According to The Nation, Piridimso was abducted in his residence in Yola, the state capital, in the early hours of Wednesday.
Browsing: Gunmen
Suspected gunmen on Monday invaded Agudama-Ekpetiama police station in Yenagoa Local Government of Bayelsa, killing four police personnel on duty.
Barely 24 hours after the murder of a female undergraduate in Ise Ekiti by gunmen, another male resident has been hacked to death in Orin Ekiti by gunmen.
Gunmen on Monday killed a personnel of the military Special Task Force maintaining peace on the Plateau and three other persons at Tubun-Rong village in Ganawuri District of Riyom Local Government Area of the state.
The police in Kaduna on Tuesday confirmed the killing of three persons by gunmen at Unguwan Rimi village in Chawai District of Kauru Local Government Area of the state.
The Police Command in Katsina State has confirmed the abduction of Alhaji Bature Mai’unguwa, the Village Head of Labo in Batsari Local Government Area, by unknown gunmen.
Unidentified gunmen on Sunday night killed one Sheni Kimati, a 25-year-old 200 level student of the department of Geography, Plateau State University, Bokkos.
No fewer than 18 persons from villages in Rabah Local Government Area of Sokoto State have been killed by gunmen, while four others were injured.
Unknown armed bandits, suspected to be kidnappers, on Friday, shot a yet-to-be-identified tricycle operator in the head in Aba, the commercial hub of Abia.
Five oil workers were on Tuesday kidnapped by gunmen within the Oil Mining Lease 55 operated by an indigenous oil company, Belemaoil Producing Limited, in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State.
Unknown gunmen in the early hours of Tuesday kidnapped Sanusi Sa’ad, the Deputy Registrar Administration of the Taraba State University, Jalingo.
A five-day-old baby allegedly abducted in their home in Ijagbe commmunity, Mopa-Muro Local Government Area, Kogi, is yet to be found 10 days after the incident.
The Commissioner of Police in Kogi, akeem Busari, on Monday, confirmed the kidnap of one Henshaw Ativie and his wife in the state on Sunday by unknown gunmen.
Samuel Mashi, Chairman of Akwanga Local Government of Nasarawa State, said on Monday that gunmen have killed a pregnant woman and 15 others in Numa village of the area on Sunday night.
The American woman and her driver who were on Tuesday kidnapped at Uganda’s most popular wildlife park by gunmen were asked to pay a ransom of $500,000, police said.
This year’s edition of the annual Dankwo fishing festival in Lokoja ended abruptly on Saturday when gunmen opened fire on participants.
Unknown gunmen in the early hours of Wednesday abducted the immediate past Chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association, Jalingo branch, Joel Ubandoma.
The Independent National Electoral Commission Resident Electoral Commissioner for Benue State, Dr. Nentawe Yilwatda, has confirmed the attack on the commission’s convoy on Gboko-Makurdi Road by gunmen on Saturday night.
The Kaduna State Police Command on Monday said no fewer than 16 persons were killed by gunmen at Barde Village under Maro in Kajuru Local Government Area of the state.
Gunmen have shot two motorcyclists dead in Badagry, near Lagos, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.