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Tuesday, 12 October 2021 05:47

After 34 years, Sankara murder trial begins in Burkina Faso

The trial of 14 people accused of plotting the assassination of Burkina Faso's former president Thomas Sankara started on Monday, 34 years after he was gunned down in one of the most infamous killings in modern African history. Sankara - a charismatic Marxist revolutionary widely known as "Africa's Che Guevara" - was killed in 1987 during a coup led by his former ally Blaise Compaore. Compaore, who went on to rule the West African nation for almost three decades before he himself was ousted and fled to neighbouring Ivory Coast, has been charged with complicity in absentia. He has denied…

Monday, 11 October 2021 05:42

Gunmen attack Adamawa police station while mother, daughter abducted nearby

Suspected kidnappers have attacked Ngurore Police station in Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa state and abducted a nursing mother in the area. Sulaiman Nguroje, Police Public Relations Officer in the state, confirmed the development to Newsmen on Sunday. According to Nguroje, the criminal gang attacked the station at about 2 am on Sunday, but no casualty was recorded. ”The suspected kidnappers targeted one Umaru of Nasarawo B, a resident of Ngurore town in Yola South LGA. “The criminals separated into two groups; one attacked the Police station to divert the attention of security operatives, while other group attacked…

Sunday, 10 October 2021 06:08

Gunmen kill at least 20 in attack in Sokoto

At least 20 people were killed in Sokoto state when gunmen attacked a market and torched cars, as armed gangs continue to wreak havoc in the northwest part of the country, a state official and local member of parliament said on Saturday. Northwestern Nigeria has since last December witnessed a wave of kidnappings of school children and villagers for ransoms by bandits, disrupting everyday life for millions of citizens. Idriss Gobir, special adviser to the Governor on security matters, said the armed bandits rode on motorcycles and shot sporadically, killing several people. "The bandits in large numbers killed at least…

Friday, 08 October 2021 05:45

Gunmen kill 2 policemen, 2 lawyers; burn 7 travellers alive In Ebonyi

Not less than 11 persons, including policemen, were killed when gunmen invaded Isu and Onicha Igboeze communities in Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. Two Policemen were reportedly killed in Isu while others were killed in Onicha Igboeze, same local government area. Two lawyers were among the victims killed by the gunmen. The lawyers were in transit when they ran into the gunmen. After killing them, the gunmen were said to have left with the vehicle belonging to the lawyers, while they set ablaze their own Lexus Jeep vehicle. Before the incident, seven travellers were burnt alive inside the…

Friday, 08 October 2021 05:44

Gunmen kill five policemen in Niger state community

In an attack by gunmen on Tuesday in Pangu community of Rafi Local Government Area of Niger state, five mobile policemen have been reportedly killed. The gunmen were also accused of burning down the Pangu primary healthcare centre and two vehicles belonging to the mobile policemen. The gunmen according to sources from the community invaded the town on motorcycles shooting sporadically to scared people away. It was gathered that the gunmen began shooting the mobile policemen who tried to stop the attack and that led to the death of the security agents. The bodies of the deceased have been taken…

Thursday, 07 October 2021 05:53

Despite telecom blackout, military onslaught, bandits kill 18 in Zamfara

Armed men killed at least 18 people and set ablaze cars and shops in Zamfara state, where the government has imposed a telecoms blackout as part of a security operation against groups of kidnappers, two residents said on Wednesday. Northwest Nigeria has been engulfed in crisis since late 2020, when groups of armed men began a spate of mass abductions from schools and other violent attacks on villages and on people travelling by road. Two residents said the attack on Kuryan Madaro village in Zamfara happened around 9 p.m. on Tuesday when a dozens of bandits rode into the village…

Thursday, 07 October 2021 05:52

Bandits kill 10 in fresh attack on Katsina community

Armed bandits on Tuesday morning killed 10 people and injured several others in an attack during which they also burnt shops and houses in Yasore community in Katsina State, residents say. Yasore is less than two kilometres from Batsari, headquarters of the local government area by the same name. Batsari is among the LGAs witnessing incessant bandits’ attacks in Katsina. It shares boundaries with Rugu forest, Jibia local government in Katsina and Zurmi in Zamfara State. The state government has cut mobile telecommunications network in Batsari and 13 other local government areas in the state as part of efforts to…

