All posts tagged "gunmen"
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Gunmen Reportedly Shot Lawyer Dead In Benue
November 21, 2024Ofikwu was ambushed by two armed assailants while waiting for his gate to be opened at...
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Gunmen Attack TCN Substation Construction Site In Kogi, Damage Transformer
November 13, 2024It was gathered that during the attack, the radiator of a 150MVA power transformer — a...
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Gunmen Attack Quarry In Cross River, Kill Police Inspector, Abduct Two Chinese Expatriates
November 9, 2024The assailants shot a police inspector on duty, and seized his rifle before kidnapping two Chinese...
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Gunmen Attack Police Station In Abia, Kill Female Suspect In Bid To Free Detainees
November 4, 2024Our personnel successfully repelled the attack, though the assailants used dynamite to blow off the roof.
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Gunmen Kill APC Councilorship Candidate In Ogun
October 12, 2024It was gathered that the assailants stormed the area in a tinted car while shooting sporadically.
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Gunmen Kidnap Sports Journalists Travelling To Uyo For AFCON Qualifier, One Dead, Four Missing
October 10, 2024Nine of the abducted journalists have since been rescued, but the incident took a tragic turn...
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Gunmen Free Abducted Businessman After N10m Ransom In Kwara
September 17, 2024The release was later confirmed by the DPO in Kosubosu, who noted that efforts are underway...
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Gunmen Attack Umunze Police Station, Kill Two Officers In Anambra
September 16, 2024The suspected Armed Proscribe Group invaded the Police Facility with improvised explosives, shooting sporadically and fire...
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Gunmen Attack Ogbaru Local Government Secretariat In Anambra
August 30, 2024The attackers, reportedly in large numbers, set ablaze a vehicle and several buildings within the premises.
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Gunmen Kidnap Over 20 Medical Students In Benue
August 16, 2024In March, ten people were kidnapped at the Taraba/Benue border community in Jootar
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Gunmen Kill Lecturer, Deputy Registrar, School Principal, Three Others In Taraba
August 12, 2024The bandits, after killing the passengers, also proceeded to attack farmers who were working close to...
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Gunmen Abduct Two Chinese Nationals In Ogun
August 12, 2024The kidnappers have contacted the victims' company, demanding a ransom for their release.
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Gunmen Abduct District Head, Son, Brother In Sokoto
July 29, 2024The incessant attacks on their communities despite their sustained efforts to tackle insecurity in the area.
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Gunmen Kill 5 Security Officers, Abduct 2 Chinese Nationals In Kogi Mining Site
July 25, 2024The gunmen were about 20 in number, stormed the mining site in Zango City and killed...
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Gunmen Attack Police Patrol In Aba, Kill Officer, Three Civilians
July 21, 2024Bodies of the deceased have been deposited at the mortuary, while investigation is ongoing to arrest...
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Gunmen Defy Curfew, Storm Benue Community, Kill 18
July 20, 2024It was learnt that 18 bodies were reportedly recovered Saturday morning by the military.
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Gunmen Abduct Driver, 18 Passengers In Akwa Ibom- Abia Boundary
July 16, 2024The gunmen had ambushed the bus shortly after it left its Uyo terminal and was passing...
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Gunmen Kill Three Vigilante Operatives, Teenager In Imo
July 8, 2024The witness said a stray bullet struck the teenager, who died on the spot.
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Gunmen Abduct Pentecostal Pastor In Ondo
July 1, 2024The family of the victim has been contacted by the suspected kidnappers
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Retired Army General Shot Dead By Gunmen In Abuja
June 23, 2024The robbers also injured one of the neighbourhood guards during the attack
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Gunmen Kill Vigilante Commander, Injure Others In Anambra
June 18, 2024Another shooting incident took place between the sit-at-home enforcers and members of the vigilante group
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Gunmen Kidnap Company MD, Three Lebanese In Lagos Boat Attack
June 15, 2024The kidnappers have asked for $1.5m
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Gunmen Kill Transport Bus Manager In Bayelsa
June 14, 2024The deceased was heading home after the close of the day to meet his wife in...
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Gunmen Invade Plateau Community Kill Pastor, 4 Others
June 6, 2024We use this medium to further appeal for calm to enable the security agencies carry out...
