Tag: GUNMEN, News, NNL, RIVERS STATE
UPDATED: How gunmen killed eight security operatives in Rivers checkpoint attacks
Gory details have emerged of how over 70 gunmen raided checkpoints along the busy Port Harcourt-Owerri Road, killing about eight security operatives. It was...
Kidnappers demand N15m ransom for Ekiti APC chieftain
Abductors of an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain in Ekiti State, Mr Ebenezer Busuyi have demanded N15 million ransom for his release. Busuyi, who is also...
Students’ killing: Fear grips parents as bandits insist on N800m ransom
Fear has gripped parents of the students of Greenfield University, Kaduna, who are still being held by bandits, following the killing of three of the kidnapped...
Gunmen abduct 18 passengers in Ibarapa
Gunmen have reportedly abducted no fewer than 18 passengers from a commercial bus in the Ibarapa area of Oyo State. Our correspondent gathered that the passengers...
UPDATED: Gunmen Abduct 23 University Students Demand N800m Ransom
Although there was no official confirmation of the number of students that were kidnapped from the Greenfield University in Kaduna state, a family member of one...
Hunters foil suspected herdsmen’s kidnap attempt in Osun
There was tension in some parts of the South-West, yesterday, as some local hunters in Osun State foiled attempts by some suspected herdsmen to kidnap three...
Three injured as herdsmen invade Osun community
There was palpable fear in Koka village in Obokun Local Government Area of Osun State after suspected herdsmen invaded the community to abduct villagers. It was...
Gunmen raze police division in Abia
Unknown gunmen on Monday morning razed Uzuakoli Divisional Police station in Bende LGA of Abia state. Before torching the division, the gunmen attacked it and...
Gunmen kill Policeman in Taraba, attack another checkpoint
Gunmen in their numbers have reportedly attacked a mobile police checkpoint at Dogongawa community, killing one officer on duty. This came as...
Gunmen invade palace, kidnap Ekiti monarch
Gunmen numbering about six on Thursday evening invaded the palace of Obadu of Ilemeso Ekiti in the Oye Ekiti Local Government Area of Ekiti State, Oba David...
Two bullets extracted from body of Ekiti monarch shot by masked gunmen
A commissioner in Ekiti State House of Assembly Commission and an indigene of Ewu Ekiti in the Ilejemeje Local Government Area of the state, Segun Erinle, said on...
Again, Catholic priest kidnapped in Imo
Few months after, auxiliary Catholic Bishop of Owerri Archdiocese, Bishop Moses Chikwe, was kidnapped and released by his captors, another catholic priest and a...
Gunmen abduct petrol station manager in Ekiti
Gunmen numbering about eight struck at a petrol station at Isan Ekiti in Oye Local Government Area of Ekiti State on Thursday evening and abducted its manager, Mr...
Residents blame bad road as gunmen abduct Ondo couple, three children
A family of five from Ajowa Akoko in the Akoko North-West Local Government Area of Ondo State was kidnapped by gunmen at the Ayere community in Kogi State on...
Three farmers hospitalised as herdsmen strike in Ekiti
Suspected herders on Tuesday unleashed terror on three women in a farm settlement in Irele-Ekiti, in Ikole Local Council Area of Ekiti State. The incident came...
Gunmen shoot two, abduct two Chinese in Osun mining site
Gunmen have shot two private guards and abducted two Chinese expatriates in a mining site at Okepa/Itikan village in Osun State. Nationnewslead assembled the...
Kidnappers kill Pastor after collecting ransom
A Lagos-based Pastor, Frederick Ojo Aramuwa, has been killed by his abductors after collecting N2m ransom. Pastor Aramuwa corpse was found close to the area where...
Gunmen attack: Soludo is safe, says Anambra CP
Former Central Bank Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, is safe, the Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, Monday Kuryas, has said. Kuryas spoke on Channels...