Wednesday, 06 October 2021 05:54

Gunmen kill DSS officer, 2 vigilantes in Imo, Enugu

A personnel of Department of State Services (DSS), Ezeonye Ozuzu, was reportedly killed, on Monday, while engaging hoodlums who were forcefully enforcing the sit-at-home directive of the Indigenous People of Biafra, in Imo State. The officer was said to be among the task force team deployed to Anambra State, a few hours after the burning of the DSS office in Nnewi, according to a family source. He was said to have been killed while returning to his station. Dan Opara, a relation to the deceased said their family got to know of his death when a report came from the…

Tuesday, 05 October 2021 05:49

Peter Obi projects an image of integrity and probity as public officer. But Pandora Papers reveal the ex-Anambra gov broke the law severally in secret offshore businesses

Peter Obi, ex-governor of Anambra State in Southeastern Nigeria, is widely regarded in Nigeria as an advocate of good governance, openness, and transparency. In addition to speeches on his governance records and statistics-laden prescriptions for Nigeria’s development, he likes to talk about how hugely successful he became in business before diving into politics. In speeches and in printed literature, Obi is never shy, reeling out his numerous business affiliations and accomplishments. On his website, for example, the former governor said he “was chairman of Next International Nigeria Ltd, then chairman and director of Guardian Express Mortgage Bank Ltd, Guardian Express…

Tuesday, 05 October 2021 05:44

Boko Haram sets up alternative govt in Niger state

Boko Haram insurgents are coercing residents of Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State to marry off their daughters at the age of 12 years. Residents of affected communities said the insurgents have ordered them not to recognise any constituted authority. A resident of the area, and Co-Convener of Concerned Shiroro Youths, Bello Ibrahim, told our correspondent that, “At a time, they were in Kawure, the village of former Senator Representing Niger East, David Umaru. “But there was operation to dislodge them by the joint military task force. “Fortunately they were dispatched but after a while, since military base is…

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Monday, 04 October 2021 05:54

Boko Haram moves into Northcentral Nigeria in apparent expansion - Officials

Boko Haram insurgents have taken over multiple communities in Nigeria’s Northcentral Niger state, offering villagers money and incorporating them in their ranks to fight the government, a local government official and the state’s information commission told Reuters. The Islamist group is typically concentrated in the Northeast of Africa’s most populous nation, and its presence in Niger, a state that borders the federal capital territory, could indicate a concerning spread at a time the military says its counter-insurgency efforts are working. Suleiman Chukuba, chairman of Shiroro local government area in Niger state, which borders Abuja, said Boko Haram fighters were now…

Monday, 04 October 2021 05:52

Gunmen burn down DSS operational base, ex-Finance Minister’s home in Anambra

Gunmen have set ablaze an operational base of the Department of State Services (DSS) in Nnewi, Anambra state. The gunmen were said to have invaded the area on Sunday in a sports utility vehicle (SUV). In a video of the incident, the gunmen could be seen parading the building and later drove away from the scene. When our correspondent reached out to Ikenga Tochukwu, Anambra police command spokesperson, he said the only information at his disposal is a case of fire incidents in some parts of Nnewi. Tochukwu said he had received further details about the buildings affected in the…

Saturday, 02 October 2021 05:40

Bandits moving from village to village kill 30, abduct 7 women in Niger state

There has been tension in Munya Local Government Area of Niger State, as villagers around Sarkin Pawa Ward vacate their homes following the invasion of three villages by bandits where no fewer than 30 persons were reportedly killed. Seven women were also kidnaped by the bandits in Sabon Kachiwe. A Local Government official from the affected community who spoke in confidence told our correspondent that the attackers also set ablaze the entire villages, after slaughtering and shooting both men and women on sight. Secretary to the State Government, Ahmed Ibrahim Matane had earlier confirmed the attack on the three villages.…

Friday, 01 October 2021 06:14

Gov candidates shun outdoor campaign as 6 officers killed, police station burnt in worsening Anambra violence

killings in Anambra State continued unabated on Thursday as six policemen were shot dead by hoodlums despite the heavy presence of security operatives in major towns of the state. Also, at Nnobi in Idemili South Local Government Area of the state, a car belonging to a member of the House of Representatives for Nnewi North/South/ Ekwusigo, Chris Azubogu, was attacked and his driver killed. Thursday’s killings came barely 48 hours after the gruesome murder of Chike Akunyili, widower of the late former Minister of Information, Dora Akunyili, and eight others in the state. It was gathered that the latest incident…

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