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Gunmen Kill Village Head In Taraba
June 4, 2024Your support is invaluable to our mission, and we will continue to work together
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Gunmen Invade Abuja Community, Abduct Custom Officer’s Spouse, Children
May 20, 2024This led to a fierce gun duel as the hoodlums were overwhelmed by the firepower
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Gunmen Kidnap Akwa Ibom Monarch, Shoot Wife
May 20, 2024His wife, Obonganwan Okon Abang, was shot in the leg and critically injured
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Again, Gunmen Attack Edo Community, Kill Okomu Oil Worker, Set Vehicles, Houses Ablaze
May 13, 2024The latest attack comes a week after gunmen killed three Okomu Oil workers.
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Gunmen Kidnap 13 In Abuja Community, Demand N900m Ransom
May 8, 2024The kidnappers raided the village for about one hour without any response, or reaction from the...
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Bandits Kidnap Bank Manager In Zamfara
May 8, 2024He was shouting for help but unfortunately, nobody could risk his life to come out and...
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Gunmen Abduct Four-Month-Old Baby At Gunpoint In Akwa Ibom
May 7, 2024We lost our first child at about the same age, and now that she was being...
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Gunmen Kill One, Abduct Seven Travellers In Ogun
May 7, 2024I started speaking Hausa to them begging them not to kill me
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Gunmen Kill Two Police Officers, Three Vigilante Members In Enugu
May 6, 2024A search and manhunt operation launched after that, three (3) males suspected to have masterminded the...
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Gunmen Invade Abuja Community, Abduct Pastor, Three Others
May 1, 2024From the engineer’s house, after carrying his wife and brother, they divided themselves into two groups
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Gunmen Abduct Father, Son In Ondo
April 30, 2024The student and his father were waylaid and kidnapped along the notorious route
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BREAKING: Gunmen Kill Ondo APC Returning Officer
April 28, 2024Abey was said to have served as a ward coordinator for the Lucky Aiyedatiwa Campaign Organization...
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Gunmen Kidnap Assistant Controller Of Correctional Facility In Minna
April 26, 2024It was gathered that the Gelele was kidnapped along Ilorin – Minna road on the 17th...
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Gunmen Kidnap Channels TV Reporter, Demand N30m Ransom
April 12, 2024The hoodlums had contacted his wife and demanded N30m as ransom before releasing him.
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Gunmen Abduct 2 Worshippers In Ogun Church
March 30, 2024Abiodun Alamutu , has been briefed about the incident and has ordered the immediate mobilization
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Gunmen Kill Founder, Pastor Of MSRC Church In Akwa Ibom
March 19, 2024The assailants stormed the church premises on a motorcycle and after committing the crime, left through...
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Gunmen Kill IDP In Benue
March 19, 2024He (victim) just paid N500,000 for a land in the LGA headquarters yesterday
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Gunmen Abduct Edo PDP Chairman In Benin
March 16, 2024The gunmen pointed guns at us and ordered our chairman to enter their car and took...
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15 Missing As Gunmen Ambush Passengers Bus In Taraba
March 13, 2024As I moved closer, some of the Vigilante personnel started shouting, ‘kill all of them,’ kill...
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Three Suspects Arrested In Connection With Abduction Of Chinese National In Kwara
March 12, 2024The gunmen fired several shots into the air, causing panic among nearby residents
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Gunmen Invade Plateau Market, Kill Seven
March 11, 2024The gunmen fled to the bush but police personnel have been deployed to the community to...
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Gunmen Abduct Albino Teacher In Oyo
March 6, 2024Residents feared that the abduction of the victim being an albino, might be related to kidnap...
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Gunmen Set Ifesinachi Luxury Bus Ablaze With 59 Passengers On board
March 1, 2024The armed robbers attacked us at Ijebu Ode. They stripped us of our dresses
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Gunmen Killed Orderly, As Imo Senator Narrowly Escapes Death
February 13, 2024Our security agencies are not doing enough to combat crimes in the state.
