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Friday, 12 June 2020 07:51

The soldier and police inspector abducted last week by Boko Haram executed, new video shows

A breakaway faction of Boko Haram has released a video showing the execution of a soldier and a police officer. In the video, members of ISWAP, the breakaway Boko Haram faction, executed the two security personnel. In the 49 seconds video, the two security personnel abducted last week while travelling between Maiduguri and Monguno introduced themselves after which they were summarily shot dead. According to the slain security personnel, they were on a trip from Maiduguri to Monguno when they were ambushed and abducted by the insurgents whom they described as “Tilafa army”. One of the slain personnel who spoke…

Thursday, 11 June 2020 05:34

FG vows severe punishment for rapists, advices states to domesticate law

Federal Government yesterday vowed to henceforth bring the full weight of the law on rapists, describing the rising cases as embarrassing. It, therefore, sought the domestication of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act (VAPPA) 2015 in states for rapists to face severe punishment for their action. The law defines rape as “when a person intentionally penetrates the vagina, anus or mouth of another person with any other part of his/her body or anything else without consent, or with incorrectly obtained consent.” It clarified that “consent can be incorrectly obtained where it is obtained: by force/threats/intimidation; by means of false and…

Thursday, 11 June 2020 05:33

Man caught after raping 40 women in Kano

Police in Kano have arrested a 32-year-old man, Mr Muhammad Alfa, for allegedly raping 40 women in the past one year in the state. Spokesman of the Command, DSP Abdullahi Haruna, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Wednesday in Kano. Haruna disclosed that the suspect was arrested on June 10, at about 2:00 a.m. when he trespassed into a house at Kwanan Dangora Town in Kano, with intent to commit the heinous crime. He said that the suspect popularly known as “Mai Siket” has been trespassing into homes to have canal knowledge of the victims for a long time,…

Thursday, 11 June 2020 05:32

Bandits kill another 20 in Katsina village - Police

Gunmen killed at least 20 people in attacks in Kadisau village, Katsina state, police and residents said on Wednesday. Hundreds of people have been killed in the last year by criminal gangs carrying out robberies and kidnappings in northwest Nigeria. In May, the United Nations said the violence had forced about 23,000 refugees to across the border to the north into Niger. Around 200 attackers travelled on motorcycles to the village on Tuesday, a police spokesman said, adding that 20 people were killed after the attackers opened fire on locals who tried to resist their attempts to loot the village.…

Thursday, 11 June 2020 05:31

How Boko Haram deceived us before killing over 70 people - Survivor

One of the persons who witnessed the attack on Faduma Kolomdi village in Gubio local government area of Borno state on Tuesday has narrated how the insurgents deceived villagers before they struck. Recall that over 70 people were killed in the attack. The survivor, who spoke when Mr Babagana Zulum, governor of the state, visited the village on Wednesday, said 81 residents were killed, 13 persons injured and seven others, including village head, abducted. “The insurgents in gun trucks and armored tanks, came around 10am. They operated for about six hours and left around 4pm,” he said. They gathered us…

Wednesday, 10 June 2020 05:26

Over 70 killed as Boko Haram attacks Borno communities

More than 70 persons were reportedly killed after Boko Haram fighters invaded Faduma Koloram village in Gubio local government area of Borno state on Tuesday. The insurgents, who stormed the village in gun trucks and motorcycles, also carted away many cattle. A security source told reporters that they struck in the afternoon. “They got into the village around 12:15pm and the first place they attacked was Zowo ward at Faduma Koloram,” the source said. “They accused the people there of spying on them and vowed to teach them lessons. Virtually all the houses in the community was torched.” The source…

Tuesday, 09 June 2020 05:53

Customary Court President kidnapped

President of the Customary Court in Taraba State, Mr Donatus Shidda, has been kidnapped. A family member and a neighbour said, separately, that Shidda was whisked away in the early hours of Monday from his residence in Jalingo, the state capital. “The gun-wielding gunmen suspected to be kidnappers broke into his home and the judge was forcefully removed around 5:00 a.m. on Monday, leaving his wife crying,” the neighbour said, asking not to be named for security reason. “For now they are yet to contact his family but already the matter has been reported to the police. “It’s unfortunate that…

