Terror attacks kill 31 in China's tense Xinjiang region

Thirty-one people were killed and more than 90 injured in an attack Thursday on a busy street market in the capital of China's volatile north western region of Xinjiang, the local government said, the bloodiest in a series of violent incidents blamed on radical separatist Muslims.

The Xinjiang regional government said in a statement that the early morning attack in the city of Urumqi was "a serious violent terrorist incident of a particularly vile nature."

The assailants crashed through metal barriers in a pair of SUVs at 7:50 a.m. and plowed through crowds of shoppers while setting off explosives, the statement said.

The vehicles then crashed head-on and one of them exploded, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. It quoted an eyewitness as saying there were up to a dozen blasts in all.

Boko Haram Gunmen kills 29 student at Federal Govt College Yobe

Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members, in the early hours of today attacked Federal Government College Buni Yadi, Yobe State and killed 29 innocent students, many of whom died in flames as the school was burned to the ground.

"Some of the students bodies were burned to ashes," said Yobe state Police Commissioner, Sanusi A Rufai who confirmed that twenty nine male students were killed and twenty four structures that include the Administration block, students hostel and staff quarters were burnt down. No girl was touched.

Reports say the assailants stormed the school premises in 6 Hilux pick up vans and motorcycles and separated only the male students before they opened fire on them.

Armed Security operatives were seen moving to the town, although there was no telecommunication network in the area. Army spokesman, Captain Eli Lazarus confirmed the attack adding that they are yet to know the number of casualties.

Gunmen Kill Pregnant Woman, 12-Year-Old Daughter

Gunmen on Monday night stormed Amodu Street, off the notorious Akala Street, Mushin, Lagos State, South-West Nigeria, killing a woman with eight-month-old  pregnancy, Musili Bello, and her 12-year-old daughter, Suliat Olowu.

Akala Street and environs, in the Idi-Oro area of Mushin, is synonymous with crimes and criminalities. “All manners of crimes take place here. Armed robbery, drug pushers, common thief, Yahoo Yahoo  boys, rapists, vehicle jackers, you just name it and you would get it at Akala Street, Mushin,” a detective conversant with the area told our correspondent.

Boko Haram Militants Kill 30 boarding Students and Teacher in Mamudo, Yobe State

Gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram militant Islamic group stormed a boarding school in Mamudo, Yobe killing about 30 students and a teacher.

Reports say the attackers who stormed the school around 2am were so brutal and showed no sign of mercy as some of the victims were burnt alive while some escaped with gunshot wounds.

Despite the State of Emergency declared by the Federal Government in three states including Yobe, there violence and clashes in these continue to generate concerns from the international communities


There is currently a heavy presence of military men in the location and all those injured in the attack have being rushed to hospitals in the state capital, Damaturu to receive the much needed medical attention.

Gunmen in Police uniform kill foreign national in Lagos

Gunmen  alleged  to be policemen, shot a yet-to-be identified foreign national to death around the popular Daleko Market in Lagos State, on Thursday afternoon. Seven people have since been arrested in connection with the incident, which caused panic among traders as well as bank workers around the market.

The gunmen, who were allegedly in police uniform, drove in a commercial bus and reportedly shot the man , who was driving a Toyota Highlander Sport Utility Vehicle.The gunmen had escaped before a team of policemen from Area D Police station could get to the scene.
It was gathered that the deceased, who was later identified as Santos Korie, was driving around Daleko under bridge, when the gunmen blocked his SUV and shot him several times.
Santos was said to have died on the spot, but the police in the state claimed  that he died on the way to the hospital.

The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ngozi Braide, in a statement, admitted that preliminary reports pointed accusing fingers at the police. She, however, insisted that “it was not immediately ascertained whether the gunmen were hired killers in police uniform or real police officers.”

The police statement also confirmed that “on inquiry eye witnesses clustering around told men of the Area “D” that the gunmen were in police uniform and had operated in a commercial bus.”
The statement from the Lagos police also confirmed that some people had been arrested in connection with the incident.

Gunmen kill Deputy Controller of Prisons in Sokoto

Gunmen on Wednesday killed the Deputy Controller of Prisons in charge of the Sokoto Central Prison, Alhaji Usman Gwandu, at SARDA Quarters in Sokoto.

The gunmen rained bullets on Gwandu’s vehicle and fled the scene after the attack without taking anything from the vehicle.

It was learnt that the gunmen trailed the controller to the scene, where they struck around 10:00 p.m. The controller was later rushed to the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, by residents where he was confirmed dead by doctors.

Gunmen kill policeman at daughters’ wedding

A policeman was shot dead in front of his house while conducting the wedding Fatiha of his daughters shortly after the Friday congregation prayer(Jumat) by unknown gunmen in Damboa town in Damboa local government area of Borno State, local sources said yesterday, saying the incident happened on Friday.

It was gathered that the policeman ran from the  town for months following death threat sent to him by unknown persons only to return to the town last week in order to marry out his daughters. ”He came back last week to marry out his two daughters but was shot dead on Friday after Jumat while the wedding was going on”. The deceased officer was from Michika local government area of Adamawa State but resident in Damboa.

Policemen Kill 2 NSCDC Officers In Lagos

In what could be described as a commando attack, The Nigeria Police ambushed and opened fire on men of the anti-vandal squad of the Lagos State Command of NSCDC, killing two men on the spot while others escaped with gunshot wounds in Ikorodu axis of Lagos State.

This incident occurs at about 3am on Wednesday morning while the officers and men of the corps were returning from a successful anti-vandal operation where vandals were arrested along with their exhibits and being transported back to the state headquarters of the Corps. According to an eye witness account, the vandals made calls
to their police collaborators for support as they could not everwhelm the anti-vandals team of the Corps.

Immediately the Police got wind of the information laid siege for the Corps and open fire on the NSCDC patrol vehicles killing two while others scampered for their dear lives with gunshot wounds as the vandals were released immediately by the police.

On seeing that it was the police, the men of the corps refused to fire single shot from their rifles but could only express sock at a sistes agency who ordinarily should assist in fighting crime and other criminality are the ones aiding them while the vandals continue to flourish in crime.

Afghan militants shoot, kill 17 including policemen while asleep

Militants shot dead 17 people overnight, including 10 local Police officers, as the victims slept, in eastern Afghanistan. The attack took place at a police outpost in Ghazni province, according to the provincial governor. In addition to the officers, seven of their friends and relatives who were spending the night were also killed, Gov. Musa Khan Akbarzada said.

Islamists kill 9 Polio health workers in Northern Nigeria

Nine health workers administering a polio vaccination programme in northern Nigeria were murdered yesterday by gunmen on motorbikes.

No one claimed responsibility for the attack in the city of Kano, but Islamist militant group Boko Haram, a sect that has condemned the use of what it sees as Western medicine, has been blamed for carrying out a spate of assaults on security forces in the city in recent weeks.

It is the second time this year that polio workers have come under attack by Islamist militants after gunmen killed aid workers tackling the disease in Pakistan last month.