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FG Fumes Over Recent Killings Of Nigerians In South Africa

FG Fumes Over Recent Killings Of Nigerians In South Africa

October 18, 2022 5:51 am

The government of Nigeria has described the recent killings of Nigerians in South Africa as wicked and callous while calling for sustained efforts to end it.

In a statement issued Monday, the Consulate General of Nigeria in South Africa said the killings, which happened In the last three weeks, were unnecessary.

It said: ‘The Consulate General of Nigeria, Johannesburg, has received with grave concern reports of recent violent killings of Nigerians in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal Province.

‘The killings, which happened In the last three weeks, are unnecessary, condemnable, and utterly …

Orsu Uzodinma And The Nigerian Military Must Come Clean

Orsu: Uzodinma And The Nigerian Military Must Come Clean

September 29, 2022 6:39 am

A fortnight ago, Imo State was in the news again for the wrong reasons. This time, it was the report of killings, arson, and destruction which occurred at Eke-Ututu Market in Orsu-Ihiteukwa following an invasion by a combined team of Nigerian security forces. The attack saw the reduction of the famous market to ashes which has now left many families mourning their loved ones and villagers counting their losses.

Over the last three years, Imo State and indeed the entire southeast geopolitical zone of Nigeria has not had the best of times with the security of lives and property. Countless …

2023 I Know A Name That Can Change Nigeria For Good –Adeboye

2023: I Know A Name That Can Change Nigeria For Good –Adeboye

June 8, 2022 7:06 am

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, says he knows a name that could change Nigeria for good.

He said this on his Facebook page, attaching an image of himself with a text – Jesus.

‘I know a name that can change the current state of Nigeria for Good,’ he posted.

He said this hours after reacting to the killings of Christian worshippers at St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo in Ondo State.

Africa Daily News, New York had earlier reported that gunmen attacked the church, killing about 40 worshippers during Sunday service.

Adeboye …

Gunmen Abduct Catholic Priest, Kill Many In Kaduna Community

Gunmen Abduct Catholic Priest, Kill Many In Kaduna Community

March 8, 2022 5:11 am

Suspected bandits on Tuesday morning invaded Kudendan community, in Kaduna State and abducted a Catholic Church priest whose name was given as Reverend Fr. Joseph Akeke while also shooting a yet-to-be-identified number of people.

The incident sent many residents into serious panic, as they heard sounds of gunshots, thinking it was from the security operatives who were meant to be protecting the community.

A resident, Sunday Moses who spoke to newsmen said, ‘the kidnappers killed two security guards before gaining access to the Reverend Father’s house.’

Read Also: Insecurity: Nine Abducted As Bandits Attack Sokoto

He went on to explain …

Katsina Lives Matter - Protest In Buhari’s State Over Killings, Banditry

Katsina Lives Matter: Protest In Buhari’s State Over Killings, Banditry

June 17, 2020 1:09 pm

Hundreds of youths in Katsina State, on Tuesday staged peaceful protest over the increasing banditry, killings and kidnappings.

The protest was organised by the National Youths Council of Nigeria (NYCN) and Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG).

The Commissioner of Police, Sanusi Buba, addressed the protestors.

Read Also: Police Harvest Bodies Of Bandits In Katsina Forest

The youths had planned to converge on the Katsina Emir’s Palace, but their plan was scuttled by security agents, who blocked all roads leading to the palace.

However, they passed through Kofar-Durbi to GRA carrying placards with different inscriptions.

Some of them read: “stop …

Nembe

Panel On Nembe Killings

November 30, 2019 7:02 am

The Bayelsa State Government has inaugurated a six-member panel of enquiry on the violence that rocked Nembe Local Government Area and other parts of the state before and during the November 16 governorship election in the state. At least 20 persons were reportedly killed during the incident while over 93 persons, including bystanders were injured during an aborted Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship rally in Nembe on November 13 when they were attacked by thugs. Inaugurating the panel at the Government House, Yenagoa, Governor Seriake Dickson who decried political violence and brigandage said those that were wounded were still receiving …

Nembe Killings: PDP Plotting Mayhem For APC – Sylva

November 15, 2019 6:27 am

Minister of State Petroleum and Director-General of Bayelsa APC governorship campaign council, Chief Timipre Sylva has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of causing mayhem in Nembe which is APC stronghold to weaken the resolve of the people to vote out the party on Saturday.

Sylva who addressed a press conference while expressing sadness over the deaths recorded in Nembe called on security agencies to act on the intelligence report over the activities of certain PDP chieftains.

He described the Nembe people as peace loving and wondered why violence had not broken out in the area since campaigns started.

Sylva …

Insight On The Kogi Campus Killings

November 14, 2019 10:40 am

OVER the course of penultimate weekend, news came of the massacre of no fewer than 13 students of the Kogi State University, KSU, Ayingba, Kogi State, by alleged cultists. According to the reports, the killings were reprisals staged by an unnamed cult whose leader was murdered by a rival group in the KSU. Nine students, including a 200-level female student and her boyfriend, were reportedly killed on the KSU campus and at different locations within the Ayingba town. Many who escaped with injuries were hospitalised.

Although concrete facts of this story were mostly shrouded, the KSU Public Relations Officer, Joseph …

Plateau Killings: Berom Wants Sen. Gyang’s Apology

Plateau Killings: Berom Wants Sen. Gyang’s Apology

November 8, 2019 10:47 am
A group under the aegis of Berom Political Frontiers in Plateau State has urged the senator representing Plateau North in the National Assembly, Sen. Istifanus Gyang, to tender an unreserved apology to the Berom nation for begging killer herdsmen on the perennial attacks suspected to have been carried by the Fulani in Plateau North.
Chairman of the group, Mr. David Choji and Secretary, Pam Markus while briefing journalists in Jos on Friday on the forth coming Berom Unity Service “WUSAL Berom” said nobody had directed Sen. Gyang to speak for and on behalf of the Berom nation on such a
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Banditry, kidnappings, and killings in the North

May 4, 2019 11:25 am

By Odumodu Gbulagu

 

In the times past when the kidnapping scourge was at it’s peak in the Southeast and South South geopolitical zones of Nigeria, the two zones were mocked by the rest of the country and the Igbos especially were accused of turning everything including kidnapping to money making venture.
Now the menace is a thing of the past in both zones, and it has become a lucrative and budding business in the unlikeliest of places: the Northern part of the country and
Kaduna, Katsina, Zamfara and Abuja have become the hotbeds.

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Atiku’s 66 grounds of appeal against tribunal verdict

Incessant killings: Atiku calls on FG to tighten security

April 22, 2019 7:51 am

Following the alarming increase in insecurity across the country, the defeated presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the just concluded election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has called on the federal government to put an end to its empty rhetorics and take urgent action to stem insecurity.

The former vice-president made the call Monday in a statement he personally signed, where he lamented that when the punishment for crimes are not forthcoming, criminals are emboldened to commit even worse crimes.

He stressed the need to keep Nigeria safe for Nigerians and foreigners, noting that as long as there is
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