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Gunmen kill six in Taraba highway attack

4 months ago1064 min

Gunmen on Monday morning killed six people, including the driver of a commuter vehicle along the Takum -Wukari highway in Taraba. It was gathered that the commuter vehicle departed Takum for Wukari around 6 a.m. and was ambushed at a village near Sai in neighbouring Benue state. The Chairman of Takum LGA, John Ali, confirmed the incident to newsmen on Monday. According to the Chairman, “I arrived in Jalingo yesterday for a meeting, but this...

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Everyone Involved In Attack, Killing Of #EndBadGovernance Protesters Will Be Made To Pay, Says Sowore

4 months ago887 min

Omoyele Sowore, a human rights activist and Convener of the #RevolutionNow Movement, has issued a stern warning that all individuals responsible for the attacks and killings of peaceful protesters during the #EndBadGovernance demonstrations will be made to pay dearly for their actions. Sowore condemned the unjust treatment of peaceful protesters, who were attacked, killed, arrested, and detained during the 10-day nationwide protest against hunger, hardship, and bad governance under President Bola Tinubu’s administration. He...

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Police foil explosive device attack in Lagos

5 months ago1054 min

The Lagos State Police Command anti-bomb squad has foiled an Improvised Explosive Device attack in the Ikeja area of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to PUNCH Metro on Wednesday. He said a vigilant police officer reported that a young man had alighted from the car, carefully dropped a bag by the side of the Nigeria Customs Service Federal Operations Unit fence, returned to the vehicle, and sped off....

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BREAKING: Gunshots In Imo Capital As Militants Attack Owerri Prison In Attempted Jailbreak

5 months ago1246 min

There is pandemonium in Owerri, the Imo State capital as sporadic shooting is going on across the city. A security Eons Intelligence in post shared on X attributed the shooting to unknown gunmen. It wrote: “At 1130 am today 31st July, 2024, Owerri Prison under attack by Unknown gunmen as prison armed Squad in gun duel. “Reinforcement from military and other security formation ongoing.” https://x.com/eonsintelligenc/status/1818602480508297622?t=fTwIN9pcoZeE5uzNInvOkg&s=19 It further tweeted, “Report of sporadic shooting across Owerri Municipal...

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Police arrest 32 suspects after violent attack in Lagos college

5 months ago965 min

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, has confirmed that 32 suspects have been arrested following a violent attack on a Ministry of Education team at the Federal College of Education (Technical) in the Akoka area of the state. According to Hundeyin, the team had been sent to mediate a three-month-long impasse between staff and the Provost, who had been locked out of his office. However, the situation escalated when staff and...

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Gunmen attack customs base, kill officer in Kebbi

5 months ago5154 min

Gunmen suspected to be hoodlums have reportedly attacked a Nigeria Customs Service patrol base in Koko, Kebbi State killing one officer and abducting one other in the process. A press statement made available to newsmen on Sunday evening by the Public Relations Officer, Kebbi Area Command, Mohammed Tajuddeen Salisu, said the incident occurred on Thursday. “With deep regret, we announce a distressing incident which occurred at our Koko Besse patrol base on Thursday, July 25,...

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Gunmen kill inspector in Borno police station attack

5 months ago1013 min

Some unknown gunmen in the early hours of Sunday, July 28, 2024, killed an Inspector of Police (name undisclosed) during an attack at the Jakaan Police Station, Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State. “We recorded a foiled attack by unknown gunmen at the police base in Jakana town. The gunmen tried to infiltrate into the police parameters but the efforts of the Police Mobile Force attached to the police station in Jakana were able...

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BREAKING: Nigerian Army Dismisses Six Soldiers For ‘Fleeing During Boko Haram Attack In Borno’ Over Alleged Lack Of Ammunition

5 months ago1023 min

The Nigerian Army has dismissed six soldiers from its service for allegedly fleeing from the scene of a Boko Haram attack, military sources told SaharaReporters. The soldiers attached to the counterinsurgency operation in the North-East, known as Operation Lafiya Dole were said to have fled from the scene of a Boko Haram attack around Damboa, a community in Borno State during the month. One of the sources added that over 10 soldiers were...

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Gunmen attack Okada rider, chop off hand

5 months ago1133 min

Gunmen, on Wednesday, attacked a 50-year-old Okada rider, Sikiru Muritala, in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital in an attempt to snatch the machine, and chopped off his hand. Investigations by PUNCH Metro revealed that the incident happened at Saribi in the Akinyele Local Government Area of the state around 9 pm, and all efforts by the men of the underworld to snatch the bike were unsuccessful. Speaking with our correspondent on his hospital bed at...

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BREAKING: Kidnappers Attack El-Rufai Estate In Abuja, Shoot Resident, Exchange Fire With Policemen

5 months ago932 min

SaharaReporters gathered that the incident happened in El-Rufai Estate in the Bwari Local Government Area of the Territory around 2am, on Wednesday. A man simply identified as Nathaniel has been reportedly shot by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers after an attempt to kidnap him was foiled by operatives of the Nigerian police in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. SaharaReporters gathered that the incident happened in El-Rufai Estate in the Bwari Local Government Area of the...

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