At least 11 persons have been killed in a fresh attack in Jos south local government area of Plateau state. Terna Tyopev, spokesman of the state police command, confirmed the incident, saying it happened on Sunday night. He said the command immediately mobilised officers to restore peace and normalcy to the area. Plateau, among other northern […]
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Not less than eight persons were killed and 95 houses burnt when attackers invaded Abonong and Zayit communities in Foron district of Barkin Ladi local government area of Plateau. Terna Tyopev, spokesman of the Plateau police command, said the attackers hit the community in the wee hours of Wednesday. He said 310 cows were also […]
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Hosea Akuchi, a pastor of a Baptist Church, Guguwa, Nasira, Igabi local government area of Kaduna state, was on Sunday killed while attempting to resist kidnappers. The suspected bandits, however, abducted Talatu, the deceased’s wife, after killing the clergyman. The incident was said to have occurred when the gunmen attacked the community. Witness said the […]
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The Borno state command of the Nigeria Police Force, on Monday said Boko Haram insurgents burnt down 40 houses in a reprisal in Mailari village in Guzamala local government area of the state on Sunday. Damien Chukwu, commissioner of police in the state, who disclosed this at a news conference, said that the insurgents stormed […]
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Two police officers were among four people killed Friday in a shooting that sparked panic and a police lockdown in a sleepy eastern Canadian city, as the nation grapples with rising gun violence. Residents of the Brookside neighbourhood of Fredericton, New Brunswick woke to the sounds of multiple gunshots. Witnesses told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation […]
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Some insurgents, suspected members of the Boko Haram sect invaded a military base in Malamfatori area of Abadam local government, Borno state, on Wednesday, killing 11 soldiers. A security source disclosed that some civilians were also killed in the attack. Adamu Bamanga, a member of civilian joint task force, who escaped the attack, said that […]
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Unidentified hoodlums on Wednesday killed a 70-year-old woman, Helen Udugbezi, at her residence in Benin, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN also reports that the hoodlums were alleged to have used a big stone to kill the deceased. The housemaid of the deceased, Anna Amos, who was at home when the incident occurred, alleged […]
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Hamida al-Attas born A’alia Ghanem, mother of Osama bin Laden, deceased al-Qaeda leader, says her son was radicalised in the university. Speaking in an interview with UK Guardian, she said her eldest son was brainwashed into extremist ideology. Ghanem said bin Laden was a shy, academically capable boy, who turned into a strong, pious figure […]
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Communities of Unguwar Dan-Baki, Sabon-Layi village in Birnin-Gwari local government area of Kaduna State, yesterday were attacked by armed bandits. The armed bandits stormed the village around 7.00pm where they killed three people and abducted five men. They also kidnapped two nursing mothers and an infant of eight days old. An eye witness, Garba Tanko […]
Continue ReadingThe Speaker, Zamfara House of Assembly, Alhaji Sanusi Rikiji, has said that 15 persons have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen on Saturday in Maradun Local Government Area of the state. Rikiji told newsmen in Gusau on Sunday in Gusau that the security situation in the state called for serious review. He recalled the ugly incidences […]
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