Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted three members of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry in Ondo State. The victims were kidnapped while returning from a bible study seesion at Kasemola axis of Ogbese in Akure North Local Government Area of the state. According to sources, the kidnappers had waited for the victms before attacking and whisking them into the …

Suspected members of an organised criminal gang invaded Efab Global Estate in the Idu Industrial Area of Abuja on Wednesday, leaving at least five security guards injured and robbing multiple homes. Eyewitnesses said the gunmen, estimated to be over 20 in number, stormed the estate in a coordinated attack around midnight, shooting sporadically to create panic. Speaking to our correspondent …

Gunmen suspected to be Fulani bandits, on Wednesday night, shot a newly-wedded man and kidnapped his wife to unknown destination in a Nasarawa community. An eyewitness, who spoke to Vanguard, said that the assailants invaded the home of the newly-wedded couple at about 11 p.m. They shot the man and abducted the wife. The incident took place at Akaleku village …

Gunmen on Saturday ambushed a Toyota Sienna passenger vehicle on Obbo-Aiyegunle/Osi Road in the Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State and abducted seven passengers travelling from Abuja to Offa in Kwara State. It was gathered that the suspected kidnappers, however, spared three children who were travelling with their abducted parents. It was gathered that it was the eldest of …

The lawmaker representing Kogi Central, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, raised the alarm on Thursday that some armed men raided her family home in Obeiba-Ihima, Kogi State. The senator disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja by her media team. According to her, the gunmen invaded and vandalised the residence which belongs to her grandfather on Tuesday. The attack, according to …

The police command in Kwara has confirmed the killing of the chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Kwara chapter, Idris Abubakar. The confirmation is contained in a statement by the command’s spokesperson, Superintendent Toun Ejire-Adeyemi, on Sunday in Ilorin. Mr Abubakar, 32, was reportedly shot dead by unidentified gunmen at about 10 p.m. on Saturday …

A businessman, Ismaila Awoyinka, was reportedly assassinated by some gunmen in Ore, the headquarters of Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State, on Saturday. It was gathered that the late businessman, who sells building materials, was killed at his residence opposite Caring Heart Mega School, Idi Mango area in Ore, on Saturday evening. According to a source in the community, …

Students of the College of Nursing Sciences, Asaba, the Delta State capital, were robbed by armed men who carted away their belongings. Saturday PUNCH gathered that the hostel, located outside the school premises and primarily inhabited by female students, was attacked on Thursday night by the gunmen. Sources told The PUNCH that the robbers, armed with guns and cutlasses, stormed …

Two students of the Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi, Benue State, were abducted by some gunmen in the late hours of Tuesday outside the university’s campus. It was gathered in a telephone conversation with a student of the institution on Wednesday, Ashar Lubem, that four students were kidnapped by the gunmen. He added that there was panic among the students …

The Commissioner of Police in Adamawa, CP Dankombo Morris, has condemned the kidnapping of Rev. Fr. Mathew Dusami of Yola Catholic Diocese and Rev. Fr. Abraham Samman of Jalingo Diocese. In a statement on Saturday in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, the command’s spokesman, Superintendent Suleiman Nguroje quoted the Commissioner of Police as saying the victims were kidnapped in the …