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  • Atiku hammers FG over suicide bombing in Borno

    Atiku hammers FG over suicide bombing in Borno

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    Emman Ovuakporie
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    Ex-Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has challenged the federal government to be aware of its responsibilities and ensure no region in the country is overrun by acts of terrorism and insecurity. Atiku called on the federal government led by President Bola Tinubu to wake up from its slumber and protect the citizens of the…

  • BREAKING: Controversial cleric killed in suicide bombing

    BREAKING: Controversial cleric killed in suicide bombing

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    A controversial cleric has been killed in an explosion in Afghanistan’s western province of Herat, officials said on Friday.

  • 1 police officer died in suicide bombing near U.S. embassy

    1 police officer died in suicide bombing near U.S. embassy

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    Bayo Millz
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    A police officer was killed on Friday, when two suicide bombers blew themselves up near the U.S. Embassy in Tunis, the Interior Ministry said. According to the ministry the two men targeted a security post across the street from the embassy. However, four other policemen and one civilian were injured in the explosion. Judiciary spokesperson…

  • Suicide bomber hit market, kills at least 25

    Suicide bomber hit market, kills at least 25

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    Bayo Millz
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    A suicide bomb attack on a crowded festival and market in northwest Pakistan’s northwest killed at least 25 people on Friday and wounded 20, a government official said. The blast occurred at around the same time that three attackers tried to storm the Chinese consulate in the southern city of Karachi. Two policemen and the…

  • Eight policemen, one other wounded as woman blows herself up

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    Bayo Millz
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    Authorities said nine people, including eight policemen, were wounded when a woman blew herself up in central Tunis on Monday. Spokesman for the Tunisian Interior Ministry described the incident as a “terrorist explosion.” A witness reported an explosion on the central Habib Bourguiba avenue where Police were cordoning off the area near the capital’s landmark…

  • Suicide bombings kill 38 in southern Syria

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    Bayo Millz
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    Authorities said 38 people were killed and 37 others wounded in a series of bombings and attacks in the southern province of Sweida on Wednesday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said suicide bombers from the Islamic State (IS) detonated bomb vests and explosive devices in Sweida city in tandem with an attack by this…

  • Attacks: NSCDC deploys 50 armed personnel to UNIMAID

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    The Borno Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps(NSCDC) has deployed 50 armed personnel to check incessant attacks at the University of Maiduguri. Its Commandant, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi, told newsmen on Monday in Maiduguri that the measure was necessitated by the rising cases of suicide bombing and other attacks at the institution. He…

  • Suicide bombing in Afghanistan’s Helmand province injures 15

    Suicide bombing in Afghanistan’s Helmand province injures 15

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    TheNewsGuru
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    At least 15 people have been injured in a suicide bombing in the capital of Helmand, a spokesperson for the Governor in the embattled Afghan province said on Saturday. “A suicide bomber using a car detonated explosives near a branch of Kabul bank in Lashkargah city,’’ Omar Zwak added. Emergency hospital director Dejan Panic said…