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Monday, 20 June 2022 07:01

Two church leaders abducted in Ogun have been released. These are the items collected by the kidnappers before freeing their victims

The two worshippers abducted last Monday by gunmen at the Celestial Church of Christ, Oshofa, Wasimi, in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State, have been released. Founder of the church, Oluwatomisin Olugbebi, said the victims were released on Saturday. It would be recalled that gunmen, who wore masks and fez caps, invaded the church and abducted the Assistant Shepherd (assistant pastor) of the parish, Oluwaseun Ajose, and a Sunday school teacher, Dagunro Ayobami. The gunmen had reduced their demand from N50m to N10m last Thursday. But on Sunday, Olugbebi disclosed to our correspondent that the church leaders were released…

Monday, 20 June 2022 07:00

230 killed in ethnic attack in Ethiopia

Witnesses in Ethiopia said Sunday that more than 200 people, mostly ethnic Amhara, have been killed in an attack in the country’s Oromia region and are blaming a rebel group, which denies it. It is one of the deadliest such attacks in recent memory as ethnic tensions continue in Africa’s second most populous country. “I have counted 230 bodies. I am afraid this is the deadliest attack against civilians we have seen in our lifetime,” Abdul-Seid Tahir, a resident of Gimbi county, told The Associated Press after barely escaping the attack on Saturday. “We are burying them in mass graves,…

Sunday, 19 June 2022 03:13

Five killed in Anambra as gunmen, IPOB members clash

Five gunmen have been killed during a shootout with suspected members outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Akwa Community in Ihiala Local Government of Anambra State. The incident happened on Friday. The gunmen and the IPOB members were said to have engaged in a battle over control of the area. The IPOB members reportedly killed five of the gunmen whom they accused of terrorising residents of the council area. A video circulating on social media, showed the IPOB members in a long convoy heading to an unknown destination with some bodies – said to be the five slain gunmen…

Wednesday, 15 June 2022 06:21

Abducted Anglican Bishop, wife, driver regain freedom

Anglican Bishop of Jebba Diocese, Kwara State, Oluwaseun Aderogba, his wife and driver who were kidnapped by gunmen on Sunday night have been released. Oyo State Police Command said in a statement released on Tuesday night by the Police Public Relations Officer for Oyo State, Adewale Osifeso, said the couple and their driver were released unhurt around 6:20pm on Tuesday. He said the three of them had been reunited with their families. He said the hoodlums were pressurised into freeing their captives because of the heat turned on them by the massive deployment of the police in the area for…

Wednesday, 15 June 2022 06:20

Gunmen abduct two worshippers from Ogun church

Some gunmen have invaded the Celestial Church Christ, SBJ Oshofa at Wasimi in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State, and abducted two worshippers. The victims are, an Assistant Shepherd of the parish, Oluwaseun Ajose and a Sunday school teacher, Dagunro Ayobami. Our correspondent gathered that the hoodlums numbering four, stormed the church around 11pm on Monday, and took away the two worshippers. A source told our correspondent that is church located at an isolated area, which allowed the hoodlums operated unhindered. It was gathered that a joint security team of the police and local vigilantes have been combing the…

Tuesday, 14 June 2022 06:48

Gunmen abduct Anglican bishop, wife, driver in Oyo

Anglican Bishop of Jebba Diocese, Kwara State, Oluwaseun Aderogba, and his wife have been abducted by gunmen. His driver was also said to have been kidnapped alongside the couple who were traveling on the new Oyo-Ogbomoso Expressway in Oyo State. The bishop and his wife were said to be traveling to Kwara State when their car developed a fault at a lonely section of the road at around 8:30pm on Sunday. Before long, gun-wielding hoodlums reportedly swooped on them and dragged them into the forest. Sources said their abductors have demanded a ransom of N50 million to free their captives.…

Monday, 13 June 2022 06:43

Herdsmen kill 11 Benue youths

No fewer than 11 people were killed on Sunday in a renewed attack by suspected herders at Igama community in Okpokwu Local Government Area of Benue State. Sources in the area said no building was standing in the community as the invaders burnt down all houses. “The hoodlums, who are Fulani herdsmen, stormed Igama village in the wee hours of today (Sunday) and directed their attack at the youth in the community. “They allowed the elderly, children and women to run away, while they descended on the youth. As I am talking to you, 11 young men have been killed,”…

