Tag: Attack
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Ajimobi summons security chiefs over attacks on Olubadan’s palace
Governor Ajibola Ajimobi of Oyo State has summoned security chiefs in the state over attacks on the on the Popoyemoja Palace of the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the attack by some unknown gunmen was unleashed at the Olubadan’s palace on Monday during the coronation ceremony of some mogajis and bales.…
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Eid-el-Kabir: DSS foils terrorists’ attacks on Abuja, Kano, four other states during festival
The Department of State Services (DSS) said it had foiled plans by the Islamic State of West Africa (ISWA) terrorists to attack Abuja and other cities during the recent Ed-el-Kabir festivities. A statement issued by an operative of the service, Mr Tony Opuiyo, on Saturday in Abuja, said the plans were to conduct gun attacks…
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Tonto Dikeh laments over spiritual attack
Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh has taken to her Instagram page to expose the ‘spiritual battles’ she and her son King Andre has been facing for months. The emotional role interpreter recounted how she found over one thousand flies in her son’s room which has no open exits or rotten items there. Sharing on Instagram,…
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Photos:Man targeted in Ozubulu gun attack, Aloysius-Ikegwuonu visits victims
The Founder of Ebubechukwuzo Foundation, Aloysius-Ikegwuonu, aka Bishop, visited the injured victims of St Philips Catholic Church, Amakwa Ozubulu, Anambra state in the hospital. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the church was attacked on August 6 during which 12 people were killed and over 40 injured in the morning mass gun attack. See photos below:
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Boko Haram launches fresh attack in Adamawa, many feared dead
Many people were feared dead on Thursday in a fresh attack by Boko Haram Islamists in Ghumbili community in the Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the attack comes a few days after a similar incident in a neighbouring village in the Local Government, known as Mildu, where seven people were killed…
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El-Rufai condemns attack on senators, journalists, orders immediate investigations
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, has condemned the attack on the two Senators (Shehu Sani and Suleiman Hunkuyi) from the state and some journalists on Sunday by some thugs. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the violence occurred at the premises of the Nigerian Union of Journalists in Kaduna. The hoodlums had disrupted a press conference held…
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Woman journalist shot dead by unknown attacker in Mexico
Another journalist has been killed in Mexico and this time the victim is a woman who hosts a program on an indigenous radio station in the southern state of Guerrero. State security spokesman Roberto Alvarez Heredia says Marcela de Jesus Natalia was shot in the head on Saturday as she left the government-owned station on…
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6 killed in London terror attacks, 3 attackers shot dead – police
Terrorism struck at the heart of London, police said Sunday, after a vehicle veered off the road and mowed down pedestrians on London Bridge and witnesses told of men with large knives stabbing passers-by at nearby Borough Market. Police said six people died and 20 were injured in the attacks, while police shot dead three…
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Just in: Again, Suicide bombers attack UNIMAID
Two suicide bombers on Thursday night attacked the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID). An explosion was heard in the scholol premises at about 11pm while another bomber detonated at about 12am, it was gathered. Abu Hanifa Babati, the student union government president, confirmed the attacks. He said the first attack “occurred around the Faculty of Veterinary…
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BREAKING: Three suicide bombers attack University of Maiduguri [PHOTOS]
Three suicide bombers were killed early Saturday morning as they attempted to gain access into the Department of Works, University of Maiduguri in Borno State. The TheNewsGuru learnt incident occurred at 1.10am, Saturday. A security guard at the University was also killed by the explosions. Meanwhile, the corpses have been evacuated by rescuers from the…