SaharaReporters gathered that the incident occurred on Sunday morning when the gunmen stormed a police checkpoint in the community.

Bandits have launched another deadly attack in Ilafin community, Isanlu, Yagba East Local Government Area of Kogi State, killing two police officers on duty.

SaharaReporters gathered that the incident occurred on Sunday morning when the gunmen stormed a police checkpoint in the community.

A video obtained by SaharaReporters shows good Samaritans rushing to the scene to rescue the victims, though the officers’ lifeless bodies could be seen lying on the ground.

In a related incident, SaharaReporters reported on September 10, 2025, that three police officers were killed when gunmen attacked a security checkpoint in Egbe, Yagba West Local Government Area, Kogi State.

According to local sources, the incident occurred in the border town, which shares a boundary with Kwara State. The gunmen reportedly stormed the checkpoint, engaging the police officers in a fierce gun battle.

“The assailants came for their guns, which they carted away. Three police officers died in the gun battle,” a source at the scene told SaharaReporters.

Videos obtained by SaharaReporters show vehicles allegedly used by the attackers as they fled the area after the assault.

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Unknown gunmen have reportedly abducted the senior special assistant on Humanitarian Services to Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State, Dr. Muhammed Egye Osolafia, popularly known as Deedat.

According to Leadership, Osolafia was abducted from his residence in Lafia, Nasarawa State capital.

He was reportedly abducted upon arriving at his home in Tudun Amba area of Lafia on Saturday night.

According to reports, the gunmen stormed the area shooting sporadically into the air before heading straight for their target.

Osolafia’s colleague, Peter Ahemba who is the senior special adviser to Governor Sule on Public Affairs, confirmed the development to Leadership.

Ahemba who described the development as sad and unfortunate, said he received the news of the abduction from another colleague.

Osolafia’s abduction came about two months after the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Information and Culture, Barrister Yusuf Musa was similarly abducted from his residence in Ungwan Nungu, also in Lafia.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Nasarawa State Command, SP Ramhan Nansel could not be immediately reached to confirm the incident.

South Sudan’s First Vice President Machar faces charges of treason and other serious crimes, local justice authorities said, as fears grow that the east African country could edge toward a return to civil war.

The United Nations body for human rights in South Sudan has called the government’s charges of treason against opposition leader Riek Machar “reckless.”

South Sudan’s First Vice President Machar faces charges of treason and other serious crimes, local justice authorities said Thursday, as fears grow that the east African country could edge toward a return to civil war.

Machar has been under house arrest since March after the transitional government he is a part of accused him of subversive activities against President Salva Kiir, who said Thursday that he was suspending Machar as his deputy because of the criminal allegations.

Pro-government troops have been fighting militias and other armed groups that they say are loyal to Machar, who has served as his country’s No. 2 under the terms of a delicate peace deal signed in 2018.

That agreement has not been fully implemented, with presidential elections repeatedly postponed.

In addition to treason, Machar and seven others face charges of murder, conspiracy, terrorism, destruction of public property and military assets and crimes against humanity.

The charges stem from a violent incident in March when a militia known as the White Army overran a garrison of government troops, killing its commanding officer and others. The justice ministry said in a statement Thursday that the attack in Nasir, Upper Nile state was influenced by Machar and others via ”coordinated military and political structures.”

Bringing criminal charges against Machar is likely to further destabilize South Sudan, whose government faces pressure from regional leaders to reach a political agreement that prevents a return to full-blown war.

It was not immediately clear when Machar would be presented in a courtroom. His precise whereabouts in South Sudan are unknown, and his political supporters have long called for his freedom.