In a rare display of bravery, a family in Zamfara State, Nigeria, successfully thwarted a kidnapping attempt and killed one of the attackers. The incident took place while the family, on their way to Kano, 311.95 kilometres from Zamfara, for wedding preparations, were ambushed by two gunmen along the Talata Mafara—Gusau highway. The gunmen were “blocking the road and halting vehicles,” said an eyewitness to PRNigeria. According to the report by PRNigeria, the bride-to-be’s family,...

Operatives of the Adamawa State Police Command have arrested 49 suspected members of the outlawed Shilla gangs that terrorize residents of the state capital including two women. SP Suleiman Yahya Nguroje, the Command spokesman in a statement said the arrest followed renewed commitment of the Police to combating the menace of Shilla Gangsterism in the State. “The Command’s recent operation was targeted to identify criminal hideouts and blackspots within the State Capital including areas around...

An 11-year-old girl who identified herself as Chimuanya (surname withheld) has narrated her ordeal in the hands of her predator, one Odinaka, aged 30, from Awba-Ofemili in Awka-North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The girl said she was mercilessly defiled by her captor until her vagina bled profusely as the rapist beat her and warned her not to shout but to enjoy it as he exploited her sexually. The 30-year-old Odinaka had spotted the...