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Some members of the Boko Haram terrorists, operating in the North Eastern of the country, last Saturday, launched an attack on mourners in a village in Nganzai Local Government Area of Borno State. About 65 people were reportedly killed…

Two Nigerian Air Force (NAF) personnel were,  on Monday, killed during a gun battle with bandits in Kaduna State. Several others were reportedly injured in an ambush by the bandits at Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of the state.…

Information reaching The Nigerian Xpress now indicates that some gunmen have abducted three ladies traveling from Lagos State to Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital. The victims were identified as Okuboere, Seifefa and Amara. They were…

By Daniel Anokwuru A 21-year-old housewife, Fatima Musa, has allegedly attempted to kill her husband, Saheed Husani, over an unresolved dispute. It was gathered that the suspect, a law student of the Bayero University, Kano (BUK),…

In a latest wave of attacks in the area, chairman of Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Abdullahi Isah, has confirmed the death of one person, while he claimed eight others were missing after gunmen attacked Yan’Kaba…

Over 30 buildings and many farmlands were destroyed in Kaura Namoda town, headquarters of Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State in a rainstorm following a heavy downpour in the town, on Saturday. READ ALSO: Wike appoints…

By Daniel Anokwuru Angry youths from Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State, on Tuesday, conveyed 18 corpses of victims of bandit attack to Government House and the palace of the Emir of Katsina. The protesters, who besieged…

The Jigawa State Police Command has confirmed the death of three friends who drowned in an old well in Basirka town at Gwaram Local Government Area of the state. The command’s Public Relation officer, SP Abdu Jinjiri, confirmed the…

Sometime in January this year, Ovbiogie, a rustic town in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State was thrown into deep mourning when a 35-year-old man allegedly killed his wife and two sons in a fit of anger, following an…

A 14- year-old boy, Huzaifa Abdulrashid, has drowned while bathing in a stagnant pool called 'Promise' at Gwarzo Road in Gwale Local Government Area of Kano State. The spokesman of the Kano State Fire Service, Mr Saidu Mohammed, told the…