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Trigger-happy police inspector kills five, injures four in Enugu
A trigger-happy policeman attached to RC Lotto Company at Golf Estate, GRA Enugu metropolis on Sunday evening shot five persons to death. The incident, which left Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi terribly…
Herdsmen attack angry Kwara rice farmers, chop off hand
Suspected herdsmen have reportedly cut off the right hand of a rice farmer, Saheed Zakariyau, in Bindofu village, Lafiagi Emirate, in the Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State. The…
Gunmen kill Governor Ortom’s aide, AIG Dega, in Jos
Ortom By Ngozi Onyeakusi--- Gunmen have killed the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Samuel Ortom of Benus State on Security, Christophe Dega. Jega was said to have been shot in…
NDLEA arrests youths with drugs in Abuja, Kano Airports
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested a 23-year-old secondary school leaver and a Europian based Nigerian with various illicit drugs at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, (NAIA), Abuja.…
Senoir Immigration Officer Killed By Gunmen In Imo
The Chief Provost of Nigerian Immigration Service, Imo State Command, Okiemute Mrere, has been assassinated. Mrere was murdered on Saturday night on Owerri- Port Harcourt Road in Owerri, our correspondent…
Scores Injured as Gas Explosion Hits Rivers Community
About six persons were injured while traders and motorists scampered for safety after a substance suspected to be dynamite exploded at the popular Mile 3 Park in Port Harcourt, Rivers…
BREAKING: Unknown gunmen kill ex-Enugu High Court Judge, Stanley Nnaji
Unknown gunmen on Sunday night shot dead, a former judge of Enugu State High Court identified as Justice Stanley Nnaji. The deceased, from Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of Enugu State,…
30 feared killed as herdsmen attack Ebonyi, Benue communities
Theegleonline Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen on Sunday attacked some Ebonyi communities, killing at least 30 persons. The gunmen attacked Odoke, Ndiobasi and Obakotara communities in Ebonyi Local Government Area.…
Tension in Tegina, Niger State as bandits kidnap 200 Islamiyya students
At least 200 students of an Islamiyya school located at Tegina in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State have been abducted. One person was shot dead while another lays…
BREAKING: Gunmen ambush, kidnap Nasarawa Lawmaker
A member of the Nasarawa state house of Assembly representing Nasarawa Central state constituency, Danba, has been kidnapped. Chairman Nasarawa state house of Assembly committee on information, Omadefu, confirmed…