No fewer than 24,025 people were declared missing in Nigeria, with the majority from the Northeast, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says. The Boko Haram conflict, which has persisted for over a decade in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states is so alarming. Lillian Dube, Head of the ICRC’s sub-delegation office disclosed this during an event to commemorate the World Day of Disappeared Persons in Maiduguri, explained that the cases were documented in...

Gunmen said to be in their large numbers on Friday morning attacked the Ogbaru Local Government Secretariat in Atani community, Anambra State. It was gathered that the hoodlums, who invaded the secretariat set buildings, including a town hall meant for traditional rulers and some administrative facilities at the premises ablaze. This is the second time in two months that gunmen would attack the Ogbaru LGA as a similar attack was carried out on June 15,...

Residents of Matusgi village in Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State have engaged a gang that had invaded the village with the intent to abduct locals. According to reports during the encounter at least 37 bandits were reportedly killed by the locals. The bandits were said to arrive the village on motorbikes around 2 p.m. on Wednesday, aiming to carry out abductions, but met resistance by the villagers who confronted the bandits. A...

Mr. Nweke Chukwuemeka, the murderer of an innocent 4 years child sleeping in her house at Orba Road in Nsukka Local Government Area has been arrested by Police Operatives serving in the Nsukka Sector of the Enugu State Command’s Anti-Cultism Tactical Squad. A statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, reveals that on Sunday 18th of August 2024, around 10:30 p.m., the Anti-Cultism Tactical Squad received a distress call about the...

Gunmen stormed the Okrika Waterfront in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Saturday and kidnapped Aribibia Fubara, Director of the Rivers State Board of Internal Revenue. Eyewitnesses said the kidnappers, who came in a speedboat, fired gunshots into the air to scare people away before seizing Fubara and speeding away with him. The Rivers State Police Command has launched a manhunt for the kidnappers, with the Commissioner of Police, Tunji Disu, directing tactical units to ensure...

Mrs Hauwa Sani of Doro village, Katsina state has been arrested by the Police for illegal possession of 124 rounds of anti-aircraft ammunition. Nasarawa State Police Public Relations Officer, Deputy Superintendent of Police Ramhan Nansel in a statement said the suspect was arrested at Rafin Sanyi village in Doma Local Government Area of the state alongside a two-year-old child. “Preliminary investigation showed that the suspect was conveying the anti-aircraft ammunition which were concealed in a...

Isa Muhammad Bawa, the 74-year-old District Head of Gatawa in Sokoto State, has been killed by terrorists after being held captive for three weeks. Bawa, who was abducted along with his son and brother while returning from an event in July, was reportedly killed on Wednesday. A distressing video showed him pleading for his life and urging the government to intervene, but his plea went unanswered. Speaking in the video, he said, “My brothers and...

The District head of Gatawa in the Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State, Isa Muhammad Bawa who was kidnapped along with his son and brother has died in captivity, as Kidnappers demand N500 million as ransom. Recall that the 74-year-old traditional ruler, his son, and his younger brother were abducted at Kwanan Maharba along the Goronyo-Sabon Birni Road while returning from Sokoto. The cousin of the victim, who is the Magajin Garin Sabon...