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Two suspected kidnappers killed, victims rescued in Kwara
In an exchange of gunfire, two suspected kidnappers were killed by Kwara State police command operatives.
They were accosted in the bush while attempting to split the ransom collected from the families of two kidnapped victims.
The…
Five killed in Ifeanyi Ubah’s convoy attack – Police
The Anambra State Police Command confirmed on Monday that five people were killed, including two police officers and three civilians, when gunmen attacked the convoy of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah of Anambra South on Sunday.
Tochukwu Ikenga, the…
Gunmen kidnap LG vice chairman, pastor
Dele Ogunyemi and James Abraham
Chief Frank Ozue, the Vice Chairman of Delta State's Isoko North Local Government Area, has been kidnapped.
The incident occurred on Sunday in Ogor town, Ughelli North LGA of the state, when his car was…
Nine dead in Madagascar river collision
Authorities said on Monday that at least nine people were killed and an unknown number were missing after a passenger boat collided with a cargo vessel on a river in northwest Madagascar.
Children were among the 35 people aboard the…
Many killed as Nigerian troops raid ISWAP terrorists’ ‘Somalia’ hideout in Sambisa
Two Nigerian military Super Tucano fighter jets have killed scores of Islamic State of West African Province, ISWAP, terrorists in Somalia, near Sambisa Forest, which is thought to be where the terrorists treat wounded fighters.
According…
Katsina civilian JTF kills nine terrorists, arrests five
By Olaide Oyelude
On Sunday, members of the Civilian Joint Task Force in Katsina State's Batsari Local Government Area repelled a terrorist attack on the town, killing nine of them.
The civilian task force team also apprehended five more…
NDLEA arrests Brazil returnee who ingested 92 wraps of cocaine
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested Okolie Paulinus Nwabueze, a Nigerian returning from Brazil, for importing 92 wraps of cocaine, which he ingested and eventually excreted after days of observation in the agency's…
29-year-old Nigerian, Chidozie Obasi wanted in the United States for $31million fraud
By Kirk Leigh
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced over the weekend that a Nigerian man, 29-year-old Chidozie Collins Obasi, had been declared wanted by the US for defrauding hospitals in the New York Area of $31 million.
Between…
Notorious bandit leader, Musti, gunned down in Kaduna
Boderi Isiya, a notorious bandit leader, has narrowly escaped capture, while his lethal second-in-command, Musti, has been killed by troops.
Several other terrorists were reportedly killed by soldiers in a recent operation.
Musti and…
Hoodlums kill 4, burn houses in Benue Communities
By Hope Abah Emmanuel
At least four people were reportedly killed in separate attacks on two communities in Benue State's Guma Local Government Area.
On the phone, villagers told our correspondent that the incident occurred between Friday…