Two persons are feared dead as yet another clash ensued between members of the proscribed Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), otherwise known as Shiites, and the police in Kaduna State. A crowd of IMN members had held a procession on Sunday in the Kaduna state capital and Zaria, before the unfortunate incident took place. The […]
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There was serious confusion on Tuesday, as a disagreement between soldiers and policemen turns into confrontation. This happened while Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo was inaugurating some projects in Maiduguri, Borno state capital. While Osinbajo, Kashim Shettima, the governor and Usman Durkwa, the deputy governor, were inaugurating a school along Bukumkutu road in the state capital, security […]
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A clash between herders and farmers in Gora Village of Katsina State has left many people dead, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. “The violent clash took place when a herdsman pushed his cows into the farm of a farmer who was harvesting his beans,” the Katsina police spokesperson, Isah Gambo told NAN. A source […]
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Some policemen and soldiers reportedly opened fire on the members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), better known as Shi’ites, in Abuja on Monday evening. The incident happened at Nyanya checkpoint along Mararaba road in the nation’s capital. Security operatives had intercepted the procession of the sect members who were marching from Mararaba/Nasarawa axis. […]
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The Edo State Police Command has confirmed the shooting of five persons in a renewed cult rivalry on Tuesday night at Ekpoma, administrative headquarters of Esan West Local Government Area of the State. It would be recalled that the victims, four males and one female who were students of Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, were […]
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The Police in FCT on Monday clashed with members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria after they stormed the National Human Rights Commission demanding the release of their leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the police had on April 16 arrested 115 members of the sect during a violent protest in the territory. […]
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There was pandemonium on Sunday in the Sabo area of Akure, the Ondo State capital, as the Yoruba engaged in a free-for-all with some members of the Hausa community, leading to many people being injured. It was gathered that the fight involved some followers of a masquerader in Akure who entered the Sabo area, where […]
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Not less than five people were killed and many left injured in fresh attacks on Fulani communities in Sardauna local government area of Taraba state. According to the spokesman of the police in the state, David Misal, a militia group is suspected of being behind it. Misal told NAN that crisis erupted in Nyiwa and […]
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A number of persons have been killed in a fresh clash between herdsmen and villagers in Song local government area of Adamawa state. The clash, which occurred in Simba and Shure villages on Friday, also left many houses destroyed. Trouble started when the herders took their cattle to a pond said to be the only […]
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The minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Muhammad Bello, has relaxed the 6 p.m. – 6 a.m. curfew imposed in Bwari town as a result of the Christmas Day mayhem in the town to 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. In a statement issued on Friday, the minister said the move was as a result […]
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