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Gunmen Kill Four, Burn Houses In fresh plateau Attack
February 12, 2024The fourth death was recorded in another attack on Teegbe village on Saturday night
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Gunmen Attack Patrol Team In Ebonyi, Kill Police Officer
February 3, 2024Another policeman was wounded and receiving medical treatment at the hospital.
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Gunmen Behead Police Inspector In Akwa Ibom
February 2, 2024The victim was attacked by over 10 assailants at his private residence around Enen Afaha
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Gunmen Abduct Pupils, Teachers, School Bus Driver In Ekiti
January 30, 2024Oyebanji described the kidnap as callous, and unacceptable
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Gunmen Kill Two Police Officers, Two Others In Imo
January 30, 2024Another were also said to have stormed Christiana junction at Egbu Road and robbed POS operators.
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Gunmen Abduct Spare Parts Dealer, Shoot Bystander In Sokoto
January 29, 2024The gunmen reportedly made their arrival known by shooting sporadically.
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Gunmen Attack Benue Community, Kill 2 Soldiers, 4 Others
January 20, 2024The attackers targeted the military men.
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Gunmen Attack Vigilante Office In Ebonyi, Kill Female Officer
January 17, 2024Security men in the local government area have been battered, humiliated, abused, and murdered gruesomely by...
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Gunmen Abduct Mother, Son In Zaria
January 16, 2024The bandits however spared the remaining two tenants in the residence but tied and locked them
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Gunmen Kidnap Council Chairman, Driver, Orderly, Aide In Benue
January 14, 2024They were kidnapped on their way to the burial of the paramount ruler of the area
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Gunmen Kidnap District Head’s Son, Former PDP Ward Chairman, 21 Others In FCT
January 12, 2024They divided themselves into groups and some went into the palace of the district head
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Gunmen Kidnap Ten Residents In Abuja Estate
January 8, 2024A security guard, who was overpowered and beaten by the gunmen, has been rescued.
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Gunmen Abduct Imo Traditional Ruler
January 7, 2024They arrived in a commando style and headed straight into the palace
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Gunmen Kidnap 3 Travellers Near Port Harcourt Airport
January 5, 2024I quickly hid under the car, and as I did, three kidnappers walked by – dragging...
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Gunmen Attack Chris Uba’s Convoy, Kill 2 Policemen In Anambra
December 30, 2023Uba was able to escape because his car was bulletproof
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Gunmen Dressed In Military Uniform Kill Two Officers In Anambra
December 29, 2023The gang operated with and defused an improvised explosive device found in the vehicle.
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Gunmen Kill Journalist, Vigilante Commander, 2 Others In Edo
December 26, 2023It was gathered that the gunmen became enraged after they could not find the “target
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Gunmen Kill Police Orderly, Abduct High Court Judge In Akwa Ibom
December 21, 2023The judge had just risen from her court and was on her way home when the...
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Gunmen Abduct Traditional Ruler, Pregnant Daughter, 18 Others In Taraba
December 20, 2023The gunmen, after abducting the second-class chief and his family members, also abducted other people
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Gunmen In Military Uniform Kill One, Abduct 7 Travellers On Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
December 13, 2023Another vehicle, was shot by the kidnappers while attempting to escape.
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Gunmen Assassinate Businessman In Imo Community
December 1, 2023They shot him repeatedly and made sure he died before they left the scene.
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Gunmen Storm University Staff Quarters In Calabar, Kidnap Professor
November 14, 2023It was gathered that the gunmen abducted Egaga and made their escape through the waterways
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Gunmen Kill YPP Ward Chairman In Anambra
November 13, 2023The unidentified persons, who arrived in a Lexus 350 SUV, fired several shots
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Gunmen Invade ECWA Church, Kill Pastor’s Wife, Abuct Three Others In Kwara
November 13, 2023They killed Mrs Olawale, wife of one of the pastors who operates a thriving provision store...
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Gunmen Kidnap Businessman, Shoot Varsity Student In Nasarawa
November 8, 2023The student was shot by the bandits and was immediately rushed to the hospital
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Gunmen Abduct Journalist In Adamawa
November 2, 2023We have not rested on our oars since we learnt about the incident
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Gunmen Invade Ondo Forest Reserve Farm Settlements
November 2, 2023Akure, Ondo State – Gunmen invaded a farm settlement in the Oluwa Forest Reserve in Odigbo...
