Gunmen have killed three people in Mari village and abducted a 12-year-old girl in a Fulani camp in Lile village in Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara State. The two incidents that the Kwara State Police Command confirmed occurred in the early hours of Wednesday. Those killed the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lade ward in Patigi …

Gunmen have killed the former Peoples Democratic Party chairman of Tarka Local Government Area of Benue State, Aondoakaa Yaiyol. Yaiyol before he was killed Friday night was the Commander of the Nigeria Hunters and Forest Security Services in the local government. It was gathered that the deceased lost his wife last year in the same circumstance and his house burnt. …

There was panic opposite a popular Pizza joint near the Federal Polytechnic, Oko, in Orumba Local Government Area of Anambra State, when some yet-to-be-identified gunmen shot a popular beer parlour owner dead. The reason for the attack cannot be immediately ascertained, but it was gathered that the incident occurred late on Sunday, when the victim, who was driving in his …

Gunmen have killed a land investor and kidnapped his wife in Owerri, Imo State. It was gathered that the incident happened Sunday evening at Irette Road, Umuguma, Owerri West Local Government Area of the state. A source, who pleaded anonymity, said the couple were travelling in their Highlander SUV when the tragedy occurred. They were said to be in company …

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 …