It was a tragic Christmas Eve in Ebonyi State after unknown gunmen stormed the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Nkweagu village in Abakaliki county during a vigil mass on Sunday night, killing three persons. The attack was confirmed by the Catholic Bishop of Abakaliki Diocese, Most Reverend Peter Nworie-Chukwu during the Christmas service at Saint Theresa Cathedral Church, Abakaliki on Monday. According to the priest, the gunmen arrived at the church in a tricycle, commonly...

Hundreds of villagers in Bokkos and Barkin Ladi LGA of Plateau State are dressed in sorrow after a bloody attack by bandits. Christian families across Nigeria were preparing to celebrate this year’s Christmas Day. So too, the agrarian communities of Bokkos and Barkin Ladi until bandits struck late Saturday, butchering villagers till midnight on Christmas Eve. No fewer than 12 villages in the towns were attacked. The armed killers burnt houses, displacing several residents; damaged...

Two villagers were killed on Tuesday, 19 December, in an attack on Pemi village in Chibok LGA of Borno State by Boko Haram jihadists. The terror gang stormed the village at 7:00 p.m., firing gunshots into the air recklessly. Eyewitnesses recounted scenes of panic and fear as villagers scrambled for cover in nearby bushes while the attackers descended upon homes, looting food items and setting houses ablaze. “We are certain that two persons died from...