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Kogi Boils As Suspected Herdsmen Kill Traditional Ruler, Wife, Nine Others … Burn Houses
Ten persons, including a traditional ruler, the Onu Agbenema, Musa Edibo; and his wife have been killed, while several houses were burnt down by suspected herdsmen in separate attacks on Agbenema, Aj’Ichekpa, Opada and Iyade villages, on…
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Plateau: Police probe Miyetti Allah ID card allegedly found at scene of bloody attack
An identity card belonging to the Deputy Chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State, Zakariya Ya’u Idris, is now a subject of controversy.
The Police authorities…
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Miyetti Allah kicks as police arrest 54 in connection to attack on Taraba communities
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria on Sunday said the arbitrary arrest and persecution of its members by the police and the Takum Council Chairman, Hon. Shiban Tikari, was inimical to peace.
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Kogi killings: Bello to set up judicial panel of inquiry
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Saturday said that government would set up a judicial panel of inquiry to unravel the immediate and remote causes of the March 14 herdsmen/farmers clash that claimed several lives in Ogane-Enigu.
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Kidnapping: I offered N60m out of €1m Evans demanded, he rejected it —Victim tells court
A Lagos-based businessman, Donatus Dunu, who was kidnapped sometime in February 2017, appeared before the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja on Friday to narrate his ordeal in the kidnappers’ den where he spent 88 days and how he managed to…
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Independence Day Bombing: Okah sentenced to life imprisonment
Charles Okah has been sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the 2010 Independence Day bombing in Abuja.
He was sentenced by the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, alongside Obi Nwabueze, his co-accused.
His elder…
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Senate urges Buhari to sign Peace Corps Bill, or risk being vetoed
The Senate on Wednesday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to review his position in withholding assent on the bill to establish Peace Corps of Nigeria.
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Maryam Sanda, Alleged husband granted bail
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Jabi, on Wednesday granted bail to Maryam Sanda, who is being prosecuted for allegedly stabbing her husband, Bilyamin Bello, to death, on November 19, 2017.
Justice Yusuf Halilu who…
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Ex-militants threaten to return to creek in Ondo
Ex-militants from the coastal area of Ese Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State, has threatened to make the state ungovernable for Governor Rotimi Akeredolu if the state government failed to yield to their demands.
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Alleged frame-up: Dino Melaye arraigned, granted N100,000 bail
The Federal Government on Thursday arraigned the Kogi West Senator Dino Melaye before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja on two counts of giving false information about an assassination attempt on his life to the…
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