Tag: Killings
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Sultan blasts Ortom, Fani-Kayode for linking herdsmen killings to Danfodio
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar lll-led Jama’atu Nasril Islam on Tuesday knocked Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, and a former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, for linking the herdsmen killings across Benue, Taraba and other parts of the North, to the continuation of the late Usman Danfodio’s jihad. The Sultan is the President…
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Democracy day: Let us mourn those murdered under Buhari’s govt – Atiku
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called on the Federal Government to tackle insecurity in the country rather than engage in endless diversionary accusation. Atiku, in a Democracy Day statement he personally signed which was released by his Media Office, in Abuja, on Monday, said the country’s current challenges required new thinking which should take…
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Killings: Taraba govt, others reject Army’s report on Danjuma’s allegation
The Taraba State Government and the Jukun Development Association of Nigeria (JDAN) have rejected the “no guilty” verdict of the Gen. John Nimyel’s panel, which investigated Gen. T.Y. Danjuma’s allegations of criminal acts of collusion by the army in the killings of innocent people in the state. In a statement issued yesterday by the Senior…
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Army kill 68 bandits, recover 17 motorcycles in Zamfara
The Nigerian Army says it has killed 68 bandits, arrested six suspected kidnappers and recovered 17 motorcycles in Zamfara from April to date. The Brigade Commander, 1 Army Brigade Command Sokoto, Brig.-Gen. Udeagbala Kennedy disclosed this while handing over the six suspected kidnappers to the state Commissioner of Police Mr Kenneth Ebrimson at the State…
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Danjuma’s allegations on Taraba killings baseless – Buratai
The Nigerian Army on Friday said allegations against it by retired Gen. T.Y Danjuma that it colluded with the militia in Taraba State and refused to protect the people were untrue. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, made this known at a news conference in Abuja where he gave details of the findings…
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Killings: Buhari meets Army Chief, vows commitment to ending security challenges
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met behind closed doors with the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting, which was held behind closed doors inside the President’s office, centred on efforts being made by Army authorities to restore peace to troubled parts of the country. Buhari disclosed this in…
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Again, Saraki summons IGP, DSS, Army over killings, abductions
Senate President, Bukola Saraki has once again summoned the Inspector General of Police, alongside the Department of State Service and the Army to appear before the Senate to explain the reasons behind recent abductions in the country. Saraki on his Twitter handle on Wednesday noted that another 87 persons have been abducted off the “nation’s…
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What we are doing to end killings in Kaduna, Benue, other troubled states – Buhari
…as El-Rufai visits victims in Kaduna President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of a new Battalion of the Nigerian Army, as well as a new Police Area Command in the violence-prone Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The approvals are part of measures to scale up the security response to the banditry…
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Bandits planning to cause war with killings – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said the recent killings across the country is targeted at instigating war. However, as parts of measures to end killings, the president approved the establishment of a new Battalion of the Nigerian Army, as well as a new Police Area Command in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State,…
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Killings: Osinbajo reinstates FG’s commitment to ensuring peace in Benue, others
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday said the Federal Government would not relent in its efforts at ensuring peace in crisis prone areas of the country. Osinbajo, who was represented by the Administrator, Aso Villa Chapel, Rev. Peter Ambi, said this during the National Peace and Leadership Summit organised by the Youth For Peace and…