Tag: Attack
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JTF, Navy visit Jonathan in Otuoke to ascertain level of damage
The Joint Task Force (JFT), code named Operation Delta Safe, and the Nigerian Navy on Monday visited former President Goodluck Jonathan’s residence in Otuoke, Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa. The visit was to ascertain the level of damage following attack on the former president’s residence by unknown gunmen on Christmas eve. They said the…
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80 terrorists, 31 women killed in attack on military base
A militant attack in northern Burkina Faso on Tuesday killed 35 civilians, almost all of them women. Seven soldiers and 80 jihadists were also killed, in the double attack on a military base and Arbinda town in Soum province. . It was one of the deadliest assaults in nearly five years of jihadist violence in…
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IPOB claims responsibility for attack on Amaechi in Spain
…vows to attack more ‘corrupt’ politicians in diaspora The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) says its members were responsible for the attack on Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi. Confirming the incident via his Twitter handle, Amaechi had said he was attacked by “misguided Nigerians” while attending an event on climate change in Madrid, Spain on…
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JUST IN: How I survived attacks by ‘misguided’ Nigerians in Spain – Amaechi
Some Nigerians on Friday attacked the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, at the climate change summit holding in Madrid, Spain. The minister who stated this in a tweet via his handle @ChibuikeAmaechi however said the Spanish Polish repelled the attackers before they could do harm. “Some minutes ago, I was attacked by a few…
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Police speak on alleged attacks on Oshiomhole’s residence
The Edo State Commissioner of Police, Mr. DanMallam Muhammed, has denied reports of attack on the residence of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. The Chief Press Secretary to the former Governor, Simon Ebegbulem, had raised the alarm that unknown hoodlums attacked the Benin residence of Oshiomhole located in…
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Attack: Oil Prices Rebound as Saudi Recovery Continues
Oil prices were at first trading lower on Monday afternoon as reports stated that Saudi Arabia already had gotten about 75 percent of its output up and running since the attacks on its Aramco fields two weeks ago. However, as at Tuesday night, the Brent Crude was trading higher at $63.42 per barrel after gaining…
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Nigeria may benefit as oil prices soar after attacks on Saudi facilities
As an oil-producing country, there is a likelihood that Nigeria may benefit from the surge in oil prices after two attacks on Saudi Arabian facilities on Saturday knocked out more than 5% of global supply. While the attack on Saudi Aramco could cause a drastic shortage in global oil supply, and drive oil revenue [but…
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Tribunal judgement: Omo-Agege condemns ‘barbaric attack’ on Buhari’s supporter
Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has condemned what he described as the barbaric stabbing of an All Progressives Congress loyalist in Delta State for allegedly celebrating President Muhammadu Buhari’s electoral victory at the Electoral Tribunal on Thursday. Noting that such vicious resort to self-help can never reverse the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP)…
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Two killed in Boko Haram’s attack on Maiduguri IDP camp
Normalcy has returned to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp at Dalori, Maiduguri, after Thursday night attack by Boko Haram. Two persons –an old man and a child – died in the attack. Dozens of hoodlums on motorcycles and two motorised rickshaws invaded the IDPs at about 8pm after gaining entry through the back perimeter…
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Attack on Police: IGP orders immediate arrest of perpetrators
The Acting Inspector General of Police, Muhammed Adamu has ordered the immediate arrest and prosecution of all persons involved in the unprovoked and gruesome attack on Police officers who were on a legitimate mission to arrest some suspected armed robbers and receivers of a stolen vehicle in a community in Cross River State. The attack…