The office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Awka, Anambra State capital, has been set on fire. Suspected militants of the outlawed Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) broke into the office Sunday night. They had engaged security operatives in a gun battle before setting the office on fire. The development comes five months to the gubernatorial election in the state. More than 10 offices of the electoral body have been torched since suspected IPOB militants launched a campaign of violence against security formations and government establishments. On Wednesday, Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, said attacks on the commission’s facilities…

Nine persons have been killed by suspected herdsmen, including the kindred head of Tse Ancha, Agan council ward, Makurdi Local Government Area Saturday morning, just a few meters from the host community of Abangana IDP camp where seven people were killed about three weeks ago. Although police authorities were yet to issue an official statement on the killing, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the Benue State Command, Sewuese Anene, confirmed the attack via a text message, according to Channels TV. Tse Ancha is a community located along the Makurdi-Lafia highway and is less than a kilometer from Abagena Internally…

Armed herdsmen reportedly killed five persons at Ukoo Abaa village, near Kufai Amadu, in Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State. The incident happened barely eight hours after leaders of Tiv and Fulani agreed to work for peace and end the renewed killings that have claimed over 100 lives and displaced thousands in the last two weeks. Paul Yade told our correspondent on phone that five persons were macheted to death at Ukoo Abaa village, near the Taraba/ Benue border. “My uncle’s wife was attacked and robbed of all the money on her, while her daughter, who tried to protest,…

Gunmen in the early hours of Sunday morning invaded Kuchiko Relocation Development Area (KRDA) in the Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) where they kidnapped a resident and his son. The gunmen, numbering over twenty, stormed the area, popularly known as El-Rufa’i Estate, at 12 midnight and started shooting sporadically. Having overpowered security guards on night duty, the gunmen, who also wielded knives and machetes, headed to the house of the victim (names withheld) and took him and his son hostage. There was panic among the residents of the estate, who were woken up by the staccato…