In a tragic incident at the Enweh West manifold in the Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State, unknown gunmen ambushed a routine military escort duty for an oil company, resulting in the unfortunate demise of four soldiers from the 5 Battalion of the Nigerian Army. Major Danjuma Jonah, the Deputy Director of 6…
No fewer than three persons were, on Saturday, killed by gunmen suspected at Imatom village in Logo local government area of Benue State. According to a community leader, Anawa Joseph, the killings of people in the local government area by suspected herders have assumed dangerous dimensions in the LGA. Anawa gave the names of the…
Suspected gunmen, in the early hours of Monday, reportedly killed a member of the vigilante group at First Marine Gate quarters in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, identified simply as Wilson, after engaging the community vigilante group in a gun battle Although details of the incident are sketchy, the corpse of the…
Suspected gunmen on Saturday invaded a branch of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), inAbule-Ori in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, killing the Pastor and abducting seven worshippers. According to Soji Ganzallo, the commander of the Ogun State government owned security outfit, So-Safe Corps, while confirming the incident, stated that his…
Suspected gunmen on Sunday night, abducted Plateau traditional monarch, Joshua Mutkut. It was gathered that Mutkut, a paramount ruler of the Mushere community in Bokkos Local Government Area of the state, was kidnapped at his palace in the locality. Caleb Mutfwang, the Plateau State governor, confirmed the development on Monday when he appeared on a…
Suspected armed herdsmen have reportedly killed at least 18 persons including women and children in an attack on Iye community in Uvir Council Ward of Guma Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state. The Informant247 gathered that the gunmen were said to have beheaded some of the victims and also burnt the remains of several…
Again, suspected gunmen on Friday killed two persons in Mawofi village, Atyap Chiefdom, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Informant247 gathered that many houses were also burnt by the gunmen who stormed the village in their large numbers. According to the source, “How can one explain a situation where the attackers moved…
Gunmen on Friday April 21 killed five police officers at the Okpala Junction in the Ngor Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State. The gunmen also killed a husband and his wife whose identities were given as Mr and Mrs Chinaka Nwagu — citizens of Amankwo Okpala community. There’s tension in the community as commercial…
An Inspector of Police, Augustine Ukaegbu has been killed in Umuoshike Ogbor, Aboh-Mbaise LGA of Imo State. Report has it that the gunmen killed the police officer who had gone to his home town, Umuoshike Ogbor, for Easter celebration with his relations. A source in the community who spoke as an anonymous said the gunmen…
Gunmen suspected to be assassins have reportedly killed a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sylvester Efeurhobo in Delta State. The assailants stormed the victim’s residence in Agbarho, Ughelli North Local Government Area of the State and gunned him down earlier today Tuesday April 11. The Informant247 gathered that the victim was a chairman…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi on Sunday April 9 told the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to take ”extraordinary measures” to address insecurity bedeviling the country. The former Governor of Anambra State in a post through his Twitter handle charged the government to address the issue of insecurity in the country….
Gunmen on Friday night, April 8, 2023 reportedly took the lives of 34 persons during an attack on Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp at LGEA Primary School Mgban, in Nyiev Council Ward of Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. A resident whose name was given as Jonah revealed that the gunmen launched an attack…
Those who kidnapped the former deputy governor of Nasarawa State, Professor Onje Gye Wado have demanded the sum of N70 million from his family to secure his freedom. They communicated the family of the victim on phone to institute their demand. A source within the victim’s family made this revelation while persuading the suspected criminals to…
Suspected gunmen on Thursday killed a motorist in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital. The Informant247 gathered that the assailants were said to have caught up with the man in his car around the Irona area of the capital city. An eyewitnesses, who give an account of the incident said the gunmen trailed the man…
Gunmen have kidnapped another paramount ruler from his palace in Plateau State. Another paramount ruler has been kidnapped from his palace in Plateau State by some gunmen. The Informant247 gathered that the kidnapped traditional ruler, His Royal Highness Sunday Dajep, is the district head of Chip community, Pankshin Local Government Area of the state. He…
Two family members of the Nasarawa village head were on Tuesday April 4 kidnapped by gunmen in Tsanyawa Local Government Area, Kano State. They abducted his 38 year old wife, Halima Kabiru, 38, and his son Dahiru Kabiru, 20. The incident was confirmed by the state’s commissioner of police, Mr. Mamman Dauda. “On April 2,…
A student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), fondly addressed as ‘Mayor’ was gunned down around 9pm on Monday in one of the halls of residence of the institution. The gruesome killing of the final year student of the federal owned university was suspected to be cult-related. The deceased whose real identity has not been…
Unknown gunmen have killed three persons during an attack on Dabna in Dugwaba District of Hong local government area of Adamawa State. This was confirmed by the State Police Command in a statement released to newsmen on Monday in Yola, the capital of the state. The police command said it has mobilised its operatives and…
Gunmen who were suspected to be cultists have kidnapped a construction worker, whose name was simply given as Wale. The hoodlums killed the victim and dumped his dead body along the Gloryland Drive Expressway in Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa State. Sources who witnessed the scenario revealed that the gunmen ambushed the victim on Friday…
Suspected Bandits in Kaduna on Sunday went berserk, killing a baby born by an abducted pregnant house wife, Mrs Shamsiya Mustapha. The Informant247 gathered that the woman, her husband, Mustapha and her 16-year-old daughter, Mahapuza Mustapha, were abducted by bandits at their residence in Janjala community in Kagarko local area of the state on February,…
