Tag: killed
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Gunmen kill 3 NDLEA operatives in Kogi
Three operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have been shot dead by gunmen in Okene. The Commandant of the NDLEA in Kogi, Alhaji Idris Bello, told reporters on Sunday in Lokoja that the three operatives were gunned down while on patrol. He said that they were killed at about 8:30 p.m. on…
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Just in: Gunmen kill UNIBEN Professor, Paul Otasowie
A senior staff of the University of Benin, Edo State, Prof. Paul Otasowie, has been killed by gunmen. It was learnt Otasowie was shot dead by the armed men in front of his residence on Ekehuan road in Oredo Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday evening. There was, however, speculation that the professor…
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‘Nnamdi Kanu may have been killed by invading soldiers’ says IPOB lawyer
Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the lawyer representing the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has alleged that his client was abducted by military operatives on September 14 and probably killed. Ejiofor made the allegation in a statement on Tuesday issued in reaction to insinuations that Kanu has gone into hiding. The statement reads in…
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Police nab two suspected IPOB members over alleged killing of 4 in Asaba
The Delta Police Command has confirmed the arrest of two persons in connection with last Friday’s attack at the popular Abraka market in Asaba in which four persons were allegedly killed. Delta State Commissioner of Police Ibrahim Zanna The command made this known in a statement in Asaba by its spokesperson, DSP Andrew Aniamaka on…
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Catholic priest kidnapped, killed in Imo
Imo State Police Command has confirmed the report of kidnap and murder of a Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Cyriacus Onunkwo. Confirming the ugly incident, the Commissioner of Police, CP, Mr. Chris Ezike, told newsmen that the priest’s corpse has been recovered. “The matter was properly reported to the police and we went into action. Less…
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Killings of Nigerians in South Africa is worrying – Dabiri-Erewa
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora Abike Dabiri-Erewa has expressed her displeasure over the incessant extra judicial killings of Nigerians living in South Africa. In a statement by her Special Assistant on Media, Abdurrahman Balogun, the Presidential aide said ” this is one death, too many” She said in…
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2 killed in Owerri as youths resist relocation of market
OWERRI, the Imo State capital, was on Saturday, thrown into confusion, as angry youths clashed with security operatives, who were enforcing the relocation of a market on the orders of Governor Rochas Okorocha. Two people were said to have been killed in the fracas, while scores sustained bullet wounds in the clash and rushed to…
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Man who killed eight-year-old girl escapes from police custody
There was outrage in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on yesterday when members of the public learnt that Ifeanyi Dike, the man who allegedly raped, killed and removed vital organs of an eight-year-old girl, Victory Chikamso, had escaped from the police custody. The father of the victim, Dr. Ernest Nmezuwuba, who was at the…
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Just in: Unknown gunmen invade, kill Special Assistant to Gov Ortom in Makurdi
Gunmen on Sunday broke into the residence, killed one Dr Tavershima Adyorororough, the Principal Special Assistant on Knowledge Economy and Investments to Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom. The unknown gunmen around 12.30am on Sunday, reportedly stormed his residence at Nyinma layout in Makurdi, Benue state capital where they shot at the man and his wife.…
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Vigilantes nab man who raped, killed, removed organs of 8-year-old girl in Rivers
An eight-year-old girl, Chikamso Victory, has been defiled, killed and her organs removed by a suspected ritualist, Ifeanyi Dike, who lives in the same house with her on Messiah Street, Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. Parts removed from the girls body after she was defiled and killed were her vagina, eyes, tongue and breasts.…