Monday, 13 June 2022 06:40

Bandits abduct 50 along Sokoto-Zamfara highway

Gunmen on Saturday abducted more than 50 wedding guests travelling along the Sokoto-Gusau Road. Some of the wedding guests who managed to escape said the bandits, as the gunmen are called locally, shot into the first vehicle they were travelling in around 6 p.m. They said many of those abducted were returning to Gusau (capital of Zamfara State) after attending a wedding in Tambuwal, Sokoto State. The bandits, who operate mainly in the Northwestern states of Zamfara, Sokoto, Katsina, Kebbi and Kaduna, and Niger state in the Northcentral, have killed thousands while displacing hundreds of thousands of people. In the…

Sunday, 12 June 2022 06:46

11 among the abducted Abuja-Kaduna train passengers have been released. Here are their names and what the terrorists demanded in return

At least 11 of the passengers who boarded the ill-fated Abuja-Kaduna train in March have regained freedom. The captives spent over 70 days in kidnappers’ den before they were released after intense negotiation. Six female and five male captives were released on Saturday. Publisher of Desert Herald, Tukur Mamu, served as a mediator in the deal that led to their release. Here are the names of the freed captives: Amina Ba’aba Mohammed Rashida Yusuf Busari Jessey John Hannah Ajewole Amina Jibril Najib Mohammed Dahiru Hassan Aliyu Peace A. Boy Danjuma Sa’idu Gaius Gambo Mamu, who had not disclosed identity of…

Saturday, 11 June 2022 06:05

Killers of Afenifere leader, Fasoranti’s daughter sentenced to death

Three persons involved in the killing of Olufunke Olakuri, daughter of Afenifere Leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, have been sentenced to death by hanging. They were sentenced by an Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure. Presiding Judge, William Olamide, however, discharged and acquitted the fourth suspect, Auwàla Abubakar, who is the spokesman of Miyetti Allah. Olufunke was shot dead in June, 2019 by gunmen in Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. She was buried few weeks after her gruesome murder. Her alleged killers were later arrested and arraigned six months after her death. The Nation

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Friday, 10 June 2022 06:29

ISWAP carried out Ondo Catholic Church attack for one key reason, FG explains

Federal Government has linked fighters of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) to the attack on a Catholic church in Owo, Ondo State. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, disclosed this Thursday while briefing State House reporters after a meeting of the National Security Council presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. He said the government had been able to locate perpetrators of the Owo attack and zeroed in on ISWAP terrorist group. The minister, who briefed alongside Inspector-General of Police, Alkali Baba Usman, said security agencies had been directed to go after the…

Friday, 10 June 2022 06:28

32 killed by terrorists, but not with helicopter, Kaduna govt clarifies

Kaduna State Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, on Thursday, confirmed that terrorist killed 32 in Dogon Noma and Ungwan Sarkias villages, as well as Ungwan Maikori in Kajuru Local Government Area of the state on Sunday. The Commissioner, however, debunked the rumour that the terrorists were aided by an helicopter. But he clarified that the bandits didn’t attack the communities with helicopters as the helicopter in question was security helicopter which were sent to repel the bandits. Aruwan noted that at Dogon Noma alone 29 villagers were killed by the terror group with three killed in…

Friday, 10 June 2022 06:28

Terrorists kill 25 in Borno community

Members of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) have reportedly killed 25 scavengers, otherwise known as ‘Yan Ajakuta’, in Dikwa LGA of Borno state. The scavengers were reportedly killed in Mukdala village, located about 10 kilometres north to Dikwa town on Wednesday. The victims were shot by insurgents who rode on six motorcycles. Takno Ibrahim, a member of a civilian joint task force in the state, said the deceased were shot multiple times. Ibrahim said some of the victims escaped with bullet wounds and were taken to the General Hospital in Dikwa town by officers of the military…

Tuesday, 07 June 2022 06:36

Police recover explosives after Owo Catholic Church massacre

Survivors of an attack by unknown assailants on a Catholic church in Nigeria lay weeping and writhing in pain at a local hospital on Monday after suffering what a doctor described as lacerations, bullet wounds and blast injuries. At least 50 people including children were killed, according to media reports, during the attack on St Francis Catholic Church in the town of Owo, which took place during Sunday mass as worshippers were celebrating the Christian holiday of Pentecost. Police, who have yet to release a death toll, said they had recovered unexploded improvised explosive devices and shells from AK-47 ammunition.…

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