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In response to the escalating security crisis in Imo State, Governor Hope Uzodinma has extended an olive branch to gunmen terrorizing residents offering amnesty and a chance for rehabilitation if they repent and…
In a shocking and deeply distressing incident, Professor Opeyemi Isaac Ajewole, a professor at the University of Ibadan, has been mercilessly gunned down by unidentified assailants. The incident occurred on Monday…
The United States Government has said that none of its citizens was affected in the Tuesday Anambra attack on its Consulate staff convoy. In a brazen act of violence, gunmen targeted a convoy of staff from the United…
Okey Wali, a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), has been released by his abductors after being held captive for two weeks. This was disclosed by Yakubu Maikyau, the incumbent NBA President, in a…
Former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, Okey Wali, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen. The incident occurred on Monday when his convoy was attacked while traveling on the east-west road in Obio/Akpor LGA,…
Ahead of the Governorship, and House of Assembly election, gunmen have kidnapped Chukwudi Ogbonna, the Accord Party (AP) candidate for Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni state constituency for Rivers state assembly. Ifeaka Nwakiri, a…
Gunmen have attacked the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ojoto, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State. TalkGlitz learned the attack happened in the early hours of…
An abducted Sole Administrator of the Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State, Chris Ohizu, has been beheaded. It was reported that gunmen had abducted Ohizu alongside two other residents on Friday. The…
A first-class traditional ruler in Plateau State, Isaac Wakili, who was kidnapped by gunmen in the early hours of Friday has regained his freedom. TalkGlitz had earlier reported that gunmen kidnapped the monarch in the…
A first-class monarch in Plateau State, Dr Isaac Azi Wakili, has been kidnapped by gunmen. Wakili is the paramount ruler of the Izere nation in the Jos East Local Government Area of the state. The abduction occurred in…
Gunmen have attacked the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Enugu south LGA. TalkGlitz learned the attack happened in the late hours of Sunday. The attack was disclosed in a statement by…
Gunmen have attacked and set ablaze the secretariat of Ihiala LGA in Anambra State. The Gunmen were said to have invaded the secretariat early Thursday morning, killing three vigilantes who were guarding the complex.…
Bearly a year after terrorists attacked the Abuja-Kaduna train, scores of passengers waiting to board a train from Igueben Local Government Area of Edo State to Warri in Delta State were kidnapped by suspected herdsmen…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says no critical election materials were destroyed in an attack on its Imo headquarters. The INEC national commissioner and chairman of the information and voter…
Gunmen have attacked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) head office in Owerri, the Imo state. TalkGlitz learned that the gunmen launched their attack early on Monday morning, The Imo State Police…
Unknown gunmen have kidnapped the Benue State Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Ekpe Ogbu. TalkGlitz understands that the commissioner was kidnapped at Adankari Junction along the Otukpo-Ado Road at about…
Unknown Gunmen have attacked a mosque in Ughelli, Delta state. They attacked in the early hours of Friday, leaving 11 worshippers injured. The Delta police spokesperson, Bright Edafe, confirmed the incident. “I just…
The women leader of the Labour Party (LP) in Kaura LGA of Kaduna state, Victoria Chintex, was shot dead by gunmen. she died on Monday after gunmen invaded her residence in Kaura and shot her. Her husband was also said…
Some gunmen attacked the Maikatako Community, in Bokkos Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau, and killed no fewer than nine members of one family, and many more. DSP Alfred Alabo, the Police Public Relations Officer…
The President, Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the murder of Eze Ignatius Asor, the traditional ruler of the Obudi Agwa community in Imo State. On Monday, gunmen invaded the traditional ruler’s palace and opened fire on…
