Not less than 13 people were killed when terrorists attacked the Anguwan Mai-Giro community in Niger State on Wednesday night, the News Agency of Nigeria reported. The Niger State Government confirmed the attack but did not say the exact number of people killed. Acting Governor Yakubu Garba described the attack as satanic, insensible, atrocious and callous, according […]
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At least 37 fishermen in Mukdolo, Ngala Local Government Area of Borno State were, on Wednesday, murdered by Boko Haram insurgents. According to media reports, the insurgents had, on many occasions, warned the fishermen not to violate their territorial integrity! One of the fishermen who escaped by the skin of his teeth said the terrorists […]
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Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has ordered the imposition of a 24-hour curfew on Ikare-Akoko, the headquarters of Akoko North East Local Government Area of the state. The Governor in the directive issued on Thursday, said the curfew takes immediate effect in the community. In a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, […]
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The Katsina State Command of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) on Sunday confirmed the rescue of six victims earlier abducted by terrorists on Saturday night in Funtua Local Government Area of the state. The six victims were part of the 19 worshippers abducted by terrorists around 7.40 pm on Saturday from a mosque at Maigamji […]
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The wife of NSCDC Spymaster has been kidnapped in her home in Lafia. Mrs Victoria Apollos Dandaura, is wife to the Head of the Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad (CG’SSIS). The incident happened at his residence in Gidi-Gidi, around Cattle market, Lafia, Nasarawa State on Wednesday, 2nd November, 2022 at about 7pm in the evening. […]
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North Korea fired more than 10 missiles Wednesday, including one that landed close to South Korea’s waters in what President Yoon Suk-yeol said was “effectively a territorial invasion”. It also fired an artillery barrage into a maritime “buffer zone”, in what experts said was part of an “aggressive and threatening” response by Pyongyang to the […]
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The Department of State Services (DSS) has confirmed the arrested of Tukur Mamu ‘the self-acclaimed Kaduna Train hostage negotiator’, who is also the publisher of Desert Herald. Recall that Mamu, who has been involved in negotiations for the release of persons abducted during an attack on a train in Kaduna, was arrested in Kano on Wednesday. According to a […]
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The Chaplain of the Catholic Community of the Kaduna State Polytechnic, Rev Fr Vitus Borogo, was on Saturday killed by suspected bandits on the farm on Kaduna-Kachia Road. The Chancellor, Catholic Archdiocese of Kaduna, Rev. Fr. Christian Emmanuel, confirmed the incident in a statement made available to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in […]
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Presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress and former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu on Monday visited Owo in Ondo State where over 30 Catholic church worshippers were killed by gunmen. Kokomansion recalls that yet-to-be-identified armed men had on Sunday, invaded the St Francis Catholic Church in Owo, and opened fire on worshipers. Scores of […]
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Many persons were feared dead today Sunday 5th June as suspected bandits opened fire on worshipers at the St Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, in Owo council area of Ondo State capital. The state police spokesperson, Funmi Odunlami said the command would speak on the ugly incident later. Vanguard gathered that the heads of state […]
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