BANDITS ATTACKS KWARA COMMUNITY AGAIN, KILLS TWO, ABDUCTS FOUR

BY JENN NOMAMIUKOR Another incident happened in Bokungi Village, Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State, just a day after an attack on a church in Eruku, Ekiti Local Government Area. Armed men on Wednesday evening attacked rice farmers working on their fields, killing two and abducting four others. The victims were allegedly surrounded while picking their rice during the busiest harvest hours. The development was confirmed by a community source, who added that data was still being gathered. The attackers, according to the locals, worked for a few minutes before departing....

OFFICER KILLED AS POLICE FOIL KIDNAP ATTEMPT

BY JENN NOMAMIKOR In Guto Village, a border community in Bwari Area Council, the Federal Capital Territory Police Command reported on Thursday that its agents had foiled an attempted kidnapping. The group of roughly thirty armed guys allegedly broke into the neighborhood and tried to break into a house. Police officers from the IGP Special Intervention Squad and the Bwari Division Surveillance Team were sent to the location, according to a statement from command spokesman Josephine Adeh. The statement partly read: “The FCT Police Command has successfully thwarted a kidnapping attempt in Guto Village, a border...