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Angry youths on Friday, Nov. 29, burned down suspected cult members in Jenta Adamu community, Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State.   The spokesman of the state police command, DSP Alabo Alfred, who confirmed the incident to newsmen, said it happened around 9:20am but did not state how many the victims were.   Mr Alfred said the police received a …

Four suspected traffic robbers who specialise in robbing motorists of their belongings during traffic gridlocks at rush hour have been apprehended by Lagos State Taskforce at different spots across the state.     The suspects identified as Ismail Akinlade (26), Rasak Abiodun (25), Adefabi Gbolahan (25), and Rilwan Olaloye (20) were arrested in the Mushin area of Lagos after a …

  A suspected terror!st was arrested while trying to illegally cross the northern border in the US. Mohammad Hasan Abdellatif Albana, 41, was booted from the US on Nov. 15 after Border Patrol agents caught him near the northern border in Lynden, Washington, where he was caught sneaking into the country, Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a statement. ICE Enforcement and …

The Niger State Police Command has arrested four suspected armed robbers for the m8rder of a 33-year-old photographer, Zaccheaus Salawudeen, in Minna.     LIB reported that Salawudeen, who was a Special Assistant on Communication in the Office of the Political Adviser to the Niger State Governor, was robbed and stabbed to d3ath at his residence in February 2024.   …

Gunmen suspected to be cultists have k!lled one Justice Onyekachukwu Elimani, a day to his traditional wedding in Kwale, Ndokwa West Local Government Area of Delta State.     Onyekachukwu and his partner, Blessing were set to tie the knot on Saturday,  23rd November, 2024, at Umusam in Kwale.      According to eyewitnesses, Elimani and one other victim identified …

Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen attacked Mgbuji community in Eha-Amufu, Isi-Uzo local government area of Enugu State, k!lling three farmers and injuring several others.   The attack occurred on Friday, November 22, 2024.    Video clips showed one of the victims slaughtered inside his rice farm, with a basket of cassava he had harvested just before the attack.   Speaking …

A 39-year-oId woman, Mrs Nchukwube Mmaduabuchi and her two children have d!ed in Imo State after allegedly eating a meal suspected to have been poisoned.     It was gathered that the incident happened in Ihitenasa, Chikenagu Amadaiaba Autonomous community, Orsu Local Government Area of the state.     Mother and her children, Adachukwu Vivian Mmaduabuchi, 17 and Tochukwu Mmaduabuchi, …

Gunmen suspected to be cultists have k!lled Mutiu Akinbami, a former Councillor in Abeokuta North Local Government of Ogun State.   It was gathered that Akinbami, popularly known as Egor, was shot in the head while riding on a motorcycle on Friday, November 15, 2024   The deceased was attacked at Brewery area of Abeokuta at about 6:00 p.m.  The …

Suspected cultists have k!lled four people, including a soldier, at North Bank, a suburb of Makurdi, Benue State.    The incident happened on Friday night, November 15, 2024.    Clashes between rival cult groups have been on the increase around the North Bank area in the past few weeks.    According to eyewitness accounts, those k!lled on Friday night (the …

The Enugu State Police Command has paraded two members of a daredevil robbery gang allegedly linked to the k!lling of the Chairman of the Ogbete Main Market Traders Association, Chief Stephen Aniagu.   The late Aniagu was shot dead by the suspects on 14th September, 2024. In a statement released, the command’s spokesperson, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, said the suspects, a …