Tag: Terrorists
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Islamist militants bomb Catholic cathedral, 27 dead
Between 18 and 27 people have been reported killed after terrorists bombed a Catholic church on a southern Philippine island that is a stronghold of Islamist militants, the military said Sunday. TheNewsGuru (TNG) learnt this is happening days after voters backed the creation of a new Muslim autonomous region. The first blast occurred inside the…
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Boko Haram: Flee from terrorists, be fired – Buratai warns commanders
The Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, has warned commanders against fleeing from Boko Haram insurgents in the troubled North East to avoid being dismissed from the service. The Army Chief in a circulated memo released recently stipulated guidelines warning Nigerian Army commanders of grave consequences should they abandon their positions in the face of…
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Breaking: Police arrest, parade vicious, notorious Benue armed gang [Photos]
The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) have arrested and paraded vicious and notorious suspects responsible for selling and supply of AK47 rifles and other firearms and ammunition to armed bandits, militias and criminal herdsmen/farmers in Benue and Taraba states. TheNewsGuru reports the major breakthrough in the arrest of the notorious gang of dealers in prohibited firearms…
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Killer herdsmen are nothing but terrorists – Senator Sani
Senator Shehu Sani has said herdsmen who are responsible for the killings and slaughtering in Benue and Taraba are nothing but terrorists “except if we want to call a spade a pestle or a spoon”. The Senator representing Kaduna Central in the National Assembly said this on Monday in reaction to Saturday afternoon’s raid by…
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Army, NAF invade Sambisa, kill several terrorists
…destroy sophisticated arms Troops of the Nigerian Army has neutralised seven remnants of the Boko Haram terrorists in the Sambisa forest and Northern Borno on Friday in an operation supported by the Air Force. According to a statement by Sani Usman, the Director of Army Public Relations of the Army late Friday, troops also destroyed…
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Benue massacre: Treat killer herdsmen as terrorists – Fayose tells Buhari
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State on Tuesday urged the federal government to arrest and treat Fulani herdsmen on a killing spree in Benue and some parts of the state as terrorists. The governor said the killings in Benue state have attained a frightening dimension beyond herdsmen-farmers strife. In a series of tweets, Mr. Fayose…
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Fulani herdsmen are not terrorists – Presidency
The presidency has faulted the several criticisms and pressure mounted on the Buhari-led administration to label killer Fulani herdsmen as terrorists. Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu has said Fulani herdsmen are criminals but not terrorists. He said this on Channels TV on Thursday while responding to a question…
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Another 9 B’Haram terrorists surrender to troops, plead for sympathy
Another nine Boko Haram terrorists have surrendered themselves to troops on Saturday at Buni Yari in Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe, the army has said. According to a statement issued by Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, the army spokesman inAbuja, the terrorists are: Usman Ali, 22, Ibrahim Matukur, 13 and Usman Hussaini 25. Others are, Ali…
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Eid-el-Fitri: DSS foils plans by terrorists to attack Kano, Sokoto, others
The Department of State Services, DSS, announced on Friday that it arrested suspected terrorists planning to attack Kano, Sokoto, Kaduna and Maiduguri during the Sallah celebration. The federal government had earlier declared Monday and Tuesday next week as public holidays for the Islamic festival. In a statement on Friday signed by Tony Opuiyo, the DSS…