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NSCDC Officer Shot In Kidnap Attack In Abuja Dies

NSCDC Officer Shot In Kidnap Attack In Abuja Dies

October 21, 2019 9:27 am

An officer of the Nigeria Security Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), who was shot during kidnappers’ onslaught on Pegi community in Kuje Area Council of the FCT, has died.

The victim, Samuel Aku Attah, a Chief Superintendent Officer in the NSCDC, died at the Gwagwalada Specialist Hospital, where he was receiving treatment.

The 44-year-old is survived by two children and aged parents. He was shot when gunmen, dressed in military camouflage, kidnapped nine persons during a raid on the community on October 8.

Meanwhile the Association of Local Government Vice Chairmen of Nigeria, (ALGOVC) has concluded arrangement to hold its …

Turkish Soldier Killed In Syrian Kurd Attack - Minister

Turkish Soldier Killed In Syrian Kurd Attack – Minister

October 20, 2019 6:26 am
A Turkish soldier was killed and another wounded in an attack by Syrian Kurdish forces on Sunday despite a ceasefire deal brokered by the United States, the defense ministry said.

“One of our heroic comrades fell martyr and another was wounded after anti-tank and small arms fire by… terrorists during their reconnaissance and surveillance mission” in the Tal Abyad border area, the ministry said in a statement.

The army returned fire in self-defense, it added. Turkey had agreed to suspend its Syria offensive for five days to allow Kurdish forces to withdraw from a safe zone along the border.

But

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Six Killed In Mali Attack On Pro-Government Forces

Six Killed In Mali Attack On Pro-Government Forces

October 19, 2019 9:34 am
Six people were killed late Friday when unknown assailants attacked a post held by armed pro-government groups in strife-torn northeastern Mali, the groups said in a statement.

Four more people were missing after the attack in Aguelhok, an alliance of pro-government forces calling itself Platform of the June 2014 Movements said.

The security situation in Mali has been deteriorating steadily with separatists, salafists and jihadists mounting deadly insurrections since 2012.

No military or political solution appears in sight for Mali, despite the deployment of French, African and UN troops in the country.

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Trump Twitter Photo Attack Backfires As Pelosi Owns It

Trump Twitter Photo Attack Backfires As Pelosi Owns It

October 17, 2019 9:42 am

President Donald Trump’s Twitter attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi following an acrimonious White House meeting appears to have backfired spectacularly.

Trump tweeted a picture of the encounter Wednesday showing a standing Pelosi pointing at the president while he and everyone else in the room was seated, with the caption “Nervous Nancy’s unhinged meltdown!”

However, far from being upset at the picture, Pelosi posted it as her Twitter banner, and her supporters said it showed her literally standing up to Trump.

“Can a woman beat Donald Trump? …

In Lagos: Hoodlums Attack Petrol Tanker, Scoop Fuel

In Lagos: Hoodlums Attack Petrol Tanker, Scoop Fuel

October 16, 2019 4:27 pm

Some hoodlums at Mile 2 area of Lagos State yesterday attacked a petrol-laden tanker as it passed through the area, causing it to spill its content. The hoodlums had waylaid the truck driver to extort money (Owo boys) from the driver.

When the driver hesitated, the boys hit the tanker with an iron, causing it to spill its content. Following this incident, residents and passersby began to scoop petrol gushing out from the 33,000-litre tanker despite the danger of such action.

The incident caused panic in the area with many nursing the fear of a fire outbreak in the event …

Four Persons Have Been Killed In Fresh Burkina Faso Attack

Four Persons Have Been Killed In Fresh Burkina Faso Attack

October 13, 2019 8:51 am

Four civilians have been killed in the latest attack in the volatile northern region of Burkina Faso, security sources told AFP on Sunday.

Saturday’s attack in Samboulga, in the northern province of Lorum, comes after armed men stormed a mosque in the town of Salmossi killing 16 on Friday, underscoring the difficulties faced by the country in its battle against jihadists.

“Four people were killed Saturday night by armed individuals in Samboulga,” one security source told AFP.

