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Niger’s military junta has threatened to kill ousted President Mohamed Bazoum if ECOWAS attempts any military intervention to reinstate him.   According to a report by The Associated Press on Thursday night, August 10, two “Western officials” said the coup plotters issued the threat while speaking to a top U.S. …

Gunmen have killed a prominent Islamic scholar, Sheik Ibrahim Musa Albani Kuri, in Gombe State.   It was gathered that four men armed with matches and covering their faces attacked the Islamic scholar at his residence at Tabra area along the Bypass area in Gombe around 3: am on Wednesday, …

Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed five people and injured many others in Nchya village in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State.    A source in the area told the Nigerian Tribune that the bandits, in large numbers, invaded the village at about 1:00 am on Monday, August …

Bandits have killed two persons, kidnapped eleven others including two children and wife of late NUJ chairman, Ibrahim Aliyu Mayanchi, at Mayanchi town in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara state.   A family member of the late journalist, Mohammed Mayanchi, said the incident happened in the early hours of …

The Sokoto State Police Command has confirmed an attack by bandits on an Immigration checkpoint at Mamman Suka village in Gwadabawa Local Government Area of the state.    The gunmen stormed the checkpoint point along Sokoto/ Illela road at around 7 pm on Friday, July 28, 2023, shot dead two …

Bandits have killed six farmers, including the Vice-Chairman of the Jama’atul Izalatul Bid’ah Wa Iqamatus-Sunnah, Mallam Yakubu Bugai, and abducted over 40 villagers Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State.   Chairman, Birnin-Gwari Emirate Progressives’ Union, Ishaq Kasai, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, July 29, 2023, …

Bandits have killed seven people including a community leader in Kada and Gamji villages in Burra District, Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State.    The bandits invaded the area on one motorcycle at about 9:00pm on Tuesday, July 25, 2023, and shot sporadically into the air, killing the Ward …

A Police Inspector attached to the Zone Two Command headquarters in Onikan, Lagos,was on Sunday, July 23, murdered by suspected cultists in the Ijanikin area of the state.   The cultists, suspected to be members of the Black Axe confraternity, attacked the Inspector at Alasia Bus Stop, around 9pm. Eyewitnesses …

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed a young man identified as Emmanuel Rufus and abducted others, including his sibling in Edo State.     The incident happened on Igarra-Ebilo road in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of the state on Saturday, July 22, 2023.     A source, who preferred …

A trader, Ifeanyi, his wife, Amaka, two children, mother-in-law and apprentice have died after inhaling poisonous fumes from a generator in Anambra State.    Spokesperson of the State Police Command, who confirmed the incident to Punch on Friday, July 21, 2023, said the police were yet to unravel the real …