Category: North-East

Killer cop shoots colleagues dead, takes own life in Adamawa Nigeria

A policeman went berserk and shot two of his colleagues before shooting himself at Lala Village of Gombi Local Government Area of Adamawa. The Commissioner of Police (CP) in Adamawa, Aderenle Shinaba, who confirmed the incident, said that the policeman,…

Nigerian government under fire for not acting on extrajudicial murder of boy who questioned police extortion

  The Federal Government has come under intense criticism for refusing to take action on the reported killing of a 20-year-old Emmanuel Victor by a police officer at a checkpoint in Yenagoa, Bayelas State recently. Victor was shot dead after…

Three policemen, one civilian killed by suspected Muslim sect members in Maiduguri

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Police say three policemen and a civilian were shot and killed at a residence in northeastern Nigeria by suspected members of a radical Muslim sect. Police chief Simeone Midenda said Friday that the men were watching TV…