo State Police...

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Gunmen rob, kill businessman in Bayelsa

10 months ago1362 min

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....

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Armed men kill police inspector, three civilians in Aba

10 months ago1503 min

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,...

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