Tag: Assassination
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Mali’s interim president, Goita escapes assassination in foiled coup attempt
A coup d’état has been foiled in the Republic of Mali as the interim president of the West African country, Colonel Assimi Goita on Tuesday escaped an assassination attempt. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports two armed men attacked Goita who himself led a coup that ousted elected president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita last August. The attack happened at…
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BREAKING: President of Haiti, Jovenel Moise assassinated
The President of Haiti, Jovenel Moise has been assassinated. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports President Moise was assassinated at his private residence. The Haitian president was assassinated in an overnight attack, with his wife also wounded. Protests calling for his ouster started in 2018, leading into a civil conflict with over 200 dead to date. Prime Minister,…
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Osun senator escapes ‘assassination attempt’
The senator representing Osun West Senatorial District, Adelere Oriolowo, was reportedly attacked by gunmen on Sunday during a meeting of members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the district. Mr Oriolowo was rushed out of the meeting that held at his constituency in Ikire, Osun State, by security personnel present during the attack. The…
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NDDC IMC member escapes assassination attempt on way from church
A member of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Caroline Nagbo, has narrowly escaped assassination in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital. It was gathered that gunmen suspected to be assassins trailed Nagbo while she was returning from a church service at Ozuoba in Obio-Akpo Local Government Area on Tuesday…
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80-years-old widow escapes assassination in Ebonyi
The Chairman Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Hon Sunday Eze has confirmed the attempted assassination of an 80 year old widow, Mrs Regina Opoke of Eguho- Ezzagu in Ishielu local government area of Ebonyi state by one Mr. Chima Edeh. Speaking with journalists in Abakaliki, Hon Eze said that he was alerted of…
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BREAKING: How I escaped assassination plotted by Nigerian army- Gov. Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has revealed that he survived an assassination attempt on his life on Thursday night after soldiers sent by the General Officer Commanding 6 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Jamil Sarham confronted his security details. Governor Wike also alerted Nigerians that the military is supplying fake uniforms to…
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Dogara condemns assassination attempt on Ekweremadu
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has condemned the apparent assassination attempt on the deputy Senate President, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, his wife and son, by unknown gunmen, adding that as the 2019 elections draw closer, the Nigeria Police and indeed all security agencies must ensure that acts of intimidation and coercion such…
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Police arrest, parade suspects over assassination attempt on Ekweremadu
The Nigeria Police has arrested and paraded one Mohammed Yusuf a native of Kauranamuda, Zamfara State and are still trailing one other suspect Ali at large declared wanted by the Police in connection with the case of alleged assignation attempt at Sen. Ike Ekweremmadu the Deputy President of the Senate. The residence of Deputy Senate…
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Ekweremadu: Police investigate alleged assassination attempt
The Nigeria Police Force said it had commenced investigation on the alleged assassination attempt on Deputy President of the Senate Ike Ekweremadu. The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that Ekweremadu, his wife and son, allegedly escaped assassination attempt at their Apo residence in Abuja in the early hours of Tuesday. NAN also report…
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Assassination: Ekweremadu narrates ordeal
After escaping an assassination attempt on Tuesday morning, Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has narrated his ordeal with the assailants. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Ekweremadu narrated his ordeal at Senate plenary, revealing that he called the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, without getting through to him. “I called the IGP…