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PHOTOS: Bandits gun down abducted elderly woman for being too weak to trek to their hideout in Kogi forest
Suspected bandits have kidnapped and k!lled an elderly woman identified as Mrs Elizabeth Olorunshola, in Ilafin-Isanlu community, Yagba East Local Government Area of Kogi State.
The armed men attacked the community on Saturday night, November 8, 2025, abducted the woman along the Ilafin-Isanlu road and shot another victim.
Sources within the community revealed that the bandits allegedly shot Mrs. Olorunshola after realising that she was too weak to continue walking through the forest toward their hideout.
The bodies of the kidnapped woman and the wounded man were discovered in the bush on Sunday, heightening fear among the residents of the area, with many relocating to safer communities.
Following the incident, residents of Yagba East took to the streets, protesting the unchecked waved of kidnappings and bandit attacks in the area.
Residents described the atmosphere in Ilafin-Isanlu as one of deep mourning and terror, with many saying, the community is under siege.
The President of the Ilafin Development Association (IDA), Mr. Idowu Awe, described the incident as “very sad and disheartening.”
“Today, we had a terrible and disturbing experience that led to the loss of one of our great daughters and mother – Mrs Elizabeth Olorunshola. We commensurate with the Olorunsholas’ Family in particular and Ilafin community as a whole,” the statement read.
“This challenge has received the attention of our elders and leaders. Discussions are ongoing as to what we can do to secure our community.”
Similarly, the Executive Chairman of Yagba East Local Government Area, Hon. (Dr.) Joshua Dare Monday, described the incident as heartbreaking, assuring that the perpetrators would not go unpunished
He added that the council, in collaboration with security agencies, had intensified efforts to strengthen surveillance and restore calm across communities affected by banditry
“A tragic attack occurred last night, resulting in the abduction and subsequent k!lling of a woman, while another person sustained gunshot injuries,” he said.
Member representing Yagba East-West/Mopamuro Federal Constituency, Rt. Hon. Leke Abejide, also condemned the attack.
Extending condolences to the family and affected communities, he vowed that the kidnappers and their informants would be brought to justice
“We will not relent until our communities and forests are safe from perpetrators who target innocent citizens,” Abejide said.
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Nigerian Socialite Roseline Ajesola Arrested in North Carolina Over Alleged $247,000 Fra¥d Scheme
Authorities in Wake County, North Carolina, have arrested Roseline Iyewande Ajeshola, a Nigerian-American woman and well-known Lagos socialite, over allegations that she posed as a financial broker to defra¥d a victim of more than $247,000.
According to arrest warrants obtained from the Morrisville Police Department, Ajeshola, who resides in Katy, Texas, faces four felony counts of Obtaining Property by False Pretense, a Class C felony under North Carolina law.
Investigators allege that she misrepresented herself as a broker and instructed the victim to transfer large sums of money into a bank account she controlled, before allegedly forwarding the funds to another party.
Court documents list four transfers tied to the suspected scheme: $52,000, $130,000, $60,000, $5,000 The transactions reportedly occurred on February 26, 2025, totaling more than $247,000. Her arrest has drawn widespread attention online after her mugsh+t circulated on social media, while the case remains under investigation.
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Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a car in Gaza City, on December 13, 2025. The US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas entered into force on October 10, nearly two years after the Gaza war erupted following Hamass October 7, 2023 attack on Israel. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
Israel said it killed the head of weapons production in Hamas’s military wing in a strike in the Gaza Strip on Saturday.
The civil defence agency and medical sources in the Hamas-run Palestinian territory told AFP an Israeli strike killed five people in the Tel al-Hawa district, southwest of Gaza City.
When contacted by AFP earlier on Saturday, the army did not say whether the strike reported in Tel al-Hawa was the same as the one mentioned in an army statement before the announcement that it had killed Hamas’s Raad Saad.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz said in a joint statement that “in response to the detonation of a Hamas explosive device that wounded our forces today in the Yellow Area of the Gaza Strip… (they) instructed the elimination of the terrorist Raad Saad”.
Under the US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, Israeli troops have withdrawn to positions behind the so-called Yellow Line, though they are still in control of more than half the territory.
Netanyahu and Katz described Saad as “one of the architects” of the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel that sparked the war in Gaza.
The Israeli army said Saad was the head of the weapons production headquarters of Hamas’s military wing who led the group’s “force build-up”.
Family sources confirmed his death to AFP and said the funeral would be held on Sunday.
Israel’s military earlier on Saturday said two reserve soldiers were lightly injured “as a result of an explosive device that detonated during an operation to clear the area of terrorist infrastructure in southern Gaza”.
The ceasefire that came into effect on October 10 has halted the fighting between Israel and Hamas, but it remains fragile with each side accusing the other of violating its terms.
– Burnt-out car –
Mahmud Bassal, a spokesman for Gaza civil defence which operates as a rescue force under Hamas authority, said five people were killed after “a civilian jeep-type vehicle was targeted near the Nabulsi roundabout in Tel al-Hawa”.
Bassal said the “charred” bodies were taken to Al-Shifa hospital after “Israeli warplanes targeted the civilian vehicle with three missiles, causing it to burn and its destruction”.
The hospital’s emergency department confirmed to AFP the arrival of the five bodies and said more than 25 people were injured in the strike.
AFP footage showed a mangled car with vehicle parts scattered around next to other debris.
“Warplanes fired several missiles at the vehicle, setting it ablaze. Residents rushed to extinguish the fire, and charred body parts were scattered on the ground,” a witness, who did not wish to give his name for security reasons, said in the Tal al-Hawa area.
Another witness, a 34-year-old man living in a tent in the Tel al-Hawa area, said he “saw several Hamas members arrive at the site of the attack”, without providing further details.
Civil defence agency spokesman Bassal also said a 17-year-old boy and an 18-year-old boy were killed by Israeli fire in two separate incidents in Gaza.
Source: VANGUARD
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