No fewer than 17 people were killed and eight others injured in an explosion on Thursday outside a popular hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu. A spokesman for the Ministry of Internal Security, Abdiaziz Ali Ibrahim, told the media that the wounded were being treated at the city’s hospitals. “Seventeen people died including a young girl, […]
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UN Deputy Secretary-General, Ms Amina Mohammed, said it was critical to shore up areas of Lake Chad Basin that have been freed from the grip of Boko Haram terrorists. Mohammed, in a video address to the Security Council, also called for efforts to rebuild the lives of women and girls that had suffered at the […]
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Amnesty International (AI) has said that the Nigerian military was aware of the presence of Boko Haram insurgents in Dapchi, Yobe state, hours before 110 schoolgirls were abducted. It was alleged that an investigation revealed the security forces “failed to act” on advance warnings that a convoy of Boko Haram fighters was heading towards Dapchi […]
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A fresh attack by suspected herdsmen attack in Omala local government area of Kogi state, has left at least 10 people, including Onu Agbenema, a traditional ruler, Musa Edibo, his wife, dead. As reported by PUNCH, the victims were killed on Monday in Agbenema, Aj’Ichekpa, Opada and Iyade villages in the local government area. The attackers […]
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Two people were injured late Sunday in an explosion at a home in Austin, Texas, the fourth mysterious bombing in the city this month, police said. The blast came just hours after police made a direct public appeal to the unknown bomber or bombers suspected of other recent bombings. An exploding package killed a 39 […]
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Edo State governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has ordered the police, the State Security Service (SSS), and other security agencies in the state to fish out herdsmen who allegedly killed five persons in the state. In the declaration of the state government on Sunday, it was alledged that three persons and not five were killed by […]
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Reports have it that five people have been killed by suspected herdsmen in two separate attacks in Esan South East and Ovia North East local government areas of Edo State. Some other persons were said to have sustained varying degrees of injuries. The incident at Esan South East local government area was said to have […]
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The Borno state command of the Nigeria Police Force, has given hint that Boko Haram is planning to attack Maiduguri, capital of the state, with vehicles primed with improvised explosive device (IED). Ahmed Bello, an assistant commissioner of police, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. Bello said the attack was beng coordinated by dislodged Boko […]
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“Senator” representing Kogi East in the Senate, Atai Aidoko, has reported a massive attack by suspected ‘Fulani herdsmen’ which, he said, claimed 32 lives in two local governments in Kogi State. Mr. Aidoko said 20 people were killed in Dekina Local Government Area, 12 in Omala while another five were maimed in the two areas. […]
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Troops of 3 Division Garrison Jos Plateau State arrested 7 suspects and recovered weapons in the clash between Miango community and herdsmen at Rafiki Village on Wednesday 14 March 2018. The troops responded to distress calls to the clash reported by locals. As troops moved in to settle the dispute, the herdsmen opened fire on […]
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