Tag: Militants
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Ex-militants threaten to return to creeks in seven days
Ex-militants have threatened to return to the creeks if the Amnesty Office failed to give them starter packs and other entitlements within seven days. The ex-agitators lamented that despite completing their training and skill acquisition under the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), the office had yet to release their starter packs. They called on President Muhammadu…
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JUST IN: ISWAP militants attack Nigerian soldiers in Baga, Benishiek
Islamic State militants have launched attacks on Nigerian troop positions in Baga and Benishiek, in Borno state. However it is unclear the casualties recorded on the Nigerian side. Even ISWAP was unsure about the damage it claimed it inflicted. Reuters said ISWAP claimed on its Amaq news agency that it killed or wounded more than…
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Breaking: Militants storm government building, take hostages
Militants stormed a government building in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Monday, taking civilians hostage as they fought a gun battle against Afghan soldiers, officials said. The attack began in the afternoon when a suicide bomber blew up a car outside the Ministry of Public Works. Shooting followed, with hundreds of government employees inside the building,…
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Ex-militants appeal to FG over unpaid allowances
Some ex-militants from Ondo State on Wednesday appealed to the Federal Government to pay them their nine months’ amnesty allowances. Mr Ibori Ogailo, the leader of the group, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Igbokoda that the non-payment of the allowances had subjected them and their families to untold hardships. He said that…
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EGYPT: 11 IS-affiliated militants sentenced to 10 years in jail
An Egyptian court on Wednesday sentenced 11 militants affiliated with the regional Islamic State (IS) group to 10 years in prison, official MENA news agency reported. Zagazig Criminal Court in Sharqiya Province, northeast of the capital Cairo, convicted the 11 militants of forming a terrorist cell in an attempt to join the IS abroad and…
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Militants threatens Buhari to release own share of $1bn anti-terror fund
Niger Delta militants on Thursday sent a protest letter to President Muhammadu Buhari to demand their own share of the $1billion government intends to withdraw from the Excess Crude Account to fight insurgency in the North-East. The militants, under the auspices of the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers, slammed the Federal Government for the controversial proposal…
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BREAKING: Militants kidnap four Britons in Delta
Gunmen suspected to be militants on Wednesday kidnapped four British nationals in Delta State. When contacted, the spokesman for Delta state police, Andrew Aniamaka, confirmed the abduction of the Britons. Aniamaka said the incident happened happened on October 13. He added “The victims are mainly of British nationality, two of whom are a couple, and…
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Militants attack vessel in Bayelsa, kill 3 security escorts
Barely three weeks after an ambush on a military houseboat that killed two in Southern Ijaw creeks in Bayelsa, suspected militants have attacked a tugboat in the same area and killed three crew members. Suspected Niger Delta militants had on Aug. 28 ambushed a houseboat operated by the Joint Task Force and killed a soldier…
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Atiku hails Niger Delta militants over withdrawal of quit notice to Yoruba, northerners
Former Vice President and chieftain of All Progressives Congress, Atiku Abubakar has commended Niger Delta militants for withdrawing a quit notice earlier served to persons of Northern and Southwestern descent to quit the South South region. Atiku who made the commendation in a statement forwarded to TheNewsGuru.com by his media office, said instead of divisions,…
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Attacks on oil facilities to resume September 10 – Militants
THE Coalition of Niger Delta Agitators has said it will renew its attacks on oil installations in the Niger Delta on September 10. It also stated that the notice to quit issued to Hausa and Yoruba in the Niger Delta had not been withdrawn. “Our intelligence department has given us the list of the oil…