The police command in Plateau says gunmen have attacked Rubi community in Butura District in Bokkos Local Government and killed 11 persons. Mr Alfred Alabo, the command’s spokesman made this known in a statement on Friday in Jos. The Bokkos Cultural Development Council (BCDC),also in a statement, confirmed that 11 persons were killed. Alabo quoted … Read more
Two operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have been reportedly killed in Yobe State by gunmen believed to be armed robbers. Henzodaily gathered that the incident happened at the Kolere Police Out-Post in the Fune Local Government Area of Yobe State. Reports revealed that the first incident occurred in late January 2025, when a Deputy … Read more
Unknown Gunmen dressed in black and numbering up to seven have abducted the President of Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC), Comrade Igboayaka. O. Igboayaka. Henzodaily learnt that the President of Igbo National Council (INC), Chilos Godsent, made this known in a statement issued on Sunday, February 9, 2025. Godsent said Igboayaka was abducted on Saturday evening … Read more
Gunmen have killed the Chief Security Officer (CSO) of the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Richard Timothy, and his 23-year-old son, Silas, at their residence in Igwuruta-Ali, near Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Timothy’s widow, Grace, said about five gunmen dressed in black attire attacked her husband as they drove into their residence. She explained tthat her son, … Read more
No fewer than ten passengers have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen along the Owo-Ipele-Benin Highway in Ondo State. Confirming the incident, the state police spokesperson, Funmi Odunlami, stated that seven persons were kidnapped by the assailants. Sources in Akure, the Ondo State capital, revealed that the travellers were returning from a South-South state … Read more
At least seven passengers were abducted as gunmen suspected to be kidnappers ambushed a vehicle near the Ipele community along the Owo-Benin highway in Ondo State. A report obtained by Henzodaily on Tuesday indicated that the victims were travelling from a state in the South-South region to Akure, the capital of Ondo State when the … Read more
The Kwara Police Command has confirmed the abduction of three family members by gunmen on the Oro-Agbamu Road in Irepodun Local Government Area of the state. This is contained in a statement signed by the command’s Spokesperson, DSP Toun Ejire-Adeyemi on Sunday in Ilorin. “It was reported that unknown armed men stormed Owoyale … Read more
Five persons have been reportedly killed during an invasion by gunmen at Ajegunle-Powerline community in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State. An eyewitness, Mr Akin Olowolafe, a farmer in the community, told newsmen on Thursday in Akure that five people were allegedly killed during the attack, which happened on Tuesday … Read more
A group of unidentified assailants has once again attacked Garo town in the Kabo Local Government Area of Kano and abducted a young woman named Zainab. Henzodaily learnt that Zainab’s relatives had engaged in negotiations for her release. However, despite receiving the payment of ₦8 million from her family, the assailants remained unyielding, taking Zainab … Read more
The remains of Rev. Fr. Tobias Okonkwo, a priest of the Catholic Diocese of Nnewi, in Anambra, murdered on Dec. 26 has been laid to rest amid tears. He was buried on Thursday at Our Lady of Assumption Cathedral in Nnewi after a requiem mass at the cathedral. Okonkwo, a pharmacist, was murdered … Read more