Category: Security
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Court Sentence Three To Death Over Murder Of Fasoranti’s Daughter
The Ondo State High Court, Akure, on Friday, sentenced three persons to death for killing Mrs Funke Olakunrin, the daughter of the Afenifere leader, Chief Reuben Fasoranti. The deceased was killed by the convicts along Benin-Ore-Shagamu Expressway in the Ore Odigbo Local Government Area of the state in June 2019, on her way to Lagos…
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Large Crowd Breaks Into The APC Primary Venue
Large crowd had overpowered the security officials on duty at the venue of the All Progressive Congress primary and gained access to Eagle Square, the venue of the convention. The situation was quickly controled as another set of security officials went in to block the last gate to the venue of the national convention. …
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Muslim Students Demands Justice For Woman Killed In Anambra State
The Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria, Lagos State Area Unit, has called for the arrest of the killers of Harira Jubril and her children in Anambra State. The president of the MSSN in Lagos State, Miftahudeen Thanni, made this known on Thursday, in a press statement to commemorate the 2022 Children’s Day. According to the…
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Abuja-Kaduna Attack: Bandits Make New Demands
Bandits who attacked the Abuja-Kaduna bound AK9 train on March, 28, have threatened to commence the killing of abducted passengers in their custody failure of the Federal Government to meet their demands within seven days. Parts of the demands were the unconditional release of their detained children held in an orphanage home in Adamawa…
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Reps Tackles Service Chiefs For Refusing To Honour Invitation
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Idris Wase, on Wednesday blasted service chiefs and the ministers of relevant agencies over their failure to honour the lawmakers’ invitation. The lawmakers summoned the service chiefs and ministers of relevant ministries and agencies to appear before it in conjunction with the chairmen of the committees…
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Secretary General Of Trade Union Congress Of Nigeria, Eight Others Confirmed Dead Over Train Attack
The Secretary-General of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) of Nigeria, Barrister Musa-Lawal Ozigi, has been confirmed to be among the passengers killed when terrorists bombed an Abuja-Kaduna train and abducted scores of passengers on Monday evening. Reportedly eight passengers have now been confirmed dead as the search-and-rescue mission continues in the area. 125
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Nigerians Mourn Doctor Killed In Abuja-Kaduna Train Attack
Chinelo Megafu, who died from injuries sustained during the terror attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train late Monday. Chinelo had tweeted during the attack, saying she had been shot and asked for prayers. She tweeted, “I’m on the train. I have been shot. Please pray for me.” A colleague of hers, Dr Michael Ajidahun better…
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Bandits Attacks Abuja-Kaduna Train
Armed persons Monday evening attacked a Kaduna-bound train carrying hundreds of passengers.The train, which left Abuja at about 6 p.m., was attacked between Katari and Rijana. The Kaduna State Government confirmed the attack but said it was successfully repelled. One of the passengers aboard the train, Anas Iro-Danmusa, took to Facebook to solicit for prayers…
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FRSC Returns Cash Recovered from Crash
Mr Yildung Bitrus, the Assistant Corps Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Okigwe Unit Command, said that the corps had returned the cash recovered from an accident scene in Okigwe to the victims’ relatives. Bitrus disclosed this to Newsmen, on Thursday in Owerri, as part of the development after a fatal accident that occurred on…
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Security Operatives Usurp Cross River House Of Assembly
On Tuesday morning, armed policemen took over the Cross River State House of Assembly. The policemen drawn from the anti-kidnapping squad and regular policemen were also seen around the routes leading to the House of Assembly. Movement into the Assembly premises on Diamond Hill was restricted.As their presence followed a High Court ruling on Monday…