Thursday, 7 April 2016

Gunmen kill man in mother’s presence


Some gunmen on Tuesday shot dead a man, identified simply as Akor, in Rumuche community, in the Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State.

Kidnapped Kaduna pastor found dead, abductors release others


The decomposing body of one of the three Christian clerics abducted at gunpoint by yet-to-be identified gunmen in Kaduna State has been found.

Another lion escapes in Kenya, mauls man


A man was injured by a lion that was subsequently shot dead by wildlife rangers as it was roaming outside the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Wednesday.

NSCDC arrests suspected bomber of three oil workers

File photo of pipeline explosion

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Bayelsa State Command, says it has arrested one of the suspected criminals that planted the dynamites that killed three oil workers in the state on Easter Sunday.

Police arrest five kidnap, robbery suspects in Rivers


The Rivers State Police Command on Thursday said it had apprehended five armed robbery and kidnap suspects in Ubima Community, Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state.