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...

The Police have arrested Mr. Chukwuebuka Igwebuike in Enugu for possession of three hundred and sixty-two thousand Naira (N362,000.00) fake new naira notes. Confessing the crime, the fraudster revealed his modus operandi; using fake one thousand Naira notes to pay for items of smaller cost to get change with genuine smaller denominations from the unsuspecting retailer. In a police bulletin signed by the Enugu State Police Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, the suspect...

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...