Thugs

Thugs have set ballot papers on fire at a polling unit in Tede community in Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State on Saturday. A video of the ballot papers going up in flames trended on social media on Saturday, as the Governorship…

The presidency has said that contrary to news reports making the rounds, President Muhammadu Buhari’s convoy was not stoned in Kano on Monday. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity, Garba Shehu stated this in…

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has said that supporters of the party are being targeted in “coordinated attacks” by thugs in Zamfara State. He said this in a Monday statement he…

Thugs suspected to be among protesters demanding the release of arrested murderers of Deborah Samuel have set ablaze St Bahkita, the Secretariat of the Sokoto Diocese of the Catholic Church, which is headed by Bishop Matthew Kukah.…

The Police Command in Ogun has arrested a 35-year-old father, Abidemi Oluwaseun, for allegedly invading a public school with thugs to attack a teacher. The Police Spokesman in Ogun, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed this in a statement…

Thugs numbering four have attacked Mr. Waziri Enwongulu, the Legal Adviser, All Progressives Congress (APC) of Wakama ward, Nasarawa State. Enwongulu while narrating his ordeal on Saturday in Wakama when officials of APC and stakeholders…

The Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of 20 thugs that invaded the office of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday. It was learnt that the arrested persons were among at least 100 thugs that invaded the office…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Kaduna State says Governor Nasir El-Rufai is mobilising thugs to disrupt the union's five-day warning strike. Chairman of the union, Ayuba Suleiman, stated this in a Sunday statement. He also…

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the immediate mobilisation of all police operational assets and resources to stop criminal elements masquerading as protesters in some parts of the country. He said they…

Initially said to have been felled by a police bullet, Okechukwu Obi-Enadhuze or simply Oke, died after being stabbed in the neck by rampaging thugs, his younger brother, Daniel Obi-Enadhuze has said. Videos that circulated Wednesday…

Thugs armed with dangerous weapons have attacked peaceful EndSARS protesters in Osun State. Reports reaching The Herald say the attack occurred at Olaiya Junction in the state capital, Osogbo around 9 am Saturday. One person…

Some thugs armed with cutlasses, planks and other dangerous weapons have attacked unarmed protesters demanding an end to police brutality in Abuja. The Herald gathered that the attack occurred around Berger junction, an hour after…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello of importing thugs into Ondo State in a bid to rig the election for the All Progressives Congress (APC). PDP stated this in a terse statement shared on its…

The Ondo State House of Assembly has allegedly been invaded a crowd of political thugs in buses and cars.

Youths suspected to be political thugs invaded a meeting of APC supporters of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu at his hometown of Owo in Ondo State and assaulted everyone there. According to a report by Punch, the thugs injured the party…

The Assistant Inspector General of Police Zone 9, Mr Wilson Inalegwu, has paraded 118 suspected political thugs arrested for various electoral offenses, in the March 9 governorship and State House of Assembly elections in Imo. The AIG…

The Police Command in Lagos State on Monday dispelled the rumour that some thugs were attacking Igbo traders at Oshodi area of Lagos. According to a statement signed by the State Police Command’s Spokesperson, CSP Chike Oti, the police…

Hajia Aisha Alhassan, the immediate-past Minister of Women Affairs and Child Development, has urged youths in the state to resist attempt by politicians to use them as political thugs. Alhassan, the Governorship Candidate of United…

The Benue Governor, Samuel Ortom, has warned thugs demanding money from government contractors or individuals embarking on private projects across the state, to desist from the act or face arrest and prosecution. Ortom issued the warning…