“According to residents, the attackers broke into the village and shot people indiscriminately,” the source added.

There was no immediate information about …

Gunmen Attack Mosque In Burkina Faso, Killing 15 Persons

Gunmen Attack Mosque In Burkina Faso, Killing 15 Persons

October 13, 2019 2:57 am

At least 15 people have been killed and two seriously injured in an attack on a mosque in northern Burkina Faso by a yet to be identified gunmen.

Gunmen entered the Grand Mosque in the village of Salmossi on Friday evening as those inside were praying. The attack prompted many locals to flee the village which is close to the Malian border.

Hundreds of people have been killed in the country over the past few years, mostly by jihadist groups. One resident from the nearby town of Gorom-Gorom told AFP news agency: “Since this morning, people have started to flee …

Herdsmen Attack Us Because They Are Neglected - Masari

Herdsmen Attack Us Because They Are Neglected – Masari

October 10, 2019 1:15 pm
Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State has attributed banditry and other security challenges that have hitherto bedeviled the state to the systematic neglect of herdsmen by successive governments and the inability to provide social amenities to their communities.
He said although the state government had been able to successfully persuade the herdsmen to renounce their criminal acts and embrace peace, the government must however put in place the structures that would sustain the peace permanently.
Masari, in a statement issued to newsmen on Thursday by his Director of Media and Publicity, Abdu Labaran Malumfashi, said the herders complained of
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Breaking News: Police Attack IPOB Protesters In S/Africa

Breaking News: Police Attack IPOB Protesters In S/Africa

October 3, 2019 12:11 pm

South African police opened fire on Biafran protesters who took to the streets in a peaceful protest against the fake Buhari that is occupying Aso Rock.

There has been what can best be described as a barbaric and disgraceful attack against peaceful IPOB protesters today by the South African Police. The sovereign leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu took to his social media handles to lament and decry this ugly and distasteful development, which according to him has paled white apartheid regime into insignificance in terms of brutality and incredulity.

He said: “We hereby place it …

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Attack on Ekweremadu a ‘polite warning,’ says Nnamdi Kanu

August 19, 2019 1:11 am

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB) Sunday commended members of the secessionist group for assaulting a Nigerian Senator Ike Ekweremadu.

“The courageous act by IPOB at Nürnberg Germany is a polite warning to those engaged in selling our collective interest to Fulani caliphate,” Kanu tweeted on Sunday.

Ekweremadu Saturday was physically assaulted by some IPOB members in Nuremberg, Germany.

He confirmed the attack in a statement by his media aide Uche Anichukwu.

The Senator said he was disappointed by the conduct of the IPOB members and had reported the attack to the Nigerian Ambassador to Germany, Yusuf …

Christchurch attack: NZ sets $135m to buy back guns banned

Christchurch attack: NZ sets $135m to buy back guns banned

June 20, 2019 9:52 am

New Zealand’s government on Thursday launched a multi-million-dollar, six-month guns “buy-back” scheme to compensate owners of powerful but newly banned semi-automatic weapons prohibited in the wake of deadly attacks on two mosques in the Southern city of Christchurch.

Finance Minister Grant Robertson and Minister of Police Stuart Nash said in a joint emailed statement that NZ$208 million ($135.97 million) had been set aside to compensate owners of the banned semi-automatic firearms up to 95% of the original cost.

They would have until Dec. 20 to hand in their guns.

“Police have detailed plans in place for the next step, which …

Nigerian troops lose ₦15 million to Boko Haram in ambush

Boko Haram jihadists attack Nigeria military base, town

June 18, 2019 9:44 am
Suspected Boko Haram jihadists have overrun a military base and looted a nearby town in northeast Nigeria, security sources and residents said Tuesday, the latest such attack in the restive region.

The raids came a day after 30 people were killed on Sunday in a triple suicide bombing in the region that also bore the hallmarks of Boko Haram.

Boko Haram’s decade-long campaign of violence has killed 27,000 people and displaced about two million in Nigeria.

Late on Monday assailants, arriving on nine armoured trucks, stormed into the military base outside the town of Gajiram, 80 kilometres (50 miles),

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