Tag: Terrorist Attack
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9/11: Honouring victims 22 years later, including Godwin Ajala
The United States is marking the 22nd anniversary of the tragic terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001. On every anniversary, the names of the victims who died in the Trade Centers are read aloud and services are also held at the Pentagon and near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, the site of the fourth plane crash.…
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Militants storm Ugandan school, kill 25 persons, whisk away many others
About 25 persons have been reported dead during a “terrorist attack” on a school in western Uganda, the country’s police spokesman said Saturday. The assailants attacked Lhubirira Secondary School in the western border town of Mpondwe late on Friday, burning a dormitory and looting food, police said.
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MURIC wants return of Abuja-Kaduna train service after attack
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has appealed to families of victims of train attack on the Abuja-Kaduna rail line to allow the train service to resume. Prof. Ishaq Akintola, MURIC Director, said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja.
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Abuja terrorist attack: Guards Brigade buries Late Capt. Attah, 4 others
The remains of late Capt. Samuel Attah and four other soldiers who died during clearance operation in Bwari in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have been laid to rest in Abuja on Thursday. The Assistant Director Army Public Relations, Guards Brigade, Capt. Godfrey Abakpa, said in a statement that the burial took place at the…
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Buhari receives update on Kuje prison terrorist attack
President Muhammadu Buhari has received a briefing from security chiefs on the latest development on Tuesday’s terrorist attack on Kuje Custodial Centre. Confirming this to State House correspondents after the meeting of the National Security Council, presided over by the president on Friday in the State House, Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi, said heads…
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Terrorist attack on Paris will affect Sunday’s presidential election – Trump
United States President Donald Trump has said that the terrorist attack on Paris on Thursday would greatly affect France presidential election scheduled to take place on Sunday. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the Paris attack on Champs Elysees was claimed by militant group Islamic State; one attacker was killed and officials said they were looking for a…
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Putin condoles Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has expressed his condolences to President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, over the death of Egyptian police officers and military personnel in a terrorist attack in El-Arish. TheNewsGuru reports that a suicide bomber rammed his vehicle into an Egyptian security checkpoint outside a police building in northern…