Tragedy struck in Benin, the Edo State capital, on Friday, when a Libya Returnee, simply identified as Orobosa, hacked a middle-aged man to death over the use of his father’s bathroom by the wife of the victim. The victim, Chimeze Okereke, reportedly died from injuries sustained after he was stabbed by his landlord’s son several […]
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The Police in Taraba on Saturday said it had arrested four persons in connection with the recent killings in Lau Local Government Area of the state. David Misal, Pspokesman of the command, who disclosed this in a statement in Jalingo, confirmed the killing of 17 persons in the attack and several houses burnt by the bandits. […]
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The governor of Sokoto state, Aminu Tambuwal, says the killings across the nation boils down to failure of leadership. While commiserating with families of security personnel killed in the line of duty, the governor said the “growing spate of mindless shedding of innocent blood” has brought a new dimension to the reprehensible state of insecurity […]
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Garba Shehu, senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday said there is evidence that some politicians are involved in the crisis between herdsmen and farmers in different parts of the country. He said this hours after Uche Secondus, national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party […]
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Addressing a Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) delegation from the 19 northern states at the presidential villa in Abuja on Thursday, Buhari said no right thinking individual will will accuse him of condoning killings, especially having secured substantial votes from the areas affected by the crisis. Buhari also said those accusing his administration of doing […]
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The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has repeated its call for President Muhammadu Buhari to step aside if cannot end the killings recorded in the country and keep Nigeria safe. The bishops said this on Tuesday, while reacting to recent killings in various parts of the country, particularly in Plateau state, where at least […]
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The senior special assistant on media and publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu, has said Nigeria has “more electricity” that cannot be consumed. He made the above assertion when he attributed insecurity and killings in the country to corrupt politicians who no longer had access loot the public treasury. Shehu said this on Monday […]
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The Plateau State Governor, Simon Bako Lalong, has condemned in very strong terms the protest organized by some group of people over the recent killings some parts of the state. In a statement issued on his behalf by Samuel Emmanuel Nanle, his Director, Press & Public Affairs, the Governor said the protest represents one of […]
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The United Nations (UN) says more than 10,000 children were killed or maimed in conflicts in 2017 while more than 8,000 youngsters were recruited or used as combatants. The annual report of the secretary-general on Children and Armed Conflict covered 20 countries, including Nigeria, Afghanistan, India, the Philippines, Syria and Yemen. Virginia Gamba, UN’s expert […]
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Professor Wole Soyinka, a Nobel laureate, has informed President Muhammadu Buhari that the nation is dying. He urged the president to seek help if the federal government lacks the necessary resources to curtail the wanton killings across the country. Soyinka issued the advice in a statement titled ‘ON DEMAND: A Language of Non-Capitulation, Non-Appeasement!’ According to […]
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