Troops of Sector 3 operating under the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) have neutralised Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists in Kukawa and Monguno Local Government Areas of Borno State. Lieutenant Colonel Olaniyi Osoba, Chief Military Information Officer, HQ MNJTF N’djamena, Chad, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, November 25, 2024, said three soldiers three soldiers lost …
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Seventeen people including a two-year-old child have been k!lled after a bus full of students, teachers, and parents plunged more than 20 meters off a cliffside road. The students had been on a school trip before the vehicle – which carried 57 people – collided head-on with a van and veered off the road and into a ravine in Peru, …
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At least 30 people have allegedly been k!lled after alleged herdsmen invaded several communities across two Local Government Areas of Benue State. Rural communities in Kastina-Ala and Logo LGAs were attacked on Sunday, Nov. 24, and in the early hours of Monday, Nov. 25. According to locals, 10 corpses have been recovered in the Kastina-Ala while 20 bodies were recovered …
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The Enugu State Police Command, through its Anti-Kidnapping Tactical Squad, have arrested two suspects identified as Ikechukwu Okoye (male, aged 33) and Juliet Ogbodo (female, aged 39), both of Onuorie-Obuno in Akpugo Community, Nkanu West Local Government Area, accused of the kidnapping, m#rder, and b#rying of Mrs. Mary Nwatu, a 70-year-old woman, in a shallow grave sometimes in September 2024. …
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The Katsina Community Watch Corp (CWC) Charanchi command, has arrested one of the bandits that k!lled Governor Dikko Umaru Radda’s aide, Alhaji Sanusi Ango Gyaza and his wife. LIB reported that bandits attacked Gyaza’s residence in Kankia Local Government Area of the state in August 2024, k!lling him and his wife. The gunmen also abducted his …
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The High Court in Polokwane, South Africa has convicted and sentenced a 37-year-old man, Thabo Ali Molobela, to 35 years imprisonment for m8rder, and attempted m8rder. In September last year, police in Limpopo had traced and arrested Mobobela, who had been on the run after he allegedly shot his wife, their child, her four family members, k!lling two at …
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Two soldiers have been killed after unknown gunmen attacked an army checkpoint in Ekenobizi, a border community between Abia and Imo states in Umuopara, Umuahia South Local Government Area on Wednesday, November 13. This was confirmed in a statement by the Joint Task Force South East Operation Udoka. The statement, signed by Lt. Col. Jonah Unuakhalu, accused the Eastern …
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Gunmen attacked the Police Rapid Response Squad facility at Owerrinta, Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Area of Abia State, resulting in the d3ath of a female suspect. It was gathered that the gunmen attacked the facility located along the Umuahia-Aba Federal Expressway on Monday in a bid to release some detainees. The state Commissioner of Police, Danladi Isa, …
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Gunmen suspected to be herders have k!lled many people in a renewed attack on Anyiin community in Logo Local Government Area of Benue State. It was gathered that the attackers invaded the town around 6:32 pm on Wednesday, October 30, 2024. Several others reportedly sustained varying degrees of injuries, while many people were reported missing as of the …
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A renewed cult war in some parts of Benin City, Edo State, particularly, Upper Sokponba Road and its environs have reportedly claimed not less than eight lives in the state capital. Some sources claim that the d@ath toll is not less than twenty in the last three days when the crisis erupted. The latest clash is said to …
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