The Director General of Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), has said that the death toll in Saturday’s suicide bombings in Gwoza, has risen to 18. Saidu, confirmed the figure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. He said the victims comprise adult males, females and children. A female suicide bomber had on…
Six people have been reportedly killed while 15 others injured in a suicide attack in Gwoza, Borno state.. According to agency reports, the unfortunate incident when a female suicide bomber detonated an Improvised Explosive Device (IEDs) at a wedding ceremony in the town. Yusuf Lawal, the Borno State Commissioner of Police, confirmed the incident. He said…
Mikah Suleiman, the abducted Catholic priest of St. Raymond Catholic Church, Damba, Gusau, Zamfara state, has pleaded with well-meaning Nigerians to help save his life. The clergyman made the appeal in a video trending on social media. Suleiman was abducted in the early hours of Saturday, June 22, 2024, at the rectory in Damba, Gusau….
The Kaduna state police command said it had arrested 1,137 suspected criminals in the past two months. Addressing a press conference on Thursday at the command’s headquarters in Kaduna, Audu Dabigi, the commissioner of police in the state, said the arrested suspects include 73 armed robbers, 79 kidnappers and 985 phone snatchers. Dabigi also said…
Four people, including an army personnel have been reportedly killed in separate attacks on communities in Miango Chiefdom, Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau state. According to Stefanus Foundation, a non- governmental organisation (NGO) concerned with security issues, one of the attacks occurred on June 23, 2024, when suspected fulani terrorists ambushed three Irigwe natives,…
Six students of Government Secondary School Fadan Chawai, Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna state, have reportedly died in a river. The students were said to have been drowned in the river while returning home after writing their Junior WAEC on Tuesday at about 5:30 pm. Simon Chinge, Public Relations Officer of Ribang Development Association,…
