Tag: Gunmen

Gunmen kill 20 residents, raze houses in Plateau communities 

Aminu Imam
Gunmen in Plateau

No fewer than 20 persons have been killed and several houses destroyed in a deadly attack by suspected Fulani gunmen in Jebu, in Tahos Community of Riyom local government area of Plateau State. According to multiple sources from the community, the gunmen stormed the locality and started shooting sporadically late Monday night. It was further gathered that some persons who sustained injuries were receiving treatment in some hospitals. Chairman and Publicity Secretary of the Coalition for the Protection of Democracy (COPDEM), Gideon Manjal and Gadu Daniel Dong, in a statement…

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Gunmen abduct 11 passengers after attack on another Benue Links vehicle

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Gunmen on Sunday night attacked a Benue Links passenger bus and abducted at least 11 persons, multiple sources said on Monday. The driver of the vehicle and four passengers were however said to have escaped after the attack which occurred at about 10pm along Ogbokolo-Otukpa road in Okpokpwu Local Government Area of Benue. A competent source said that the kidnappers had initially demanded for N60 million, but came down to N16 million as ransom to release the passengers. A similar incident involving two buses of the transport company occurred on…

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Gunmen kill Kaduna Seminarian, set Cathtolic Parish residence ablaze in night attack

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

A Catholic Parish house in Kamantan, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, was on Thursday night set ablaze and a seminarian killed in an attack by gunmen. The Parish in Kamantan is under the Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan, Jema’a Local Government Area. The attackers were said to have stormed the parish house at about 8:00 p.m. and set it ablaze alongside a vehicle. Sources said the deceased seminarian, Stephen Naman, died from the smoke he inhaled while trying to escape from the grasp of the attackers. When contacted,…

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Gunmen miss Rev, Father abduct Catechist in Ikulu-Pari, Kaduna

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Gunmen on Thursday abducted Mr Kefas Ishaya, the Catechist of St. Monica Catholic Church, Ikulu-Pari, in Chawai Chiefdom of Kauru Local Government, Kaduna State. The gunmen picked the Catechist when they could not get his boss, Rev Fr Joseph Shekari, who was not in when his residence was attacked. Fr Shekari, who was abducted in similar circumstances in February 2022, had travelled out of the village and was not available for a second ordeal in captivity. The Parish had held its annual Thanksgiving Service on Sunday and its members suspect…

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Abba Kyari: “You’ll hear from us” – Gunmen threaten Obi Cubana

Aminu Imam

A heavily armed group, which identified itself as ‘Angry Vipers’, has threatened to attack Anambra-born businessman, Obi Cubana. They issued the threat in a viral video on Thursday in which it also gave the South-East Governors a twenty-one days ultimatum to ensure the release of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB). They accused Obi Cubana, who was recently arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), and detained for over 48 hours, of dining with Fulanis such as Abba Kyari, the Nigerian celebrated police officer.…

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Kidnapping: 1 shot as gunmen attempt to abduct teachers in Kwara

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says one person sustained bullet wound, as gunmen attempted to kidnap two teachers at Osi in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara. This is contained in a statement issued by the command’s Spokesman, Babawale Afolabi in Ilorin on Friday. Afolabi said that the gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, had, on Oct. 28, shot a woman while attempting to kidnap two teachers in Osi-Ekiti. He said that two female teachers of Ikerin Secondary School in the town were on their way home after school…

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How Masked Gunmen Invade Govt. Sec.Sch. Unguwan Sarki Kaduna

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Masked gunmen in unmarked vehicles Friday morning invaded Government Secondary School Unguwar Sarki, Kaduna popularly known as “black and white” where candidates were writing the National Examination Council of Nigeria NECO final year examinations. The incident caused pandemonium as the students and teachers scampered to safety in the fear that the gunmen were kidnappers. Papssersby and Motorists in confusion took unsual routes to escape the gunmen as many were screaming kidnappers. The said gunmen according the Principal of the school Hajiya Bilkisu Aliyu, were said to have trailed the NECO…

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Gunmen kidnap Taraba NLC chairman for the 2nd time

Aminu Imam

The State Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Taraba Chapter, Comrade Peter Jidiel has again been reportedly kidnapped by unknown gunmen in the early hours of Sunday. According to a family member, who confirmed the incident to newsmen, Peter was abducted in his residence in Sunkani, Ardo kola local government area of the State at about 12:30 am. According to his younger brother, in a telephone conversation, Boniface Stephen said the abductors called the family informing them that Peter has a fever but that since then up to the…

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Gunmen kidnap 2 in Abuja

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Gunmen have kidnapped two people from their houses in Byazhin, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The armed men, who stormed the hilly area close to the Lottery Quarters and few metres away from Living Faith Church at Byazhin in Kubwa, abducted a man identified as Ayodele Somorin before they whisked away his neighbour, Oladimeji Josiah. A resident, who simply identified himself as Segun, said on Wednesday. He said the men, who were abducted about five days ago, were still at the kidnappers’ den. “Last week Friday, the…

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Gunmen kill Associate Professor in Makurdi

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Police Command in Benua has confirmed the killing of Karl Kwaghger, an Associate Professor with the Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi (UMA), by unknown gunmen on Saturday night. The late don lectured at the Mechanical Engineering Department of the university. The command’s spokesperon, DSP Catherine Anene, said on Sunday in Makurdi that the lecturer’s body was found around 11p.m. within the Tarka Foundation premises, Makurdi. The state-owned Tarka Foundation houses a hotel and many other sports facilities which draw many people almost round the clock. Anene, however, said that…

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