No fewer than 19 children have died from suspected measles complications in Mubi North Local Government Area of Adamawa State. Commissioner for Health, Mr. Felix Tangwami, revealed this to newsmen in Mubi on Saturday, saying that more than 200 children in the local government area were already infected. He said the outbreak was reported in Yola on Saturday, leading to …

Gunmen have killed a middle-age man, Danjuma Emokpaire, in his farm on Friday at Ubune-Ivbiaro Community in Owan-East Local Government Area of Edo State. One of the residents who spoke on condition of anonymity said the deceased was attacked by the armed men while leaving the farm after the day’s work. The resident said Emokpaire told him and others that …

Gunmen have reportedly attacked a pub in the Pankshin Local Government Area of Plateau State and killed two persons. It was learnt that one of those killed during the attack, which occurred on Saturday, was the state Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sylvanus Namang. A former state chairman of the APC, Enock Fanmak, expressed shock when contacted …

A middle-aged man, Sule Gwamnati, has been shot dead by gunmen who attacked his family house in the early hours of Friday in the Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State. It was learnt that after shooting Gwamnati, the attackers suspected to be kidnappers went away with his wife, Blessing. Sources said that Gwamnati, who was immediately rushed to a …

Residents reported that the traders were returning to their community from a local market in Jibia when they ran into the gunmen around 6pm. It was learnt that the traders were being conveyed in two vehicles which the gunmen also burnt. A resident who spoke on condition of anonymity said: “The traders left the market early enough after their trading …

There was palpable fear in the Katapka community of Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa State following the alleged killing of three soldiers and two vigilante group members by bandits who invaded the local government on Tuesday. Unidentified gunmen had on February 1, 2024, murdered three persons and destroyed properties worth millions of naira in the Katapka and Okudu communities …

Residents of Kambi community along Ilorin/Jebba Expressway in Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State were on Thursday left in shock as some gunmen invaded the home of a medical practitioner, Dr David Adefikayo, killed him and kidnapped his 16-year-old daughter. It was gathered that the gunmen stormed the residence of the Medical Director of Dafikayo Clinic in Kambi around …

No fewer than 11 persons have been killed by suspected bandits in two villages of Gandi District of Rabbah Local Government Area of Sokoto State within one week. A source who spoke with Newsmen from one of the affected villages, confirmed that the attacks which were launched in Gidan-Buwai and Maikujera within the local government also resulted in the rustling …