Tag: Communal Clash
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Osun communal clashes: Gov. Adeleke vows to remove erring traditional rulers
Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun State says the government will remove from office any traditional ruler that fails to sustain peace in their community. Adeleke, in a statement by his Media Spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed on Monday,
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2 die in Ondo communal clash
The Commissioner of Police (CP) in Ondo State, Mr Wilfred Afolabi, has called for peace in Iwaro, Akoko South-East LGA following clashes among youths of Oka-Odo, Ebo and Owake communities during which two persons died. According to reports, the three communities are in Akoko South-East Local Government Area of Ondo state.
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Communal clash in Bayelsa state leaves two injured as hoodlums loot shops, destroy properties
A communal clash between Opolo and Okutukutu communities of Yenagoa Local Government Area, of Bayelsa State has left few persons injured while homes and shops were looted and destroyed.
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Communal Clash: Osun Govt Imposes 24-hour curfew on 2 LGAs
The Osun Government has imposed a 24-hour curfew on Ifon and Ilobu, in Orolu and Irepodun Local Government Areas of the state respectively over the ongoing communal clash in the area. This is contained in a statement in Osogbo on Friday, by Mr
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CP meets traditional rulers over communal clash in Abuja
The Acting Commissioner of Police (CP) in the the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Ahmed Musa has met with leaders of Hausa and Gbagyi communities in Gwarinpa following a recent clash in the area. A statement by SP Josephine Adeh, the Police Public Relations Officer
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Cultism: Yoruba residents, Akwa Ibom Indigenes clash in Ibeno
There was pandemonium on Wednesday in Ibeno local government area of Akwa Ibom, as Yoruba residents and indigenes of Akwa Ibom living in Ibeno clashed. Report has it that about 5 persons had died with many fleeing their houses to look for a safe haven.
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SAD! 11 killed in Benue communal clash, herders burn down houses
No fewer than 11 people were allegedly killed in unconnected attacks in the Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State on Sunday. According to locals, nine people were killed in a communal clash between Ailla and Adagbo communities, while two were killed by Fulani herdsmen in an attack on Odugbeho community. Ailla and Adagbo communities…
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One killed, others injured in Bayelsa communal clash
At least one person was killed at the weekend in a communal clash between Oruma and Otu-Asiga communities in Ogbia Local Government Area, Bayelsa State. It was learnt that the youths from both communities engaged in a free-for-all using machetes and other weapons in the clash that unsettled the leadership of both communities. Details shortly…
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Reps call for adequate security presence in Taraba over communal clash
By Gabriel Okoro Abuja The House of Representatives has urged Security Agencies in particular, the Nigerian Army, to increase its presence and intervene in the crisis being experienced in Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State. The call emanated from a motion Co-sponsored by Mr Danjuma Shiddi from Taraba State and Mr Udende Emmanuel from…
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Fresh communal clash in Ebonyi leaves three-month old baby, seven others dead
The Ebonyi State Police Command has confirmed the killing of eight persons, including a three-month baby in the resumed boundary dispute between two communities in the state. While six of the victims, five from the same family, were burnt to death in a bus they were travelling in; the others were shot dead. The attacks…