Tag: violence

Seven persons were on Tuesday reported killed on the outskirts of Makurdi, the Benue State capital, following fresh hostilities between two communities over land. Radio...

Sixteen soldiers have been killed and another declared missing after an ambush against a patrol of the Nigerien Army in the Tahoua region near...

Dapo Abiodun, the Ogun State Governor, says he might become a pastor after serving as a governor for eight years, The PUNCH reports. The governor...

Seven days after police arrested popular actor, Olanrewaju James aka Baba Ijesha for allegedly defiling a minor seven years ago, his colleague, Damilola Adekoya...

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has refuted claims that it fined Channels Television N5 million. According to NBC, it only warned the station over the...

Southeast governors on Sunday said the legal framework for Ebube Agu has been set in motion. They directed attorneys-general of the five states to propose...

In what appeared to be a well-planned attack, about a dozen men armed with AK 47 and grenades on Saturday killed about eight people,...

A cross section of lawyers in Ekiti has decried the long “stay out of court” due to the strike embarked upon by members of...

Onitsha (Anambra), April 18, 2021 (NAN) Wife of Anambra Governor, Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano, has urged women to evolve measures at stopping the recurring incidents...

Five persons have been reportedly killed in a communal clash between the two border towns of Nyuwar/Jessu in Gombe made up of Waja people...

The President of America, Joe Biden has called for calm after a female police officer shot dead a 20-year-old black man, Daunte Wright. A police...

Our country is at war today on many fronts. Nigeria battles insurgency, terrorism, banditry, kidnappings, armed robbery, cult killings, ritual murders, and war of...

Former Chief of General Staff under General Sani Abacha, Lt. Gen. Oladipo Diya (rtd), has called for peace and unity in Nigeria as he...

On its efforts to address the challenges that adolescents across the country encounter such as gender-based violence (GBV), substance abuse, and lack of access...

According to a report by PREMIUM TIMES, the police in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria’s South-south, have confirmed that three of their officers have been...

Suspected cult group armed with machetes and guns invaded Atelewo area, Kolawole street in Osogbo. The group, according to a source, around 9 am, in...

There was huge tension in Alor Agu community in Igboeze South Local Government Area of Enugu State, following the election of town union executives...

The Olu Orile Kemta in Ogun State, Oba Adetokunbo Tejuosho, has appealed to the Federal Government to synergise with Amotekun operatives, local hunters and...

Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, says it is not too much for Nigerians to ask the Federal Government to secure lives and properties,...

There was pandemonium along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Friday when a joint team of policemen and the Department of State Services attempted to arrest...