At least 10 persons were killed when gunmen suspected to be herdsmen Dangaji and Ungwan Gajere villages in Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna state, on Friday night. Apart from the fatalities, several persons reportedly sustained gunshot injuries during the attack. The villagers were said to have fled for safety as the gunmen razed […]
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The Benue State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) says it has registered about 80,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) after the recent clashes between herdsmen and farmers. Emmanuel Shior, executive secretary of SEMA, disclosed this in an interview with the NAN on Wednesday. He said the displaced people are in four camps located in Guma and Logo […]
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Six people have been killed and some others injured in the fresh attack on Maisamari in town in Sardauna Local Government Area of Taraba state. Suspected militia are believed to be behind the attack confirmed by the police. The police spokesman in the state, ASP David Misal, said the incident took place during a cultural […]
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Eyewitnesses say at least 15 persons have been confirmed killed in a dawn attack by an armed militia on three Fulani communities in Lau Local Government Area of the state. A resident of one of the affected communities said 15 people were buried at Jalingo cemetery. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the […]
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Residents of Ndoro community in Ekeremor local government area of Bayelsa state fled their homes following the alleged beheading of a security operative by militants. The murdered security official was reportedly negotiating with militants in the area to surrender their arms. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, commissioner for information and orientation, told the residents that there was no […]
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Five people have been reported killed in a teenage suicide bomber who attacked a Mosque where his father worships in Gamboru in Gamboru –Ngala local government of Boro state. The incident occurred on Wednesday at 5: 00 am when the a teenage male bomber who had disowned his father detonated an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) […]
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Just two days after gunmen invaded and killed some persons at a Christmas carol in Nindem community of Southern kaduna, another six people have been killed in Anguwan Mailafiya, Gwong Chiefdom, Jama’a local government area of Kaduna state. Details of the latest attack are still a little bit sketchy but the gunmen were said to […]
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According to Wall Street Journal, the Federal Government paid €3m for the release of some Chibok schoolgirls who were in Boko Haram custody. In 2014, Boko Haram insurgents had kidnapped 276 girls from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok in Borno state. Of the 276, 163 are now free: 57 fled in the early days after […]
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The police in Maiduguri have arrested a suspected top Boko Haram commander, Ibrahim Diye, on Friday following a tip off from one of the residents. A senior member of an ‘intelligence Police unit’ along Airport road, who pleaded anonymity, said, “I cannot disclose the location where the suspected top commander was arrested, as it may […]
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New York Police Division has arrested one person after an explosion rocked Manhattan on Monday. It has described the explosion as “unknown origin”. It said people had been evacuated. The blast occurred near the Port Authority transit terminal, close to Times Square. Early media reports said the blast came from a pipe bomb, and that […]
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