Lagos State police command, on Wednesday confirmed the killing of an Inspector by gunmen in the Coker Aguda area of Lagos. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the spokesman for Lagos State Police Command, said the Inspector was inside a commercial tricycle when he was shot. He said that the command has launched investigations to track and arrest Read More…
A Reuters report on Saturday says that gunmen attacked a jail in Nigeria’s Oyo State late on Friday and freed over 800 inmates by force, the third such major attack this year, according to a statement by the Nigerian Correctional Service. The prison service said the attackers were heavily armed and after an exchange of Read More…
In what has become a recurring decimal in northern Nigeria, 75 people were abducted by gunmen from Rini, a village in Zamfara State on Saturday. This is coming as a sort of retort to the charge by Nigeria’s President, Muhammad Buhari, on Thursday to service chiefs to ramp up their efforts. The spate of kidnappings Read More…