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The founder of Omega Fire Ministries, Johnson Suleman, has broken his silence after surviving what he termed an assassination attempt in Auchi, Edo State on Friday, October 21.   In a video posted on his church’s social media pages, the clergyman said he knows those behind the attack but won’t be …

On that Sunday morning, Giwa was preparing to have an editorial meeting with his colleagues in the afternoon. One of them, Kayode Soyinka, who was the London correspondent of their publication, Newswatch, had already flown in and passed the night at his house in Ikeja. Shortly after their breakfast, a …

Ifeanyi Ubah has escaped an assassination attempt. No fewer than seven people were killed when some yet-to-be-identified assailants opened fire on the convoy of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah.

Argentine authorities have identified Fernando Sabag Montiel as the suspect who approached Fernández de Kirchner with a loaded gun outside her home in Buenos Aires on Thursday in what appears to be a failed assassination attempt. A police spokesperson told CNN Sabag Montiel had a weapons permit but was arrested …

A day after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was gunned down in broad daylight, a stunned nation is questioning how the gunman was able to approach one of Japan’s most prominent politicians and fire two shots from close range without security stepping in. On television and social media, there are …

The FBI has halted a plot by an Iraqi citizen to assassinate former US president, George W. Bush.   Shihab Ahmed Shihab Shihab, who lived in Columbus, Ohio, has been charged with aiding and abetting the attempted murder of a former United States official, as well as an alleged attempt …

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and a governorship aspirant in Rivers State, Prince Tonye Princewill narrowly escaped an assassination attempt on him.   It was gathered that the gunmen suspected to be hired assassins invaded his residence at New GRA Port Harcourt on Friday morning, April 15.    …