Tag: Victims
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Gov Ahmed visits Offa robbery victims, promises to pay medical bills
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara has promised to pay the medical bills of victims of Thursday’s armed robbery attack in Offa, headquarters of Offa Local Government Area. Ahmed made the promise when he visited the victims at the General Hospital in Ilorin on Friday. The governor had earlier ordered that the victims be relocated to…
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FRSC rescues crash victims, returns over N2m recovered
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has rescued crash victims involved in a lone accident on the Lagos /Ibadan Expressway and returned over N2million recovered from the crash scene to the owner. Mr Clement Oladele, the FRSC Sector Commander in Ogun, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta on Saturday. Oladele…
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Oba of Benin curses human traffickers, revokes oath taken by victims
The Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty, Oba Ewuare II on Friday cursed trafficking cartels and criminals in the state. Oba Ewuare II on Friday also broke the oath taken by human traffic victims in the past, adding that they were free to expose the perpetrators behind the crime. He spoke at a meeting with…
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Herdsmen attack: Benue set to receive Buhari, postpones mass burial for 24 victims
Benue State Government has cancelled the planned mass burial for victims of Fulani herdsmen attack in Okpokwu. The government had promised to accord all the 24 victims of the Omusu Edimoga herdsmen attack a mass burial on Friday (today). Governor Samuel Ortom made the announcement for the burial during his visit to Omusu Edimoga in…
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Massacre: Again, Benue to give mass burial to 24 victims
Governor Samuel Ortom has directed that the 24 persons killed on Monday at Omusu Edimoga be given mass burial next Friday. According to his media adviser, Tahav Agerzua, the governor ordered that the victims of the herdsmen attacks be buried Friday He said, “Governor directed that arrangement be made for mass burial by next Friday.”…
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Benue Massacre: Tears, emotions as victims are buried
Residents of Makurdi remained mournful on Thursday as bodies of the victims of the herdsmen attacks of January 1 and 2 on parts of Benue were given mass burial. Government offices, commercial banks, markets and schools were closed in the state capital in observance of the work-free day earlier declared by the state government in…
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493 identified Biafra war victims to get N88bn compensation
…as ECOWAS Court adopts terms of settlement in three suits by victims The Federal Government has agreed to pay N88billion as compensation to 493 identified victims of the last civil war and reconstructions of some communities ravaged by the war. Recall that TheNewsGuru.com had earlier launched Movement Against War in Nigeria, a campaign to raise…
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Photos/Video: Osinbajo visits Benue flood victims, assures them of Buhari’s support
Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday led the Federal Government’s delegation to conduct an on-the-spot assessment of the damages done by the flood in Benue State. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the Vice President also brought good tidings from President Muhammadu Buhari to the Internally Displaced persons, IDPs who were camped at the International Market premises…
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Photos:Man targeted in Ozubulu gun attack, Aloysius-Ikegwuonu visits victims
The Founder of Ebubechukwuzo Foundation, Aloysius-Ikegwuonu, aka Bishop, visited the injured victims of St Philips Catholic Church, Amakwa Ozubulu, Anambra state in the hospital. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the church was attacked on August 6 during which 12 people were killed and over 40 injured in the morning mass gun attack. See photos below:
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‘Death toll of Ozubulu killings rises to 13… full names of affected victims released’
The Catholic Diocese of Nnewi has released the names of victims of the gun attack on St. Philip’s Catholic church, Ozubulu, in Anambra state. Recall TheNewsGuru.com reported details of how a gunman attacked the church, leaving 12 worshippers dead while 18 others sustained serious injuries. In a statement issued by Hilary Odili Okeke, bishop of…