Armed group suspected to be gunmen on Wednesday attacked a miltaty checkpoint in Okene Local Government Area of Kogi State in the evening and left two officers of Nigerian Navy dead.
Suspected Fulani herdsmen have kidnapped two staff of Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited (ASCL) and a resident within the steel plant in Ajaokuta local government area of Kogi state.
Bola Bamigbola A 25-year-old automobile mechanic, Albert Olaposi, on Monday, allegedly beheaded his five-year-old daughter, Mercy, in Gbongan, Osun State.
Tony Okafor A 25-year-old woman, Onyinye Chime, has allegedly killed her lover, Eleyi Azubuike, in Anambra State, for asking her to abort her pregnancy.
A 65-year-old man identified as Yusuf Aminu Onuka has been handed over to the Nigeria Police Force in Ogaminana, Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi State, for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl, Miss Silifa.
Deji Lambo An engineer, Adewunmi Lawal, has reportedly gone into hiding after allegedly raping a neighbour’s daughter in Itele, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State.
Fourteen people, including 13 members of the same family were killed in an early morning attack by suspected bandits on Wednesday in Agudu, in the Kogi/Kotonkarfe Local Government Area of Kogi State.
A 19-year-old girl and member of a cult known as the Marine Girls, Blessing David, on Thursday confessed to having slept with 10 men after she was initiated into the group.
Sampson Itode A 47-year-old man, Eromosele Mahmud, has been arrested by the police in Rivers State for allegedly impregnating his 16-year-old daughter after raping her for five years.
Matthew Ochei, Asaba There was tension in Amukpe community, in the Sapele area of Delta State, on Monday, when a youth, Akpobome Okokoyo, allegedly stabbed his friend, God’sTime Ikpakpa, to death during an argument over N12,000.
Two persons suspected to be armed robbers have been killed in Kogi State during a gun battle with Joint Task Force, JTF, on Tuesday morning in Ajaka Igalamela/Odolu local government area of Kogi State.
In what could be described as a total tragedy in Idogido community area of Okene Local Government Area of Kogi state on Monday when a man simplified identified as Hussain Zubairu allegedly killed a pregnant woman, Bose Muhammed with scissors.
The Kogi state police command has confirmed the abduction of another set of 12 persons along Itobe/Ajegu community in Ofu local government area of the State.e state police public relations officer DSP William Aya said that the victims were traveling from Warri in a Toyota Hiace bus when they were abducted. He however said that the number of victims is yet to be ascertained.
Olalekan Adetayo An Assistant Director attached to the State House, Abuja, Laetitia Naankang Dagan, has been killed by yet-to-be-identified assailants.