17 people have been reported killed in an attack on Mbalom community in Gwer-East Local Government Area of Benue State by suspected herders. Several properties were also destroyed in the attack, which reportedly began around 5 p.m. on Saturday and lasted until about 10 p.m. Benue Police Command spokesperson, Udeme Edet, confirmed the incident to TheCable on […]
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Men considered to be Boko Haram insurgents have killed many people in Garkida, a town in Gombi local government area of Adamawa state. According to residents, the insurgents broke into the town around 7pm on Friday, shooting sporadically. Soldiers who were said to have engaged them in a gun battle later pulled back for reinforcement. […]
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Thirteen persons have been confirmed dead in an attack on Kwatas village in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State. According to the plateau state police command, the gunmen suspected to be herdsmen attacked the village on Sunday night, killing thirteen while five others were critically injured and are receiving treatment at the general hospital, […]
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Barely 24 hours after the murder of a female undergraduate in Ise Ekiti by gunmen, another male resident has been hacked to death in Orin Ekiti by gunmen. The public relations officer of the Ekiti State Police Command, Caleb Ikechukwu, who confirmed the development, told journalists in Ado Ekiti on Saturday that everything was being […]
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A report obtained by TheCable indicates that Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have killed four persons, including a soldier at Tanturon in Riyom local government area of Plateau state. A security source said the attackers suspected to be herdsmen burnt all the houses in the entire village. He said they struck around 1pm and that […]
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A package blast on a pedestrian street in the heart of France’s city of Lyon wounded several people Friday, officials said, just two days ahead of the country’s hotly contested European Parliament elections. President Emmanuel Macron called the blast an “attack” during a live Facebook interview, adding that no deaths had been reported “for the […]
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Five people including a soldier were killed after gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in the southwestern Pakistani city of Gwadar, the centrepiece of a multi-billion dollar Chinese infrastructure project, the military said Sunday. The soldier was among security forces who rushed to the five-star Pearl Continental Hotel after the attack on Saturday. During the attack […]
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Suspected herdsmen have killed 10 persons in Nandu -Gbok village, Sanga local government area of Kaduna state on Saturday. The gunmen also set at least 30 houses on fire. A source told newsmen that men armed with guns, machetes and sticks laid siege on the community around 4am. “We were woken up by heavy gunshots, […]
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Unknown gunmen have killed five villagers in Barkin Ladi local government area of Plateau state in a late night ambush. Mathias Tyopev, spokesman of the state police command, said the incident happened on Wednesday at Pugu village. He said the gunmen attacked the villagers while they were returning from a birthday party at about 9pm. […]
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Suspected Boko Haram terrorists attacked Gajiram, the headquarters of Nganzai Local Government of Borno State, on Friday. Some witnesses who fled the area told Channels Television that the assailants came in four vehicles but they were intercepted by federal troops, who engaged them in a gun battle. Gajiram is located in the northern axis of […]
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