Tag: Killing
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Alleged Ussa LGA killings: Council Boss resigns over Gov Ishaku’s complicity
Due to the unabated killing of the people of Ussa Local government area of Taraba state by gunmen, the Caretaker Chairman of the local government Hon Abershi Musa on Wednesday resigned his appointment, citing governor Darius Ishaku’s indifference to the killings as the reason for his resignation. The council boss tendered his resignation letter to…
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Just In: Unidentified gunmen kill judge while presiding in Imo
Unidentified gunmen on Thursday, allegedly murdered one Nnaemeka Ugboma, the chairman of Ejemekwuru Customary Court in the Oguta Local Government Area (LGA) of Imo State. According to monitored report , Ugboma was killed by gunmen who operated in motorcycles while presiding over a court session. The incident brought the court sitting to an abrupt end…
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Nasarawa: Police confirm alleged killing of 27 pastoralists in airstrike
The Police Command in Nasarawa State has confirmed the alleged killing of 27 pastoralists in an ‘airstrike’ in Doma Local Government Area of the State. DSP Ramhan Nansel, the Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), confirmed the development
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SAD! Benue boils again as alleged herdsmen wipe out family of six, others
Again, suspected fulani bandits attacked Abagana community opposite the IDP camp in Makurdi, the Benue State capital wiping out an entire family of six and several indigenes. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reports this was contained in a statement issued and signed by Nathaniel Ikyur Chief Press Secretary to Governor Samuel Ortom on Friday. Abagana is a sprawling…
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Just In: Plane crashes, kills 40 passengers, injures many
No fewer than 40 people were killed when an aircraft crashed in Nepal on Sunday, a Nepal army spokesperson said, as hundreds of rescue workers scoured the hillside crash site. “We expect to recover more bodies,” the spokesperson, Krishna Bhandari, said. “The plane has broken into pieces.” A Yeti Airlines spokesperson, Sudarshan Bartaula, said there…
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Soludo condemns killing of Obosi PG, 4 others, promises to apprehend culprits
Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra on Tuesday condemned recent killings in parts of the state. Soludo was reacting to killings in Okpuno in Awka South Local Government Area and
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Under your watch Kaduna has become a killing field for marauders – HURIWA blasts El-Rufai
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, on Sunday, slammed Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State over the killing of residents by Fulani bandits and terrorists. HURIWA’s National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, in a statement, lamented that Kaduna has become a killing field for marauders under El-Rufai’s watch while the governor has failed woefully…
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Man accused of killing 22 older women goes on trial again
After Mary Brooks was found dead on the floor of her Dallas-area condo, grocery bags from a shopping trip still on her countertop, authorities decided the 87-year-old had died of natural causes. Even after her family discovered jewellery was missing — including a coral necklace she loved and diamond rings — it took an…
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Kaduna Govt confirms killings in 6 villages of Giwa LGA
The Kaduna State Government has confirmed the killing of some citizens in six villages of Giwa Local Government Area of the state.
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Man to die by hanging for raping, killing landlady
An Ado-Ekiti High Court, on Wednesday, sentenced one Tunmise Abraham to death by hanging for raping and killing his landlady, Bukola Olanrewaju. Abraham was found guilty of raping and killing his landlady at Olorunda Zone 7, Adebayo area of Ado-Ekiti sometime in 2019.