Tag: Assassination
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Ekweremadu, family escape assassination
Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, Nwanneka Ekweremadu and son on Tuesday morning escaped an assassination attempt. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports the Senate Deputy President escaped the assassination attempt at his Abuja residence. According to a statement by Mr. Uche Anichukwu, Special Adviser to the Senate Deputy President on Media, “The…
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Biafra: How I escaped to Israel, survived assassination attempts by Nigerian Army – Nnamdi Kanu
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has explained how he escaped being assassinated by operatives of the Nigerian Army and flew from Nigeria for safety. Kanu, who spoke in an interview with an Isreali TV Station posted on YouTube on Monday, said his relatives helped him out of the country.…
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How I stayed 11 hours on tree top to avoid being assassinated by Police – Melaye
The lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Dino Melaye, has said contrary to the kidnap reports, the gunmen who attacked his vehicle on his way to Kogi State on Thursday wanted to kill him. He alleged that his attackers were policemen. Melaye, who briefed journalists in Abuja on Sunday, said he escaped the alleged…
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Assassination allegation: Why we are yet to arrest Wike’s – FG
The Nigerian government has dismissed an alarm raised by the governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, that he is being targeted for elimination by state authorities. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the Council’s meeting held Wednesday at the presidential villa,…
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2019: FG planning to assassinate me – Wike raises alarm
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on raised the alarm that the Federal Government was plotting to assassinate him in a crowd and claim accidental discharge. Wike disclosed this during the third year anniversary thanksgiving service of his administration at the Living Faith Church, D-Line in Port Harcourt. The governor said, “Intelligence report available to…
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Court strikes out Melaye’s assassination attempt case
A Kogi High Court on Tuesday struck out the assassination case involving the chairman, Association of Local Government of Nigeria, Taofiq Isa, and four others for want of diligent prosecution Sen. Dino Melaye (APC-Kogi West) had in April 2017, approached the court alleging an assassination attempt on his life by Taofiq Isa and four others.…
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JUST IN: FG arraigns Melaye over false assassination attempt, gets N100,000 bail
The Federal Government on Thursday arraigned the Kogi West Senator Dino Melaye before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja on two counts of giving false information about an assassination attempt on his life to the Police in April 2017. Melaye was accused of falsely incriminating the Chief of Staff to Governor…
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Traditional rulers also contact me to assassinate their rivals, Ade Williams confesses
…says I’ve assassinated four persons for ex-NURTW chair Suspected serial killer, Ade Williams alias Ade Lawyer who was arrested by the police on Friday said apart from killing four people at different occasions for former National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) Chairman in Lagos, Akanni Olohunwa, he was also paid by traditional rulers to…
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Judge handling Melaye’s assassination attempt suit is dead
Justice Aromeh Benson Akogu, the Kabba Resident High Court Judge in Kogi handling the case of attempted assassination of Sen. Dino Melaye is dead. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the judge died in Anyigba on Dec. 31, 2017 at about 11:40pm during a cross-over service to 2018. According to a reliable source…
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Police gun down criminal who led assassination attempt on Sen Melaye
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, on Sunday killed a notorious criminal identified as ‘Luckman’ who allegedly led his gang to Senator Dino Melaye’s house at Ayetoro-Gbede in an assassination attempt in April. TheNewsGuru.com reports that Luckman had been on the wanted list of the Kogi State Police Command after some of his members…