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A court in Makurdi, Benue State, has ordered the release of many peaceful protestors arrested during the recent #EndBenueKillings marches, dismissing all charges filed against them in Benue State. Protesters had come to the streets to demand justice for the terrible killings in Yelewata and around Benue State. However, several others were arrested and held,…
The police have launched a manhunt for the suspected killers of a legal practitioner who returned from court after obtaining bail for a prisoner in a murder case in Egbebelu village, Ekwulobia, Orumba North Local Government Area, Anambra State. SP Tochukwu Ikenga, spokesperson for the Anambra Police Command, confirmed this in a statement issued Thursday…
Two soldiers were killed when gunmen stormed an army checkpoint early Wednesday in Ekenobizi, a border hamlet between Abia and Imo states in Umuopara, Umuahia South Local Government Area. A military source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the attack took place about 6:18 a.m. The gunmen arrived in a white Lexus…
The Interior Minister, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, stated on Tuesday that the federal government is working to address the country’s security concerns. Tunji-Ojo, who spoke on Channels Television’s Politics Today, claimed that the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu; the Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru; and the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, are losing sleep…
When suspected kidnappers took five passengers traveling from Kebbi State to Asaba in Delta State, a passenger driver known only as Emeka was shot and killed. PUNCH Metro learned that the attack occurred on Sunday between Kwana-Barau and Kundu village in Niger State, during which five people were abducted, but one Emeka, who was…
At least five individuals are believed to have died as a result of Monday’s gunfire at separate local government area secretariats in Rivers State. Meanwhile, the police have not issued an official comment regarding the violence that has afflicted several LGAs throughout the state. However, sources say that majority of the deaths are young…
Police in Sapele, Delta State, detained two women and a group of vigilantes for reportedly assaulting and burning a 20-year-old guy. The child, Abubakar Yusuf, was allegedly beaten and set ablaze yesterday evening by individuals suspected of being vigilante after he was accused of stealing 400,000 naira (four hundred thousand naira) from a locked…
Some youth in Sokoto State’s Sabon Birni Gobir Local Government Area have organized a protest in response to Alhaji Isa Muhammad Bawa, the Sarkin Gobir of Gatawa District, being kidnapped and brutally murdered by his abductors on Wednesday. In a video obtained by SaharaReporters on Thursday, demonstrators marched in huge numbers towards the mansion…
The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has dispatched additional detectives to Benue State to assist in the rescue of the abducted medical students. On Thursday evening, 20 medical students from the Universities of Maiduguri and Jos were kidnapped on the Otukpo/Otukpa/Enugu road on their way to Enugu.The students were abducted while traveling to…
On Friday, Russia announced that it had successfully repelled an attack during the night on the famous Crimean bridge, which was constructed on President Vladimir Putin’s orders after Moscow claimed the peninsula, using twelve US-made missiles. Last night, a group strike on the Crimean bridge by twelve US-made ATACMS missiles was repelled by air…