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A team of 30 gunmen late Wednesday stormed a residence in Rimi, near Katsina in North-West Nigeria where expatriate employees were staying, and abducted a French citizen after wiping out 2 people. The kidnapped engineer (name withheld) had just arrived Nigeria , when he was taken from the compound where engineers working for French company, Vergnet, live. Vergnet,...
The Police Command in Kaduna State on Sunday verified the killing of 2 individuals, resulting from a strike on Cosmopolitan Hotel in Sabon-Gari, Zaria, Kaduna State. The Public Relations Officer of the Police command, DSP Aminu Lawal, stated the attackers, yet to be identified, harmed two persons in the attack. He, however stated that investigation into the matter is on. The...
Two more villages in Barkin-Ladi Local Government Area have been attacked by gunmen who reduced them to rubbles. The attack was confirmed Tuesday evening by member representing Riyom Constituency in the Plateau State House of Assembly, Mr. Daniel Dem who gave the names of the villages as Tse and Shong. “I can authoritatively confirm to you that as I am talking to you...
At least 23 people were feared killed while 50 other were hospitalised when people suspected to be mercenaries stormed seven Berom villages of Barkin Ladi local government area of Plateau State in what an eyewitness described as a cordinated attack. LEADERSHIP-SUNDAY investigations revealed that the attack was carried out in Gashish district of Barkin Ladi LGA. Villages...
Several bombs tore through some churches in Zaria this morning according to eyewitnesses. A church member of the ECWA church in Wassa area of Zaria told our reporter that there is ongoing gunfight between the police and unknown gunmen in another location in the Sabongari area of the city where another church is reportedly under attack. More updates coming soon. Source ...
