Tag: aid workers
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Herdsmen kill two aide workers, volunteer in Benue State
Suspected herdsmen have killed two aide workers and a volunteer for 360HSCD, a non governmental organizations working on HIV/AID testing and counseling in Benue state. The aid workers had been on routine weekend supervision at Tomanyi village in Guma LGA of Benue state. This is according to local sources who called the telephone lines of…
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Boko Haram terrorists attack Borno LG, kidnap seven aid workers
Boko Haram terrorists on Monday attacked Dikwa Local Government Area of Borno State and abducted at least seven aid workers. According to reports and eyewitness accounts, the insurgents during the attack also burnt the offices of the aid workers, destroyed government facilities, and hospitals belonging to NGOs. An eyewitness said that the insurgents stormed the…
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Gov Zulum shocked, saddened by execution of 5 aid workers in Borno
Gov. Babagana Zulum has expressed shock and sadness over the killing in Borno of five aid workers who were killed by Boko Haram insurgents. Zulum, in a statement by his Special Assistant Media and Strategies to the governor, disclosed this in a statement released on Thursday in Maiduguri. said he is deeply pained by Malam…
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Buhari condemns execution of 5 aid workers by Boko Haram, condoles with victims’ families
President Muhammadu Buhari has confirmed the execution of five aid workers in Borno State, by issuing a statement condemning it. The executed aid workers were kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists on 29 June. The President’s confirmation followed the release of a video by the terrorists showing the killing of five humanitarian workers, the ISIS way.…
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Buhari reacts to killing of aid workers in Borno
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the heinous murder of five staff of humanitarian agencies in Borno State. These workers were kidnapped by Boko Haram Terrorists a month ago. In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu on Wednesday, the president sympathised with the families of the five aid…
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BREAKING: Boko Haram executes five aid workers in Borno
Boko Haram terrorists on Wednesday released a video showing the assassination of five humanitarian workers who were recently abducted along Monguno area of Borno state. The insurgents had earlier demanded for about $500,000 dollars ransom before the abducted workers can be released. In the video released on Wednesday, the abducted humanitarian workers were all executed.…
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BREAKING: ISWAP executes 5 aid workers in Borno State [GRAPHIC VIDEO]
Insurgents, suspected to be members of the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP), have executed five aid workers in Borno State. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the sect released the video of the execution of the five aid workers on Wednesday. The aid workers included a staff of the Borno State Emergency Management Agency, Action Against Hunger,…
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DSS frees five aid workers abducted by Boko Haram
The Department of State Services (DSS) has secured the freedom of five aid workers abducted by Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State. Security sources confirmed yesterday that they were released following a negotiation with the sect, although it could not confirm if any ransom was paid to secure their release. The humanitarian workers comprising two…
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UN condemns killings of 4 aid workers in Borno
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr Edward Kallon, has condemned the killing of four aid workers by armed groups in Borno. Eve Sabbagh, the Head of Public Information, UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), stated this in a statement on Saturday in Maiduguri. Kallon said the UN agency was sad by the…
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Boko Haram faction kills four kidnapped aid workers
A Boko Haram faction has killed four aid workers it kidnapped in July, a journalist with access to the terror group has said. The aid workers are officials of the Action Against Hunger, Ahmed Salkida said in a tweet on Friday. A fifth aid worker among the kidnapped, Grace Taku, who was the only female,…