Some gunmen on Tuesday invaded the police station at Gegu village on Lokoja–Abuja road, killing two of the policemen on duty.
William Aya, spokesman of the Kogi state police command, confirmed this to TheCable.
“It is true that there was an attack today. We lost two officers,” he said.
The UN on Monday condemned the Sunday night attack by Boko Haram insurgents at some communities in Jere Local Government Area of Borno State.
The UN Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr. Yassine Gaba, in a statement in Maiduguri strongly condemned the attack on civilians which resulted to the death of 34 persons.
“The UN strongly condemns the deadly combined attack which took place near Belle Village in the outskirts of Maiduguri on Sunday April 1. According to local sources, at least 34 civilians lost their lives and 90 others injured in the attack.
Alhaji Mode Senchi, kidnapped Chief Imam of Senchi in Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi state, has been released.
The Police Command in Kebbi State confirmed the release of the Imam who was kidnapped on March 18.
The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Kabiru, made the confirmation while addressing journalists in Birnin Kebbi on Sunday.
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed that female suicide bombers detonated explosives at the Muna area of Maiduguri, on Friday, in an attempt to infiltrate the town.
According to reports, four heavy explosions occurred between 9: 00 and 9: 30 pm, sending terrifying echoes to many parts of the town.
NEMA’s Northeast Zonal Coordinator, Mr Bashir Garga, disclosed that the suicide bombers detonated Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) strapped to their bodies behind the security trench at Muna Garage area, in the outskirts of Maiduguri Metropolitan Council.
The Nigerian Navy on Thursday said it has discovered six new illegal refineries with combined capacity to refine four million litres of crude oil daily in Alakiri, Asari Toru Local Government Area of Rivers. NAN reports that Capt. Victor Choji, Executive Officer of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder Port Harcourt, disclosed this while destroying one of the illegal refineries in Alakiri, Asari-Toru.
Gunmen believed to be cattle thieves killed 15 herders in the latest bout of violence in northern Nigeria’s herding communities, police and a local official said Thursday. “Armed bandits attacked Bawon-Daji village yesterday and killed 15 people,” the police spokesman for Zamfara state, Muhammad Shehu, told AFP.