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Gunmen Storm Ora Community In Kwara, Abduct Two
October 29, 2023They abducted two persons and shot one to death on the spot
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Gunmen Kill Monk After Kidnapping In Kwara, Dump Body In River
October 25, 2023Kidnappers led brothers Peter and Anthony to the forest where they had been hiding them
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Gunmen Attack Correctional Facility, Kill Officer, Injure Mother, Daughter In Cross River
October 19, 2023No inmate escaped or was killed, the attackers didn’t get close to the main facility
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Gunmen Abduct Wife, Children Of Kwara State Lawmaker
October 17, 2023The abductors arrived in a large group, firing their guns indiscriminately before swiftly taking the victims...
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Gunmen Abduct Two In Gombe Community
October 9, 2023Patrol teams, in collaboration with local vigilantes and hunters, have been dispatched to track down and...
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Gunmen Kill 70-Year-Old Fulani Leader In Plateau
September 25, 2023The people of Mangu have since resolved to live in peace with each other
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Gunmen Kill Community Leader In Plateau
September 25, 2023The incident has sent shockwaves through the region, leaving the community in mourning.
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Gunmen Kill Three Vigilantes In Edo
September 23, 2023I was also shot by the hoodlums, but I managed to escape.
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Gunmen Abducted NTA Staff, 10 Other Passengers In Benue
September 19, 2023He had recently been relocated from the Makurdi Zonal Network Office to Abia State
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Gunmen Abduct Police Officer In Bauchi
September 18, 2023The incident sparked chaos in the town, with residents scrambling to find safety.
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Osun-Kwara Kidnapping, One Dead, Four Freed Following N7m Ransom Payment
August 28, 2023They were discovered making phone calls inside the bush and were arrested and taken into custody...
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Gunmen Kidnapped APC Organising Secretary In Kaduna
August 26, 2023The former Chairman of Soba Local Government Area was taken from his home
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Gunmen Attack Delta Police Station, Kill Officer
August 26, 2023Another policeman was injured in the attack carried out by gunmen on motorbikes.
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Police Rescue Female Chief, Arrest Informants In Osun-Kwara Kidnapping
August 24, 2023The incident took place in Aworo, a community at the border of Osun and Kwara States.
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Gunmen Abduct 8 Graduates Heading To NYSC Camp In Zamfara
August 23, 2023The abducted graduates were travelling at night to their designated orientation camp when the gunmen ambushed...
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Gunmen Allegedly Kill Retired Police Officer, Wife In Imo
August 21, 2023The armed robbers were carrying pump action rifles and were trying to carry a bag containing...
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Gunmen Abduct RCCG Pastor’s Wife In Kwara Community
August 18, 2023The pastor initially heard gunshots, only to later discover that his wife had been kidnapped.
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Gunmen Abduct Five Persons In South-East Region
August 16, 2023the victims were said to be returning home from Enugu Airport in an airport taxi (Sienna...
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Gunmen Reportedly Kill Two Soldiers, Abduct Construction Workers In Rivers Community
August 12, 2023We all have been sleeping in the bush; there is panic everywhere because we don’t know...
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Gunmen Attack Plateau Community, Kill At Least 17 People
August 10, 2023Gunmen suspected to be Fulani militias have killed at keast 17 people in Heipang community, in...
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Protest Erupts After Gunmen Kill 5, Injure Others In Plateau Community
August 8, 2023The situation persisted until the intervention of Operation Safe Haven personnel, who dispersed the agitated protesters...
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Gunmen Kidnap Two Catholic Priests In North-Central
August 4, 2023Other seminarians in the area have been advised to relocate temporarily while an investigation into the...
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Gunmen Invade Former Senator’s Farm, Kill One In Kwara
August 3, 2023The kidnappers were said to have abandoned the driver who had been injured in his leg...
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Gunmen Kidnap Former FCE Provost, Wife, Driver In Ogun
July 26, 2023Mrs. Ajayi was later released by the kidnappers while they went away with the former provost...
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Gunmen Attack Enugu Police Station, Cart Away Arms
July 19, 2023It was gathered that a policeman on night duty at the police station was shot but...
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