Tag: GUNMEN
NTA reporter shot dead in Benin
A reporter with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Benin, Lawrence Okojie, was shot dead by gunmen on Saturday night in Benin, Edo State capital.
Okojie...
Gunmen kill newly sworn-in LG secretary in Akwa Ibom
Four unknown gunmen have killed the newly sworn-in Secretary of Ukanafun Local Government in Akwa Ibom, Ime Atakpa.
Mr Atakpa was shot dead on his...
Gunmen attack Kogi police station; kill 2 policemen, 2 others
Some gunmen in the early hours of Friday attacked a police station at Eika community in Okehi Local Government Area of Kogi State, killing...
Incessant killings force indefinite closure of Kaduna college
Authorities of the Kaduna State College of Education, Gidan Waya, have announced immediate suspension of academic activities following persistent attacks on villages bordering the...
Gunmen shoot former UI VC, Femi Bamiro
Unknown gunmen on Tuesday night shot former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan (UI), Prof. Femi Bamiro.
The 69-year-old professor of mechanical engineering was attacked...
Gunmen kill man, two sons, injure wife and daughters in Lagos
Unidentified gunmen stormed Ipakodo in Ikorodu, Lagos State, on Thursday and killed and shot dead a man identified as Celestine Okoye and his two...
9 killed in shooting at Munich shopping mall
At least six people were killed when gunmen opened fire at a shopping mall in the German city of Munich on Friday.
Police say perpetrators...
Oyo lawmaker shot dead week before bagging PhD
Chairman, Oyo State House of Assembly Committee on Information and Security, Gideon Aremu, was shot to death by gunmen at his residence on Friday.
Aremu...
Uneasy calm in Ikorodu after gunmen kill 14
The crisis that engulfed some parts of Ikorodu area of Lagos State have been brought under control, Police Spokesperson, Dolapo Badmos, has said.
Badmos told...
Acting medical council registrar killed one month to retirement
The acting Registrar of the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria, Olufunke Omotuyi, was murdered by suspected gunmen on Wednesday morning in Abuja.
The incident...