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An unidentified soldier allegedly shot a truck driver at the Airport Junction stretch of Omuagwa in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State yesterday. The incident reportedly occurred about 9pm on Friday at an army checkpoint along Port Harcourt-Airport-Owerri Road, Omagwa. The soldier, it was gathered had demanded the usual N200 charge for tankers from the victim, but the latter ...
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February, 2021
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21 February
Boko Haram hoists flag in parts of Borno state
Insurgents believed to be members of Boko Haram have hoisted their flag in parts of Marte local government in Borno State, according to military sources. The insurgents repeatedly attacked the local government within the week. On Friday, the insurgents attacked neighbouring Dikwa local government. But they were repelled by a combined effort of the air component and ground forces of ...
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21 February
2 blood brothers “charm” themselves to death over farm land.. See details
Two brothers have reportedly killed themselves during a heated argument over farmland at Tse Agbulu, Kunav Community, Sengenv council ward of Gwer West local government area of Benue State. The brothers, identified as Iorhemba Adóón and Jima Adóón, are said to have killed each other through charms. One of the sources disclosed that Jima Adoon took a tractor to plough ...
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21 February
Lagos drug baron, Chidi Olife, arrested after escape 10 yrs ago
He has been on the running, but now the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested the suspected drug baron, Chidi Olife, said to have escaped arrest for unlawful importation of 5.250kg of heroin from Pakistan to Lagos in 2010. His arrest in Lagos by the Joint Task Force Operation Unit of the NDLEA came just as operatives of the ...
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21 February
2 teenage boys still missing since Jan 31st, Alleged ritualists arrested
Hope of seeing them again is fading , as the clothes they wore on the day they went missing have been discovered in an abandoned building within the neighbourhood. The two missing 14-year-old are friends on Igbonla Street, Ketu, Lagos State. It was learnt that three neighbours identified simply as Fatai, Adam and Kehinde, have been arrested in connection with ...
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20 February
Zamfara bandit leader explains why many Fulanis are involved in banditry
The Zamfara State bandit leader, Dogo Gide, who controls the southern part of Zamfara forest, has revealed why most Fulanis are into abduction and affiliate crimes Gide explained that the Fulani were under pressure from all angles, “that was why most of them have been left with no option but to carry arms and also engage in banditry activities.” Economically, ...
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20 February
Miyetti Allah joins negotiation team with bandits
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association has joined the negotiation team with the bandits in an effort to rescue the kidnapped teachers and students of Government Science College Kagara in Niger State. A competent source disclosed that the National President of the association, Alhaji Kiruwa Zuru, is now part of the negotiation team. According to the source, the national president ...
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20 February
Sultan of Sokoto-led group seeks rescue of victims
An Islamic group, Jama’atu Nasril Islam, has called on the newly appointed service chiefs to take steps to rescue the pupils and school workers. Condemning the abduction, the group led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, expressed worry that the incident happened not too long after the kidnap of pupils in Kankara, Katsina State. This was contained in ...
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20 February
Kagara kidnappers propose Swap deal for arrested bandits
The group of bandits responsible for the Kagara abduction wanted their gang members in custody of security agencies released as a swap deal to free the abductees. Officials of Niger and Zamfara state governments met some bandits at Dutsin Magaji of Kotonkoro Forest in Rafi on Thursday evening. The forest reportedly connects the four states of Kebbi, Zamfara, Niger and ...
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20 February
Amnesty, the only way to end this crisis – Gunmi
The popular Kaduna-based cleric, Ahmad Gumi has maintained that the latest kidnapping by the bandits had reinforced his call for amnesty, adding that he was happy that people had started seeing reason with him. Gumi said, “It is not magic, I am telling you. I am not a criminal and I am not cajoling any government but I want peace ...
