killings

The Federal Government has filed a three-count amended criminal charge against seven persons, alleged to have been involved in the 2017 killing of indigenes of Idumuje-Ugboko Community of Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta. The…

Folarin Falana, a Nigerian rapper and activist, better known by his stage name Falz, has reacted to the sad killings that happened moments ago at Lekki Toll Gate, Lagos state. According to reports making the rounds on social media,…

Following the filing of terrorism charges against seven persons alleged to have been involved in the 2017 killing of indigenes of Idumuje-Ugboko Community of Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State by the Federal Government, the…

The Presidency has debunked claims the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is biased against any ethnicity or religious group. The assertion was in response to a letter addressed to the Nigerian government by some British…

Bandits suspected to be Fulani militia have reportedly killed two persons after a community in Zango Kataf local government area of the region was attacked on Friday. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that these bandits also burnt down several…

President Buhari on Tuesday disclosed how he schooled the United States President, Donald Trump at the White House in April 2018 Trump that the killings of Christians in Nigeria has got nothing to do with ethnicity or religion. WITHIN…

Traditional rulers have called for the immediate end to killings, banditry and insurgency in the North. The traditional rulers decried the “senseless killings in Southern Kaduna” and called on all those behind the four-decade crises to…

Buda community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State was attacked by gunmen suspected to be Fulani militia on Sunday, September 7 and three people were reportedly killed including a pastor. The attack was confirmed in a…

The killings of a 50-year-old surveyor, Alhaji Tairu Badmus, his apprentice and a farmer over a land dispute between Erin and Ilofa communities have been confirmed by the Osun State Police Command. This tragic incident was confirmed by…

Unknown gunmen suspected to be bandits have reportedly killed three people and abducted seven poeple in Southern Kaduna. In a statement released by the National President of Adara Development Association, Mr Awemi Dio Maisamari, it was…

An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan, has remanded one Sunday Shodipe, 19, at Abolongo Correctional Centre over alleged killing of one Funmilayo Oladeji in Akinyele, Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that…

Farmers in Ikoyi-Ile, Orire Local Government Area of Oyo State have threatened to resort to self-help if security agencies fail to protect them from incessant attacks from herdsmen. Recounting their ordeal in the hands of the their…

The invitation of Nasir El-Rufai, the Executive Governor of Kaduna State as one of the speakers in its forthcoming conference has been withdrawn by the Nigerian Bar Association. This was revealed and posted on the association's Twitter…

A foreign contractor abducted in Niger State has been killed by suspected bandits less than 24 hours in captivity. The unnamed victim was kidnapped on Monday together with a Nigerian between Yankila and Regina villages in Rafi Local…

The Executive Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai has disclosed that his administration has awarded a contract for CCTV's to be installed in local governments that have been affected by the killings. This was announced in a…

The Executive Governor of Jigawa State, Governor Abubakar Badaru and his counterpart, Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai on Thursday have blamed the rising insecurity in  parts of the North on past governors and clerics. The Jigawa…

Gunmen suspected to be armed bandits have reportedly invaded Kurfi town in Kurfi Local Government Area of Katsina State, northwest Nigeria on Sunday night. Katsina state which borders Niger Republic has suffered a series of attacks from…

Katsina state governor, Aminu Masari has disclosed that only 30 policemen provide security in 100 villages in the state despite the incessant killings by bandits and other criminal elements in the state. Speaking on the incessant…

Barely three months after allegedly hacking not less than three people to death at Ogere and Iperu in Ikenne local government area of the Ogun State, Feyisola Dosumu, an alleged notorious cultist and drug addict reportedly went on a killing…