Tag: Terrorists
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JUST IN: Reps back Senate, asks Buhari to declare bandits, sponsors as terrorists
Members of the House of Representatives have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare bandits and their sponsors as terrorists.
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Naira’s free fall: We won’t give Dollars to BDC operators; they’re promoters of terrorism – CBN
Amidst the dwindling fortune of Nigeria’s Naira in the parrallel market, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Godwin Emefiele has said that some people are collecting dollars from Bureau De Change operators for the purpose of importing weapons into the country in order to harm Nigerians. He said this on Friday while…
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IPOB, Yoruba nation agitators not different from terrorists – Gbajabiamila
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said the refusal of the separatist movements in the southern part of the country to accommodate dissenting opinions makes them the same as the Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists. He stated this on Wednesday in his address to welcome members of the House back from…
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Why Buhari is yet to proscribe bandits like Nnamdi Kanu– Presidency
The presidency has said that what the President Muhammadu Buhari administration has done to bandits is worse than declaring them terrorists. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu in an interview with BBC Pidgin on Saturday says President Muhammadu Buhari has not proscribed bandits like it did the Indigenous…
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NBC denies ordering media houses not to report details of terrorists attacks
The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, has debunked reports that it directed media houses to stop reporting details of terrorist attacks. Disclosing this in a letter signed by the Director-General of the Commission, Balarabe Ilelah, obtained by Vanguard, the commission argued that the contents of its “letter are not intended and by no means capable of…
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Terrorists kill 15 soldiers in ambush
Fifteen soldiers were killed as a result of an ambush in southwestern Niger on Saturday, the country’s defence ministry said. It blamed the attack on “armed terrorist groups.” The assailants ambushed a supply mission at 1100 local time in Torodi commune after which soldiers evacuating the wounded hit an improvised explosive, the ministry said late…
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Nigerian leaders heartless; we know our killers but they won’t declare them terrorists – Kukah
Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, has described Nigerian leaders as heartless for allegedly watching bandits and terrorists turn the country into a killing field. In his homily during the burial of Fr. Alphosus Bello at Our Lady of Apostles Catholic Church, Kaduna, yesterday, he slammed President Muhammadu Buhari administration for failing to address…
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Terrorists in South-West planning attacks on Redemption Camp, mosques – Akintoye
A Second Republic Senator and a celebrated Historian, Prof. Banji Akintoye, has warned governors in the South-West that the entire region has already been surrounded by terrorists. Akintoye, who is the leader of Ilana Omo Oodua, the umbrella body for Yoruba self-determination groups, told the governors in a letter written to them that the terrorists…
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Terrorists have hoisted flag in Kaure, taken over wives of people-Niger governor
The Governor of Niger State, Abubakar Sani Bello, has stated that Boko Haram terrorists have hoisted their flag in Kaure, Shiroro Local Government Area. Abubakar Sani Bello made this known when he paid a visit to over 3000 Internally Displaced Persons from Shiroro and Munya local government areas who are taking refuge in Ibrahim Badamasi…
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Pantami renounces past controversial comments on terrorists as calls for his resignation thickens
Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Ali Isa Pantami, who was under attack over his controversial comments on Al Qaeda and Taliban in the past has renounced those comments saying he now has a better understanding of the issues involved. This was even as he said his attacks by a section of the media was…