Tag: Killings
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#EndSARS: UN condemns killings, call for ‘maximum restraint’ by security agents
Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has reiterated the UN’s call for maximum restraint in security forces’ response to the #EndSARS protests in Nigeria. “The UN and I are following the protests in Nigeria calling for an end to human rights violations. “I join the UN Secretary-General in stressing the importance of respect for peaceful protests and…
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Govt sponsoring killings: Mailafia apologised profusely for his ignoble statement – DSS
The Department of State Services has accused a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Obadiah Mailafia, of attempting to cause a breach of peace in the country. The service also berated the former development banker, saying he is “playing to the gallery.” Mailafia had in an interview with a radio station…
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‘Govt sponsoring killings’: NBC moves to penalise Nigeria Info over Mailafia interview
The National Broadcasting Commission has begun moves to penalise a radio station, Nigeria Info, over a recent comment made by a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Obadiah Mailaifa. It was gathered that the NBC could term Mailaifa’s statement as hate speech and sanction the station. Recall the Commission recently unveiled…
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Southern Kaduna killings: People might soon resort to self help, CAN warns Buhari-led govt
The President of the Christians Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Samson Ayokunle on Tuesday described the ongoing killings in Southern Kaduna as unacceptable. Ayokunle said that the recent destruction of lives and property in the community has clearly shown that Nigeria: “is a nation that is at war against enemies of the state.” He warned…
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Massive killings ongoing under your curfew, journalist writes El-Rufai
A journalist and prolific writer, Mr Reuben Buhari, has written an open letter to Kaduna state governor, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, over the killing of the Southern Kaduna people despite several curfews imposed on the area. Residents say the atrocities being meted on the Southern Kaduna people despite several curfew that have been imposed by…
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Photos: Another eight persons feared dead as herdsmen unleash mayhem in Kaduna
Emmanuel Bagudu Another eight persons have been reported dead in a Monday night attack in Gora Gan Village of Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. TNG had earlier reported on Monday that a gang of bandits suspected to be Fulani herdsmen invaded the village shooting sporadically without apprehension despite distress calls by locals.…
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Recent killings remain our failure to complement military actions with diplomacy,says group
The Northern Elders and Leaders Forum (NELF) says the failure by its elites to complement the effort of the military with diplomacy is responsible for the recent killings experienced in the region. The Northern elders made this known in a statement signed by Third Republic Senate President, Senator Ameh Ebute, on Friday, on President Muhammadu…
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Insecurity in Katsina: Man arrested in Abuja for leading protest against killings in Buhari’s state
Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), Nastura Sharif, has been arrested by the police in connection with the protest against the insecurity in the north. On Tuesday, some members of the group protested in Katsina, calling on Aminu Masari, the governor, to resign if he could not…
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BREAKING: NASS leaders to meet Buhari, military chiefs on fresh Boko Haram killings
The Senate on Thursday mandated the leadership of the National Assembly to urgently meet with President Muhammadu Buhari and the heads of the nation’s armed forces over the renewed upsurge in Boko Haram attacks. This resolution followed a point of order moved by Senator Abubakar Kyari (Borno North), on the recent killing of 90 people…
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CRA calls on ICC, UN to investigate Southern Kaduna Genocide
… says Southern Kaduna now like Rwanda of 1994 The Christian Rights Agenda (CRA), has called on the United Nations and the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the Hague to open investigation into the ongoing #SouthernKadunaGenocide. This was the high-point of CRA’s consultative meeting which ended in Abuja on Saturday. CRA in a statement by…