Gunmen have kidnapped Rev. Fr. John Ubaechu, the Parish Priest of Holy Family Catholic Church, Izombe in Oguta Local Government Area (LGA) of Imo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ubaechu was abducted in Ejemekwuru on Sunday evening while on his way to attend the annual retreat of priests of Owerri Catholic Archdiocese….
Gunmen, suspected to be bandits, in the early hours of Saturday, attacked four communities in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, leaving in their trail dead bodies. The affected communities are: Aba Alajido, Aba Sunday, Aba Pastor and Ademekun in the Akure North LG. It was reported that scores of people living in…
Unknown armed assailants launched an attack on a General Security Directorate building in the Mazzeh district of Syria’s capital Damascus on Monday, a war monitor reported. The assailants, who arrived in a vehicle, threw grenades and fired automatic weapons at the facility, prompting an immediate response from on-duty security personnel, said the Syrian Observatory for…
Gunmen suspected to bandits has invaded Dogon Ruwa community of Wase Local Government Area of Plateau state, and abducted husband, wife and their child to an unknown destination in the area. A reliable sources from the area also told our correspondent that two persons sustained gunshot wounds in the process . Accordion to him, the…
The Police Command in Ondo State has confirmed the abduction of seven travellers on the Owo-Ipele-Benin Highway. CSP Funmilayo Odunlami, the spokesperson for the command, confirmed the incident to journalists on Tuesday in Akure. “Seven people were abducted and investigation is ongoing. Update on the incident will be provided soon,” Odunlami said. A family member…
Gunmen suspected of belonging to the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group abducted five government officials in northeast Kenya on Monday as they were on their way to work, media reported. According to Citizen TV, quoting North Eastern Regional Commissioner John Otieno, the incident happened in Mandera County when the five chiefs were heading to Elwak….
The Police in Ebonyi have confirmed 10 persons dead in an attack launched by suspected gunmen at Amagu village in Ishielu Local Government Area of the state, The spokesman of the command, SP Joshua Ukandu, confirmed the incident on Sunday in Abakaliki while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Ukandu said that the…
Gunmen shot and killed a policeman deployed on security detail for polio vaccinators in north-western Pakistan on Tuesday, in yet another attack on health workers. The country struggled to contain the spread of the crippling disease. Another policeman was wounded in the attack that took place in Orakzai district of the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa…
Gunmen opened fire on a school bus in Pakistan on Thursday, killing two girls and wounding five other children, police said. The attack occurred in the town of Attock in the central province of Punjab when the children were travelling to attend classes in the morning, police official Usman Haider said. All of the dead…
