The Managing Director, Nigerian Railway Corporation, Mr Fidet Okhiria, has said that 14 of the 21 passengers abducted on board Ak9 train on the standard gauge rail from Kaduna to Abuja were found alive and safe. This is contained in a statement issued on Monday in Lagos by Okhiria in an update on the attack […]
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About 11 soldiers have been killed in an attack by suspected gunmen on a military base in Birnin Gwari LGA of Kaduna state, sources have told TheCable. The gunmen who came in large numbers were said to have invaded the base at Polwire village on Monday and engaged the troops in a fierce gun battle. […]
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A member of the Northern Elders Forum, Usman Yusuf, has revealed what controversial Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, told bandits they met in the thick forests of eight northern states. According to the elder statesman, Gumi told the bandits (now designated terrorists) that killing, raping, maiming and burning of private and public assets were unacceptable and […]
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Over 30 passengers have been allegedly kidnapped by armed bandits at Garun-Gabas in Rafi Local Government Council of Niger State. It was gathered that the victims were abducted Wednesday afternoon along the Zungeru-Garin-Gabas highway on three separate vehicles. DAILY POST learnt that they were traveling in an 18-seater bus and two other vehicles when they […]
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Unknown gunmen have killed about 12 persons after storming the Sakajiki village in Kaura Namoda Emirate of Zamfara State. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mohammed Shehu explained that the casualties recorded in the incident would have been more if not for the timely intervention of the police operatives deployed in the area. The PPRO […]
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More than 20 Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters died Wednesday evening in Ngamdu, Borno State. The insurgents were eliminated by ground forces and airstrikes during an attempt to breach a military motorcade. ISWAP commanders, Yaya Ebraheem, Baba Chattimari and Abu Adam Oubaida led the assault on the convoy and a Forward Operating Base […]
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Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, has revealed what he described as his biggest fear about Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorist group. El-Rufai said the biggest fear is that Boko Haram members may relocate from the Northeast to the Northwest. The governor disclosed this at the ‘Fountain Summit’, an event organised by the Ekiti Government […]
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Peter Obi, former Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has rubbished the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, Abubakar Malami, for saying the Federal Government may declare a state of emergency in Anambra State. Obi said the Federal Government should first declare a State of emergency in Nigeria before taking such a […]
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Nigerian enigmatic artiste and social crusader, Charles Oputa, also known as Charlyboy, has reacted to the attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy, NDA, by terrorists in which two army officers were gunned down and two Majors abducted. DAILY POST had reported that the assailants broke into the NDA premises in the early hours of Monday when the […]
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Suspected armed bandits reportedly opened fire on a tanker conveying petrol to the Dansadau axis of Zamfara State. An eyewitness said that, the petrol tanker was attacked along old military checkpoints closer to Yargaladima town in Dansadau emirate. It was gathered that the tanker driver and his aides escaped from the tanke and their whereabouts […]
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