President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the killing of Reverend Lawan Andimi, the chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Michika by Boko Haram terrorists. In a series of tweets on Tuesday, the President described the murder of the clergyman as inhuman and vowed to ensure the insurgents pay dearly for their actions. He […]
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According to military sources, some gun-wielding men suspected to bandits have killed four personnel of the Nigerian Air Force in Kaduna. A source noted that the suspects laid an ambush for the security operatives at Unguwan Yako, close, along Kaduna- Birnin Gwari road. Two vehicles belonging to the air force were said to have been […]
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Boko Haram insurgents on Friday night attacked Payasatan Bilaburdar village Gatamarwa ward in Chibok local government area of Borno state, and killed students of the same parents. Residents told newsmen that Joel Fali, 16 years, and Kwakwi Fali, 14 years, were the siblings who lost their lives in the attack. It was also gathered that Yusuf […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the murder of 19 people by gunmen in Tawari community of Kogi Local Government Area in Kogi State. Buhari frowned on the incident in a statement on Friday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu. He said, “There is no excuse or justification for killing […]
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Boko Haram insurgents on Thursday evening attacked Michika, a town in Adamawa state. According to information released to newsmen by a soldier who confirmed the attack, security agents got a call around 6pm that the insurgents were already in the town. “Michika is under attack right now. Our men are on their way to repel,” […]
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Not less than eighteen people in eastern DR Congo’s troubled region of Beni have been killed in a fresh attack by a notorious armed group, a local official said on Monday. “There was an incursion in Apetina-Sana by the ADF last night,” Beni administrator Donat Kibwana told AFP, referring to the Allied Democratic Forces militia. […]
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Four unidentified gunmen invaded the Yenagoa residence of Nengi Talbot, the Bayelsa Commissioner for Water Resources on Sunday evening and took away his six years old son, the State Police Command has confirmed. Bayelsa Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Asinim Butswat said in a statement that a manhunt has been launched to fish out the […]
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Three people were killed in a shooting early Monday outside a Walmart store in Oklahoma, including the assailant, police said — the latest in a string of deadly gun attacks at the popular supermarket chain. Danny Ford, the police chief in the town of Duncan, said the shooting — an apparent domestic dispute — took […]
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14 persons were killed by suspected bandits in Karaye village, Gummi local government area of Zamfara State on Sunday. Confirming the development in a statement, Muhammad Shehu, public relations officer of the Zamfara state command of the Nigeria Police Force, said 10 other persons sustained gunshot injuries while some houses were set ablaze in the attack. […]
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Two persons have been reported shot in Egume Police Station Polling unit, Kogi State, Thenation reports. Reports also had it that violence have broken out in four pilling units of the state.
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