Four people, including a security operative, were killed when gunmen ambushed a security team responding to a distress call in Rakok, Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State, on Tuesday. The president of the Berom Youth Moulders Association (BYM), Dalyop Mwantiri, said he was travelling with the security team’s convoy when the incident occurred….
Some armed hoodlums have killed a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Enugu State, Ikechukwu Oloto. PREMIUM TIMES learnt that Mr Oloto was killed by the hoodlums who invaded his residence on Thursday evening at Odenigbo, Nsukka Local Government Area of the state. Sources said the politician was stabbed repeatedly by the armed…
Tension has continued to mount in Port Harcourt following the reported police shooting that claimed the life of 22-year-old University of Port Harcourt graduate Anthony Obodo. The incident has sparked protests and raised questions about the circumstances surrounding the young man’s death, with his family calling for justice. Anthony’s father, Princewill Obodo, alleged that the…
Trespassing Cops Shoot and Kill HeeHaw the Baby Donkey Published August 31, 2026 10:54 AM PDT | Updated August 31, 2026 11:25 AM PDT A Georgia farm owner is gutted after she says cops came onto her property and fatally shot her baby donkey, HeeHaw. Hannah Israel claims on Facebook that Polk County cops had…
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, Jarrett Tenebe, has threatened to kill a critic following a social media report alleging that Governor Monday Okpebholo travelled to Abuja to protest his exclusion from the APC Presidential Campaign Council. The controversy started with a Facebook post by Samuel Iyobosa, who claimed that…
(Court. Photo by Daily Nigerian) Nura Usman and his mother, Izzatu Aminu, are charged with conspiracy and attempted murder in a Magistrate Court in Nomansland, Kano. The suspects are charged with conspiring to murder Alhaji Usman Shanono, Nura’s father, at Kano’s Dantsinke Quarters. They allegedly paid an assassin ₦500,000 to carry out the murder….
Country director of Amnesty International Nigeria, Isa Sanusi says the organisation will make an example of Francis Fadahunsi, senator representing Osun east, by shaming him across the 150 countries where it operates over his remarks ahead of the Osun State governorship election . Sanusi spoke on Thursday during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily…
Suspected armed herders have killed four people and injured several others in Abaashwa, a hamlet in Mbaasar, Nzorov Council Ward of Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. The attack occurred at about 11 p.m. on Monday and lasted for about an hour, according to Abraham Kyambe, a resident who shared details of the incident…
Suspected bandits on Sunday morning launched a deadly attack on Lata Nna community in Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara State, killing a woman, abducting another resident and leaving several others feared dead. Multiple residents who spoke to SaharaReporters said the attack was still ongoing as of the time of filing this report. They said…
At least 30 people have been confirmed dead following a fresh attack on Naridon Village in Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The attack, which occurred on Sunday night, reportedly claimed the lives of women and children and left several houses razed, plunging the community into mourning. Two community sources, identified as Ibrahim John…
