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Lucky Irabor, Chief of Defence Staff, on Tuesday, August 9 revealed that the perpetrators of Owo massacre have been arrested. The defence minister made this claim during a meeting with editors and media executives in Abuja.…

Anambra State Police Command has arrested a suspect in connection with the attack on former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Prof. Charles Soludo, less than 24 hours after the incident.  The governorship aspirant was attacked…

Gunmen have reportedly attacked the convoy of Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom on Saturday afternoon, March 20. According to TheCable, the incident was said to have occurred at Tyo Mu along Makurdi/Gboko road. Ortom was reportedly…

A 13-year-old girl, Khadijat Mutaka has been abducted by bandits on Sunday night during an attack on Kurfi Local Government Area of Katsina State. According to eyewitnesses, the bandits also shot and injured one Ibrahim Yar-Garshe, 30,…

L-R: Jussie Smollett and the Osundairo brothers A source in a Chicago gay bathhouse has alleged that Jussie Smollett, American actor-cum-singer, had a sexual relationship with one of the assailants the actor once alleged attacked him. In…

Five persons have been killed in a renewed attack that took place in Jos, Plateau state on Sunday September 30th. The attack comes few days after 14 persons including a family of 9, were killed by unknown gunmen in Jos. According to…

Eighteen people have been killed in a brutal attack by suspected Boko Haram jihadists in the Lake Chad region. “Boko Haram elements attacked a village south of Daboua,” not far from Chad’s border with Niger, at around 9:00 pm (2000…

Over 50 People were reported to have been killed in fresh attacks on Monday night in several border communities in Adamawa and Taraba states. The attacks were reportedly carried out by Fulani militiamen targeting farming communities…

Eight persons including a baby have been killed in Kwande local government of Benue state. The attack took place over the weekend. The suspected herdsmen set fire on a hut where the parents of the babies lived. Two of the babies were…

No fewer than 30 people are feared dead after a group of armed herdsmen, numbering over 400, attacked and burnt down five villages, Bolki, Bang, Nzumoso, Boki and Gon, in Numan and Lamurde local government areas of Adamawa State on…

At least 24 persons have been reportedly killed in renewed attacks by suspected herdsmen in various communities in Benue state. Addressing newsmen in Abuja yesterday April 5th, members of the House of Representatives from Benue…

Suspected herdsmen have killed 25 persons in another attack in Plateau State. According to reports, the incident occurred last night in Dundu village, Kwall District in Bassa Local Government Area of the state. 19 men, three women…

A 12-year-old girl stabbed her stepfather in the back with two steak knives in a bid to stop him from attacking her mother. The girl, known only as Macarena, stabbed Victor Gonzalez with the knives as he attacked his wife Jorgelina…

News broke yesterday that a crew member of singer, Davido and some Airport officials engaged in a face-off at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport on Thursday January 11th. According to reports, trouble started when a checkpoint…