Tag: killed
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Shi’ites protest: Channels Reporter, Precious Owolabi for burial Thursday
Remains of the Channels Reporter, Precious Owolabi who was shot dead during the Monday protest by members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), is to be buried in Zaria on Thursday. Corpse of the 23 years old corp member was sent to his parents in Zaria, Kaduna State on Wednesday. The corpse was immediately…
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How fraudsters killed NBA chairman for withholding N18m Internet fraud proceeds
Thirty-nine-year-old Kenechukwu Eze, a native of Amoli Edem in the Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, on Wednesday, said his gang members killed one Emmanuel Agundu because he withheld the N18m they realised from Internet fraud. The money was reportedly paid into his Nigerian bank account. Agundu, who was the Chairman of the Nigerian…
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I killed my boss’s wife because he sacked me – suspect
A 37-years old driver, Morenikeji Adeyemi on Friday said he killed his boss’s wife, Oyewumi Ayanwale because his boss sacked him for no reason after four years of working with him. Adeyemi who was paraded by the Oyo state police command in Ibadan said he was able to lure the victim under the pretense of…
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Lagos Police arrest suspected killers of LUTH doctor, Stephen Urueye
The Lagos Police Command has arrested two persons suspected to have killed Dr. Stephen Urueye, a graduate of the University of Lagos, near the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi Araba. According to Channels Television, the suspects; Gbadebo Jimoh and Malik Adeboye, were arrested on Friday by police operatives from the Itire division. Both have been…
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I was paid N25,000 after killing Badeh – Suspect confesses
Shuaibu Rabi, One of the prime suspects nabbed in connection with the killing of former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Vice-Marshal Alex Badeh, said he was paid N25,000. Recall that Air Vice-Marshal Badeh was killed on December 18 last year by hoodlums who attacked his convoy on the Keffi- Kaduna Expressway while he was returning…
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10 killed in Kogi communal clash
The hostility between Ebirra and Bassa-Komu ethnic tribes in Bassa Local Government Area of Kogi State came to a head yesterday as 10 people were feared killed in a crisis that erupted between them. Many people were also injured in the crisis that followed the return of the Ebirra people who were displaced from their…
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Unknown gunmen attack OAU hostel, kill 300-level student
A 300-level student of the Department of Accounting, Faculty of Administration, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Abiodun Babalola, has died from injuries sustained when gunmen attacked the ‘Adam and Eve Hostel,’ located at the Parakin Area, along Ede-Road in Ile-Ife. Sources told newsmen that the robbers, who were armed, had on Saturday evening attacked the…
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12 Nigerian soldiers killed in fighting with Boko Haram terrorists
At least 12 Nigerian soldiers were killed and dozens of others are missing after fighting with Boko Haram terrorists in the northeastern state of Borno, three military sources said on Sunday, one of the largest known losses of life by the army in the last month. The army said it repelled the attack in which…
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[Update] How gunmen killed five, kidnap Osun College HOD, staff
Gunmen believed to be herdsmen invaded Esa- Oke in Oriade Local Government Area of Osun State and killed five people. Those killed in the Tuesday evening invasion included an employee of the Osun State College of Technology, Esa-Oke, identified as Olaniyi Emmanuel, while a policeman was shot. Also on Tuesday evening, gunmen stormed the Akure-Owo…
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Police admit 16 cops killed by Zamfara bandits
The Nigerian Police has admitted it lost 16 men to bandits in Zamfara state on 29 November but not 50 as reported by some news platforms. In an earlier statement the police said they killed 104 bandits, destroyed 50 hideouts of the bandits and lost one unidentified policeman, while 12 others were injured. Police also…