Tag: Attack
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Presidential visit: Herdsmen kill 11, burn 50 houses in fresh attacks in Plateau
There was pandemonium again in Plateau State on Friday as herdsmen invade two separate villages killing eleven people with over 50 houses burnt. Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari was in the state on a working visit from Wednesday to Friday. He had barely left the state on Friday when the attacks were launched on Ganda…
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Assailants kill 7, wound 50 in Burkina Faso attack
Assailants killed five people and wounded around 50 others during an attack on Burkina Faso’s military headquarters in the capital Ouagadougou on Friday, said government spokesman Remi Dandjinou. Speaking on state television, he said that two paramilitary gendarmes were also killed defending the French embassy, which also came under attack. Authorities said armed assailants attacked…
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Rann: U.S. condemns Boko Haram attack, condoles with Nigeria
The United States Government has condemned the killing of UN aid workers in a Boko Haram attack on Rann, Borno State. Recall that the attack occurred late on Thursday. In a statement posted on the website of its embassy, the U.S. said it “strongly condemns the killing of three Nigerian aid workers in a Boko…
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Parents storm Yobe school, evacuate students over Boko Haram attack
Parents of the students of Government Girls Secondary School, Dapchi, Yobe state, have started evacuating their children. This is as a result of the attack on the school by Boko Haram. Ninety-four students have been reportedly missing after the raid which happened on Monday night. Out of fear, parents started arriving the school as early…
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BREAKING: Boko Haram attacks UNIMAID
Barely over two weeks after the Boko Haram terrorists released three lecturers of the University of Maiduguri, UNIMAID, they abducted, the terrorist group has again attacked the university. Reports said a suicide bomber of the terrorist group, around 7:50pm on Monday, detonated an explosive close to one of the hostels in the university. The three…
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11 killed in fresh Benue attack
Suspected herdsmen on yesterday killed 11 persons in a fresh attack on Tombu village in Logo Local Government Area of Benue State. The state governor, Mr Samuel Ortom, confirmed the renewed killings shortly after an emergency meeting with the joint socio-cultural groups in the state. “Two days back, four persons were killed in Guma Local…
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Over 40,000 persons displaced in Benue gunmen attack – SEMA
The Benue State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said over 40,000 persons had been displaced following the recent gunmen attack in Guma and Logo Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state. The Executive Secretary of SEMA, Mr Emmanuel Shior told newsmen in Makurdi on Friday that the agency had opened four camps for the displaced persons…
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Army pursues Boko Haram insurgents after botched Maiduguri attack
The Nigerian Army said its troops had been in pursuit of Boko Haram insurgents after repelling insurgents’ attack at Moloi area of Maiduguri. Maj.-Gen. Rogers Nicholas, the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, disclosed this in a statement in Maiduguri. Nicholas said that the troops had successfully repelled the attack while ground troops and the Nigerian…
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Magu won’t give up on fight against corruption despite attack, threat to his life – EFCC
A police sergeant attached to acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, was reportedly killed on Tuesday night after some gunmen broke into his house in Abuja. The attackers were said to have stormed the house located in Karshi area of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, at about 10pm, opening…
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Captured Boko Haram member, Mohammed confesses he was in Ondo to carry out attack
A suspected member of the Boko Haram sect, Mohammed Bashir, who was arrested by men of the Ondo State Police Command on Saturday confessed on yesterday that he was in the state for an attack. Mohammed, who was arrested by anti-riot policemen, said his friends in Nasarawa State introduced the group to him. The 20-year-old…