Unknown gunmen have abducted a student of Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Toyinbo Olayinka and two others. Olayinka, a 400 – level student of Aquaculture and Fisheries Management, was kidnapped on Saturday from a private farm at Abule-Itoko on Abeokuta – Ibadan road in Odeda Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that, Olayinka was abducted along with the owner of the farm, identified as Dominic and a 17-year-old Togolese lady. It was further gathered that the abductors of the FUNAAB student and two others have contacted the wife of the farm manager, demanding N50 million as…

The office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Awka, Anambra State capital, has been set on fire. Suspected militants of the outlawed Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) broke into the office Sunday night. They had engaged security operatives in a gun battle before setting the office on fire. The development comes five months to the gubernatorial election in the state. More than 10 offices of the electoral body have been torched since suspected IPOB militants launched a campaign of violence against security formations and government establishments. On Wednesday, Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, said attacks on the commission’s facilities…

Nine persons have been killed by suspected herdsmen, including the kindred head of Tse Ancha, Agan council ward, Makurdi Local Government Area Saturday morning, just a few meters from the host community of Abangana IDP camp where seven people were killed about three weeks ago. Although police authorities were yet to issue an official statement on the killing, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the Benue State Command, Sewuese Anene, confirmed the attack via a text message, according to Channels TV. Tse Ancha is a community located along the Makurdi-Lafia highway and is less than a kilometer from Abagena Internally…

Armed herdsmen reportedly killed five persons at Ukoo Abaa village, near Kufai Amadu, in Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State. The incident happened barely eight hours after leaders of Tiv and Fulani agreed to work for peace and end the renewed killings that have claimed over 100 lives and displaced thousands in the last two weeks. Paul Yade told our correspondent on phone that five persons were macheted to death at Ukoo Abaa village, near the Taraba/ Benue border. “My uncle’s wife was attacked and robbed of all the money on her, while her daughter, who tried to protest,…