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Gunmen kill female pupil sitting WASSCE
Gunmen on Friday killed a female Senior Secondary School 3 student of St. Monica Girls Secondary School, Otukpo, Benue State. The student was reportedly...
Man burnt to death for allegedly stealing motorcycle
A man was late Sunday night beaten and eventually burnt to death at Chinade in Katagum Local Government Area of Bauchi State for allegedly...
One killed, several wounded as APC, SDP supporters clash in Ekiti
Barely eight days to Ekiti State governorship election, supporters of former Governor Segun Oni of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and Biodun Oyebanji of...
UPDATED: Gunmen kill boarding school student, injure three
One person was killed on Friday night while three others were injured when gunmen opened fire in Kuru community, Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau...
Ondo attack: Police, Owo monarch deny arrest of attackers
The Ondo State Police Command has denied the arrest of the attackers of St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, where no fewer than 40 people were killed and...
Owo Massacre: FG’s conclusion on ISWAP too hasty – Gov Akeredolu
Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has said the admittance of the deadly terrorist group, the Islamic State West Africa Province...
Owo massacre: How Amotekun would have stopped attack – Afenifere’s Adebanjo
The Leader of the Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, Ayo Adebanjo, has said the attack at St Francis Catholic Church, Owo...
Anxiety as Okada rider murders man, 75, in Lagos
It was a horrific experience as an unidentified Okada Rider hit an elderly man believed to be in his late 70s, along Isheri-Oshun Road in Jakande Estate,...
Owo massacre: ‘If the killers escape death, God didn’t send me’ – Oyedepo spits fire
Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church has expressed optimism that the attackers of St. Francis Church, Owo in Ondo State would be punished for their...
Owo massacre: Gov. Akeredolu gives update, reveals number of victims
Eighty persons were affected in Sunday’s attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu in Akure on Tuesday....
Owo massacre: Akeredolu declares seven days mourning
Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has declared a seven-day mourning in the State following the attack on Saint Francis Catholic Church in...
Pope Francis reacts to Owo church massacre
His Holiness, Pope Francis, has expressed his solidarity and closeness with Catholics in Nigeria after gunmen stormed St. Francis Catholic Church,...
Owo church killings: Yorubas can’t be overrun, we’re ready to defend ourselves – Ooni of Ife
Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife, on Monday, condemned the killings of innocent worshippers at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in...
Oyetola, Osun government condemn Ondo Church attack, commiserate with government, citizens
Governor Adegboyega Oyetola and Osun State Government condemn in strong terms the terrorist attack on St Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa street, Owo...
Osinachi: Court sends ‘Ekwueme’ singer’s husband to Kuje prison
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Wuse has remanded Peter Nwachukwu, husband of late gospel singer, Osinachi in Kuje prison. Justice Ngozi...
11 suspected cultists nabbed for killing three persons in Abeokuta
No fewer than 11 suspected members of the Aiye confraternity have been arrested for allegedly killing three persons in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, in...
Deborah Samuel: Court remands two suspects in prison
A Magistrate Court sitting in Sokoto has remanded two suspects arrested over the murder of a 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education,...
Police deny saying Deborah’s killers came from Niger Republic
The Sokoto Police Command on Sunday has debunked reports that it has categorised one of the suspected killers of Deborah at Shagari College of...
BREAKING: Remains of late Deborah Samuel buried amid tears
The remains of late Deborah Samuel, a student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto State, have been laid to rest in her hometown, Tungan Magajiya in...
BREAKING: Tension in Sokoto as protesters demand release of suspected killers of Deborah Samuel
Tension has gripped residents of some parts of Sokoto State as protesters trooped to the streets demanding the release of suspects arrested over the...
