Tag: KILLING
Buratai relocates to northeast as Chad ‘kills’ 1,000 Boko Haram fighters
Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, says he has relocated to the North East to oversee and direct the overall operation in the...
Top Boko Haram commander, Abu Usamah, ‘killed’ in Borno
A top commander of Boko Haram, Abu Usamah, has been killed by troops in Gorgi, Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State, the military...
Dangote truck kills four family members in Kano
Four members of a family were on Sunday killed by a truck belonging to Dangote Group of Companies at Gaida community in Kano metropolis.
Kano...
Suspected killer of Imo Catholic priest arrested after three years
Police in Imo State say they have arrested a suspect over the kidnap and murder of a Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Cyriakus Onunkwo, a...
Late Kolade Johnson was shot six times – Pathologist
A 35-year-old football fan, Kolade Johnson, allegedly killed by a policeman at Mangoro area of Lagos on March 31, 2019, suffered six gunshot injuries,...
El-Rufai visits Kaduna villages over mass killings
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has visited
several villages in Igabi and Giwa Local Government Areas of the state where
bandits killed about 50 persons on...
50 reportedly killed in Kaduna as bandits raid villages
Bandits have reportedly killed 50 persons in Kerawa,
Rago, Marina, Zariyawa, Hashimawa, and Unguwar Barau villages, all of Igabi
Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
The attack...
Police arrest Umahi’s ex-aide over death of PDP member
Police have arrested a former official of Ebonyi State
Government who allegedly killed his cousin during the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) local government primary in the...
Soldier fighting Boko Haram shoots four colleagues dead, injures others
A soldier partaking in the fight against Boko Haram insurgents in the Northeast has shot dead four of his colleagues, injuring two others, Army...
Pinnick visits family of slain Remo Stars’ footballer
President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick, on Wednesday, visited the family of the slain assistant captain of Remo Stars FC, Tiamiyu...