Tag Archives: Gunmen

Gunmen have kidnapped one Mr Justice Azunda, a protocol officer to the immediate past Chief of Staff, Rivers State Government House, Chief Emeka Woke. The gunmen had invaded the Isiodu community where Mr Azunda and others were in a meeting, shot sporadically in a commando style before whisking him away. …

Some gunmen have attacked Bagana Communities, Kogi east Senatorial districts of Kogi State where several houses were burnt down This followed barely a week after gunmen killed a middle-aged man, known as Daddy Noah in the area.   According to an eye-witness, the town has once again came under a …

The Kwara State police command has reacted to the reported attacks on two communities in Baruten Local Government of the state. The spokesman of the command, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, in a statement in Ilorin on Sunday said, “the command is aware that a case of armed robbery by five masked …

At least four staff members of the US Embassy in Nigeria on a humanitarian mission in Anambra State have been killed. REPORTS gathered that they were killed during an attack on their vehicle by gunmen on Tuesday.   The incident happened in the Amiyi/Eke Ochuche communities in Ogbaru Local Government …

Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen have killed a member of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Captain Tony Enoch, in Awomama Technical School, Imo State. The murdered Enoch was said to be from Oru East Local Government Area, the LG the state governor, Hope Uzodimma, hails from. A retired military officer, …

Plateau State University (PLASU) says its security operatives repelled an attack on the campus by bandits on Tuesday night. The school authority said that some gunmen invaded the female hostel of the institution in Bokkos between Tuesday night and Wednesday but there was no abduction. Mr John Agams, the Public …

Three policemen were on Thursday shot dead by gunmen during an attack at a military checkpoint in Umunze in Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State. The gunmen were said to have opened fire on the officers who were manning the checkpoint, along Umunze-Ihite road, killing three of them …

Gunmen have killed and beheaded an Assistant Superin- tendent of Police (ASP), serving under the Abia State Command. The ASP identified sim- ply as ‘Agbalagba’ was said to be attached to the Ndi- egoro Police Division in Aba South Local Government Area of the state. It was learnt that the …

A former deputy governor of Nasarawa State, Prof Onje Gye-wado has been kidnapped by daredevil gunmen. Newsextra24 gathered that Onje Gye-wado, a one-time deputy Governor of the State who served during Abdullahi Adamu administration, was abducted in the early hours of Friday when the assailants invaded Gwagi village in Wamba …

Unidentified gunmen, Wednesday night, invaded Gowon’s estate in the Alimosho area of Lagos State, killing three persons, and leaving the fourth victim injured. Their mission at 41 Road, Union Bank Block was still unknown, but the Police said they had begun investigation into the incident. Spokesman for the Lagos State …