Tag: Attack
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Gunmen abduct over 50 passengers in fresh Niger attack
Less than three weeks after 40 Niger State Transport Authority (NSTA) passengers were kidnapped, gunmen have again abducted over 50 passengers along the Tegina-Minna road in the Rafi Local Government of Niger State. Speaking on Tuesday in Minna, a source told journalists that the gunmen blocked the road at Kundu town, a few kilometres from…
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Death toll in rocket attack on Maiduguri rises to 16
The death toll in Tuesday’s attack by Boko Haram fighters on Maiduguri, the Borno State capital has risen to 16, hospital officials said yesterday. Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, after visits to both University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) and State Specialist Hospital, had said 10 persons were killed and 47 persons injured. But…
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Two remanded in prison over Katsina bandits’ attack
A Katsina Magistrate Court on Tuesday remanded two men, Saadu Haruna and Musa Ibrahim, in a correctional facility until April 1, 2021, over a recent bandits’ attack in the state. Three men were allegedly killed and seven others abducted during the attack. The suspects, who are 40 years old each, are residents of Dantankari village…
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Fear heightens as heavily armed men wreak havoc in Bayelsa community
Some unknown gunmen invaded a riverside town of Peremabiri in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on Sunday, destroying properties worth millions of naira. According to several sources, the heavily armed invaders stormed the community in five speedboats and embarked on a shooting spree causing residents to scamper for safety. The attack is…
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Gunmen kill Chief Imam, two others in fresh Kaduna attack
The Chief Imam of Kawaran Rafi village in Igabi Local Government Area, Sheik Danleeman Isah has been killed by gunmen suspected to be bandits during an attack on the village. The bandits according to the Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said in a statement issued on Saturday that the…
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Vigilante head, two others murdered in Niger attack
Leader of the vigilante group and two others were killed at the weekend in fresh attacks on Madaka community, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State. The attack is coming two weeks after the village head was kidnapped. Observers said the bandits stormed the town on motorcycles, burning houses and shooting sporadically, and people scampered…
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Photo: Police nab 20 suspects over attack on security committee members in Bauchi
The Bauchi State Police Command has paraded 20 hoodlums suspected to have attacked six members of a security committee before setting ablaze a Hilux vehicle belonging to the committee in Kofar Dumi Bauchi area of the state, earlier in the week. Addressing Journalist in Bauchi on Saturday, the State Police Public Relation Officer, DSP Ahmed…
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BREAKING: Lagos police station under attack, three officers shot
One policeman has been killed and two others hospitalised in Surulere area of Lagos as the #EndSARS protest turns violent. The peaceful protest turned violent else when the police allegedly shot one of the protesters dead. Some of the protesters were said to have attacked the Surulere Police Division with three policemen seriously wounded. A…
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Obasanjo, Trump would have responded more harshly, Fani-Kayode defends rascally attack on journalist
Former minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has defended his outrageous verbal assault on Daily Trust’s correspondent, Eyo Charles at a press conference over a question in Calabar, Cross River State. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that the PDP chieftain had in a press conference held in Cross River State in a viral video leaked on Tuesday seen…
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Insecurity: Governors meet today to discuss Boko Haram’s attack on Zulum, others
Governors will meet on Wednesday (today) to discuss strategies to address the degenerating security situation. The teleconference will be preceded by a meeting of the security sub-committee of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF). NGF spokesman Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo said the meeting is informed by the recent attack on the governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, by…