Sunday, 07 June 2020 04:49

Eleven killed in fresh Benue clashes

Eleven people were killed in separate attacks on villages in two local government areas of Benue State between Thursday and Saturday. Our correspondent gathered that five people were killed in Uhur of Guma Local Government Area on Thursday and three herders were killed on the Benue/Nasarawa boundary while three others were burnt to death in Mbakunu village in Shangev-ya Kwande Local Government Area of the state yesterday morning. Residents alleged that the Kwande attackers were hired by a community in Cross River State. They said the attackers wounded many people, some now receiving treatment in different hospitals while youths who…

Saturday, 06 June 2020 05:18

11 killed, houses burnt as violence escalates in Taraba

At least 11 persons were killed and scores injured following renewed attacks on Tungwa and Utsua-Daa communities in Bali local government area of Taraba state. Caretaker Chairman of Bali local government council, Mr Musa Mahmud confirmed the attacks, but said five people were killed. Mahmud who said he was on ground at the scene of the attacks also said several houses were burnt. “Five people have been killed and several houses burnt, but the situation is under control now. I am at the scene of the attack as we speak. For the past two hours I have been here and…

Friday, 05 June 2020 05:38

Armed robbers invaded police station, killed 8 officers, one civilian, before robbing bank in Kogi

Nine persons, including eight policemen, were killed in Isanlu, Kogi state, when a gang of suspected armed robbers attacked a branch of first generation bank in the town. The divisional police officer (DPO) was among the officers killed in the town. DPO, two policewomen, and four other police officers were said to have been killed at the station while another police officer was killed within the bank’s premises. The other victim, a male civilian, died when a stray bullet hit him. The armed men were said to have invaded the police station, setting all the detainees free before killing the…

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Friday, 05 June 2020 05:37

Gunmen kill 21 in fresh attacks on Zamfara communities

At least 21 people have been killed by gunmen in separate attacks in Talata Mafara and Maru local Government Areas of Zamfara state, police and residents said. The attacks occurred on Tuesday and Wednesday. Police said 21 people were killed in the attacks, but residents of the affected communities said 25 people died in the attacks. Residents said the attackers first ransacked various peasant communities and stole hundreds of livestock. They, however, met stiff resistance in some communities and retreated, a source said asking not to be identified. The source, however, said a day later the armed men returned on…

Thursday, 04 June 2020 05:31

Few days after #JusticeForUwa protest, another student raped, killed in Ibadan, hawker defiled in Ekiti

Less than a week after a 100-level student of the University of Benin, Uwaila Omozuwa, was raped and killed inside a church in Benin City, an 18-year-old student of Federal College of Animal and Production Technology, Moore Plantation, Apata, Ibadan, Oyo State, has suffered the same fate. The teenager, Barakat Bello, who was undertaking National Diploma programme in Science Laboratory Technology, was attacked on Monday. Also on Monday, three armed men allegedly gang-raped a 17-year-old street hawker at the Oja-Oba Market, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. It was gathered that the attack on Barakat took place at her home in the Akinyele…

Thursday, 04 June 2020 05:29

All four former officers involved in George Floyd's killing now face charges

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is increasing charges against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin to second-degree murder in George Floyd's killing and also charging the other three officers involved in the incident, according to a tweet from US Senator, Amy Klobuchar. Ellison's official announcement is expected to come Wednesday afternoon, more than a week after Floyd was killed while in police custody in Minneapolis, sparking nationwide protests that call for the end to police violence against black citizens. Chauvin, who had his knee pressed into Floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes, had previously been charged with third-degree murder and…

Thursday, 04 June 2020 05:26

Gunmen invade Kaduna communities, kill nine

At least nine people were killed yesterday during another round of attacks by suspected herdsmen on communities in Kaduna State. The attack took place in Anguwan Tudu and Agwalla Magayaki communities all in Kajuru Local Government Area. It was learnt that the incident took place about 5:30a.m. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr Muhammed Jalige, was yet to respond to a message sent to the police/media WhatsApp platform, on the issue at press time. However, Emmanuel Nagaiza, youth leader of Anguwan Tudu, in a telephone interview with journalists in Kaduna, said the bandits, who were heavily armed, started…

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