Attack

August 24, 2016

Troops repel Boko Haram attack in Borno, kill several terrorists (GRAPHIC PHOTOS)

Troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE have successfully repelled an attack by members of terrorist group, Boko Haram, killing several of its members. According to a statement released by Army Spokesperson, Col. Sani Usman on Tuesday, a gun duel occurred between the soldiers and Boko Haram insurgents when the latter attempted to take over the troops’... Read More

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August 10, 2016

3 killed as ‘cultists’ invade Lagos community

Suspected cult members have invaded Abule Nla Road in the Iponri area of Lagos State, reportedly killing three persons. The cultists stormed the area and opened fire on youths in a restaurant. The victims were a student of a polytechnic in Ogun State, Damilola Adegoke who died instantly, and two of his friends, identified only... Read More

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45 reportedly killed in Pakistani hospital blast

An explosion on Monday ripped through a Pakistani hospital in the Balochistan provincial capital Quetta, leaving at least 45 people dead, officials said. According to witnesses, tearful staff rushed towards the smoking blast site to help dozens of wounded persons. A video footage also showed bodies of victims on the ground in pools of blood... Read More

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Adamawa death toll hits 30

The death toll in the attack by herdsmen on Kodomun village in Adamawa state has increased to thirty The Punch reports. The Adamawa State Police Commissioner, Mohammed Ghazzali has been criticised over his comment and handling of the herdsmen attacks on Kodomun, following the discovery of eight more corpses. Youths from Kodomun who retrieved the corpses of... Read More

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Suspected herdsmen attacks Kaduna villages, kills 11

Eleven people have been reportedly killed and several others injured when gunmen, suspected to be herdsmen, attack three villages in Jema’a local government area of Kaduna state. According to TheCable, the villages attacked are Gida Biyu, Akwa’a and Anguwan Anjo. Witnesses told the paper that the gunmen attacked the villages at about 6am on Monday, setting several... Read More

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Gunmen attack UNIJOS VC, kill 2 guards

Unknown gunmen attacked the new Vice Chancellor of the University of Jos, Prof. Sebastian Maimako, on Wednesday at his private residence in Eto Baba area of Jos North, the PUNCH reports. The VC escaped death by the clutches as the gunmen were unable who were said to have attacked the house at about 8:30pm on... Read More

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‘President Buhari-led government is a fraud’ – Avengers

Militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari was free to intensify oil exploration in the North East, but should forget about export of crude oil from the Niger Delta. Spokesperson of the militant group, self-acclaimed Brig. Gen. Mudoch, said this in a statement, entitled, “Your drones won’t stop us”. The... Read More

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Just In: Fresh attack on Plateau community

Following a recent attack in Bokkos LGA of Plateau state where a monarch was killed, another attack has taken place at a settlement in the same Local Government Area Wednesday night. In response, youth of the local government area barricaded all access routes to the council Thursday morning. According to PREMIUM TIMES, the convoy of... Read More

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Teenagers attack school, steal N1.5m

There was chaos at the Lagooz Schools on Omotoye Estate in the Orile Agege area of Lagos State after some hoodlums invaded the school premises. It was learnt that some Hausa teenagers, numbering about 100, stormed the school with machetes and other weapons. They were said to have attacked the school’s principal and a teacher,... Read More

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‘We’re not lily-livered, he cannot threaten us’ – Lagos Senators berate Melaye

The two Senators representing Lagos state in the Senate, Senators Olugbenga Ashafa and Solomon Adeola, on Wednesday, lambasted Senator Dino Melaye for his verbal assault on Senator Oluremi Tinubu. Tinubu, who is the wife of the National Leader of the All Progressive Congress and also a Senator representing Lagos state, was said to have been... Read More

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Army, Boko Haram exchange gunfire for 3 hours

Troops of the Nigerian Army, on Tuesday, repelled a Boko Haram attack after more than 3 hours of gunfire. According to a statement signed by Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, the Acting Director Army Public Relations, the insurgents had mounted a siege in the town of Kangarwa, Borno state. The statement, however, did not disclose the... Read More

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How Lagos police prevented attack on community

The Lagos state Police Command, on Saturday, revealed that it has apprehended two suspects who had allegedly attempted to attack Igando community in Lagos. According to a statement by the spokesperson of the Lagos Police, Dolapo Badmos, the suspects were arrested on Thursday. Residents of the community had contacted the police the moment the suspects arrived... Read More

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16 killed in Boko Haram, Army Clash

The Nigerian Army, on Saturday, disclosed that Boko Haram terrorist launched a surprise attack on the Army’s location at Rann, Kala Balge Local Government Area of Borno State. According to statement signed by Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, Acting Director Army Public Relations The army spokesperson noted that sixteen of the terrorist were killed and several... Read More

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10 killed as suicide bomber attacks Nigeria-Cameroon border town

About ten persons were killed in a Boko Haram suicide bomb blast that occurred on Thursday in the town of Djakana near the Nigerian border. According to a security source who spoke to newsmen, the victims of the attack were mostly members of a vigilante group that work to combat terror. The security source was quoted by... Read More

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How over 100 militants invaded Ogun village, left corpses behind

About 15 people are said to have died in Imushin community of the Ogijo area of Ogun State after suspected militants, on Friday, invaded the the community, the Punch reports. The report said about 100 militants stormed the community at about 11pm on Friday, killing anyone in their path and looting businesses in the process. The militants... Read More

