Tag: Killings
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South-East killing: Council of Traditional Rulers, Christian leaders beg Buhari to release Kanu, de-proscribe IPOB
The South East Council of Traditional Rulers and Christian leaders, on Sunday, appealed to the Federal Government to release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to them and also stop the killings and destruction in the zone. Kanu has been in the detention facility of the Nigerian secret police since…
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Stop killings in South East, seek dialogue-Jim Iyke
Popular Nollywood star, Jim Iyke, has urged youths to avoid acts that would make the south East region look irredeemable. Iyke who spoke to Journalists on Saturday in Owerri, Imo state, during Social Media Fest program, said that the explosives being thrown in the region were affecting the economy of the zone.
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Anambra: Andy Uba postpones guber campaign flag-off over violent killings
Sen. Andy Uba, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Anambra, has shifted his campaign flag off at Onitsha on Saturday following upsurge in violent attacks and killings in parts of the state. In a statement he personal signed and made available to journalists at about 9pm on Friday in Awka, Uba said the…
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Police arrest suspected perpetrators of modakeke Killings
Osun State Police Command has arrested four suspected gunmen who killed farmers in Alape village of Modakeke, Osun State. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Olawale Olokode, paraded the suspects: Shina Adeyemi, Olakunle Akingbala, Segun Owoniyi and Muideen Daramola before journalists at the Police State Headquarters, Osogbo on Wednesday evening. Seven persons have been killed by…
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Kogi Rep calls security agents to action over rising spate of armed banditry, abduction, killings in Kabba
Apparently peeved by worsening security challenges in and around Kabba, Kabba-Bunu LGA in the past one week, lawmaker representing Kabba/Bunnu/Ijumu Federal
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Plateau of crises and death – Dakuku Peterside
By Dakuku Peterside Plateau state is named Plateau for a reason. It is approximately the Centre of Nigeria and the midpoint between Christian and Muslim civilizations in Nigeria, convergence between settlers and indigenous people, battleground between farmers and herders, and a clash point between indigenous culture and foreign civilisation. For this and other reasons, it…
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Plateau crisis: Gov Lalong gets two-week ultimatum to end killings
The Plateau State House of Assembly has given Gov. Simon Lalong two weeks to address the security challenges bedviling the state. Mr Philip Dasun, Chairman, House Committee on Information conveyed the position of the legislators when he briefed newsmen in Jos. Dasun said that the assembly would know the next line of action after the…
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Attacks: Delta women protest, accuse leaders of selling their farmlands to Fulani herdsmen
Women in Okpara-Inland in Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State on Thursday protested the incessant attacks on them and destruction of their farmlands by suspected Fulani herdsmen. They appealed to the Delta State and Federal Government to come to their rescue. The women, who embarked on a peaceful protest around the major roads…
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Cleric condemns incessant killings, urges FG to step up security
The General Evangelist, Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) Worldwide, Prophet Hezekiah Oladeji, has condemned the spate of kidnapping and incessant killing of innocent persons in some parts of the country. Oladeji made the condemnation during a press briefing as part of the activities of CAC worldwide annual Power Explosive Conference in Erio-Ekiti, Ekiti State. According to…
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No justification for violent attacks, killings in Nigeria – Atiku
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has decried the spate of bloodletting in the country. He said there was no justification for the killings. Atiku was reacting to last Thursday’s killing of 88 persons in Kebbi State with scores of others still missing. In a statement on Monday in Abuja by his media office, the former Vice-President…