Tag: Kidnaps
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Two rice smugglers killed during gun duel with police
Two rice smugglers were shot dead by officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Saturday after an exchange of gunfire. Another smuggler was arrested. The showdown happened at Shagamu Interchange on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, after a patrol team from Federal Operations Unit Zone A, intercepted 12 vehicles. All were loaded with bags of parboiled…
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We lost 11 members, 30 injured – Shi’ites
The Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) popularly branded as Shiites group has alleged that 11 of its members were killed in a clash with the police in Abuja. It also claimed that 30 others were injured in the fracas. It said out of those injured, the police went to University of Abuja Teaching Hospital in…
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Boko Haram attacks Cameroon village, kills 11, kidnaps eight
Some suspected Boko Haram militants killed 11 people and kidnapped eight others in an overnight raid on a village in northern Cameroon near the Nigerian border, officials said on Friday. The attackers burned down around 30 houses in Gakara village, just outside the town of Kolofata, which has been a frequent target of suicide bombings…