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Military averts oil pipeline attack, 19 militants arrested

Nigerian military, on Friday, announced that it has apprehended 19 suspected oil militants as they tried to blow up an oil pipeline. According to a statement issued by the Coordinator of Joint Media Campaign Centre, Colonel Isa Ado, the militants were about to blow up an oil pipeline operated by the Nigerian subsidiary of Italy’s... Read More

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5 soldiers injured, 6 insurgents killed as Army repels Boko Haram attack

The Nigerian Army, on Monday, announced that it has scored another decisive victory against Boko Haram insurgents in the North-Eastern region of the country. The Army made this known through a statement signed by Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, Acting Director Army Public Relations. The statement noted that the Nigerian troops successfully repelled an attack on... Read More

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Shell

Avengers attack: ‘We don’t know when we’ll resume exportation’ – Shell

Following the militant attack on its oil installations, Shell Nigeria, on Friday, confirmed that the Niger Delta Avengers blew up the Forcados 48 inches under-repair by the Shell Petroleum Development Company terminal pipeline in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State This was disclosed by the company in a statement, wherein the it noted that... Read More

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2 Fulani herdsmen charged with murder, to ‘remain in prison till September’

Two Fulani herdsmen suspected to be behind the May 20 attack on Oke Ado, Ikole Ekiti Local Government Area of Ekiti State, were on Wednesday, remanded in jail by a Chief Magistrate’s court in Ado Ekiti. According to Vanguard, the suspects, Usman Salihu (50) and Abubakar Auta C52) were arraigned before the court on charges... Read More

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Herdsman reveals how Enugu community was attacked (READ)

Mohammadu Zurai, a suspect in the April 25 attack on Nimbo community in Enugu state, has given details on how the violent attack was carried. According to the Punch, Zurai, who was arrested alongside four other suspects, Ciroma Musa, Sale Adamu, Suleiman Laute, and Haruna Laute, by the Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team,... Read More

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Police arrest five men over ‘Enugu massacre’

The Nigeria Police Force, on Wednesday, announced that it has successfully arrested five persons believed to be involved in the midnight attack on Nimbo community in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State on April 25. According to the Police force spokesperson, Bisi Kolawole, officials of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) using credible intelligence had... Read More

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Governor Fayose incites hunters in Ekiti to fight herdsmen

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state, on Monday, banned Fulani herdsmen from operating within the state. The Governor also incited hunters in the state to curb the herdsmen attack in whatever means possible. This follows the recent attacking of a community in the state. Watch video below https://youtu.be/s5KdwFJt9EE

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PDP crisis: Police ‘uncover plan’ to attack Party HQ today

The Nigerian Police Force, on Sunday, explained why the force deployed some of its officials to the national headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party in Abuja. According to a statement signed by ACP Olabisi Kolawole, Force Public Relations Officers, Police Headquarters, Abuja, the force had gotten credible intelligence that aggrieved members of the PDP were... Read More

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Fulani herdsmen attack community in Plateau state

Fulani herdsmen have struck again, this time attacking Zim community in Ropp District of Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State. According to The Punch, the herdsmen had attacked the community at about 7:30 pm on Tuesday, killing a 28 year old man, Dazi Bulus, and wounding two young men. Residents of the community... Read More

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Fulani herdsmen ‘attack Benue community, 5 dead’

While the Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom, was busy praising the Buhari administration for the removal of fuel subsidy, Leadership is reporting that Fulani herdsmen attacked his state, killing five persons. The herdsmen were said to have attacked Agwabi community in Binev council ward of Buruku local government area of Benue State on Friday night.... Read More

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“We are not planning on attacking Enugu” – Fulani community

The Fulani community in Enugu state, on Saturday, assured the people of the state that they are not planning to attack any community in the state, thus dispelling the rumour of a planned attack on Nze Community in Udi local government area of the state. Speaking at the palace of the traditional rulers of the... Read More

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Army confirms attack in Maiduguri – and it was a suicide bomb

The Nigerian Army has confirmed the suicide bomb attack earlier reported at the entrance of Musa Usman Secretariat, Maiduguri, Borno state. Speaking on the development, the Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Usman, on Thursday, in a press release said that: “This afternoon, combined team of Nigeria policemen maintaining security duties at the entrance... Read More

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Fulani herdsmen attack Taraba communities, 13 dead, several injured

Perhaps emboldened by the inaction of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration towards curbing their activities, the dreaded Fulani herdsmen have struck again. This time in Korum, Orawua and Gidan Bature communities in Gassol Local Government Council of Taraba State. About 13 persons were allegedly killed in the Saturday attack, which was confirmed by the Police... Read More

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‘Fulani herdsmen have to defend themselves when attacked’

In spite of the recent string of attacks carried out by Fulani herdsmen on farming communities across the country, the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigerian has maintained that the pastoralists kill their hosts in self-defence. Senator Dagiri Alkali, the leader of a delegation of MACBAN to the Defence Headquarters, said on Wednesday, that... Read More

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Fulani herdsmen regroup for another attack on Enugu

There are indications that Fulani herdsmen have allegedly regrouped in bushes near Iga community for further attacks and destruction. Iga is in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State that was attacked last week Monday by blood thirsty Fulani herdsmen. According to a source, who spoke to Vanguard on the condition of anonymity, the high... Read More

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