Unidentified gunmen have shot dead two members of a vigilante group in Okpanam community, near Asaba. A youth leader in Okpanam, Mr. Cyril Nwokoro, who disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Asaba, said the incident happened on Wednesday night. “One of our dependable vigilantes, popularly called Emeka Chosen, received a call at about 9. 25 p.m. last night that someone had been kidnapped. “So, following the call, he mobilised and...

The Police Command in Nasarawa State has confirmed the release of a traditional ruler, Chief Abdullahi Magaji, abducted by gunmen on April 30. Magaji, a second-class traditional ruler, is the Aron Akye of Ugah community in Lafia, the capital of Nasarawa State. The Public Relations Officer of the Nasarawa State Police Command, Mr Nansel Ramhan, confirmed the release of the monarch in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lafia on Tuesday. Ramhan said...

Following incessant attacks on their residences by men of the underworld, residents of some suburbs in Lagos have resolved to organise themselves into informal vigilance groups to safeguard their homes and businesses. Residents of Shosanya Avenue and Olaoye streets in Abaranje-Ijegun, a Lagos suburb, in particular, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday that they would secure their homes and businesses, until the Federal Government lifted its stay-at-home directive. The group said that...

Fear of uncertainty now grips residents of Toungo town in the southern part of Adamawa as yet to be identified gunmen reportedly killed four persons in the area. Multiple sources said that 4 people were killed in separate attacks by the gunmen. ” There is fear everywhere, the gunmen suspected to be bandits blocked road thereby killing prospective victims. ” One of the four killed, a staff of Toungo Local Government Council on his way...