‘Juju’ Worshippers Kill 20 Policemen In Nasarawa

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The deadly militia group popularly known as Ombatse on Tuesday killed at least 20 police officers in an ambush, 10 kilometres from Lafia, the Nasarawa state capital, Nigeria’s north central region.

Aside those killed, nine others were critically injured by the militia and eight out of 11 operational vehicles set ablaze by the militia in the village.The state police commissioner, Abayomi Akeremale, who spoke with newsmen on the attack, said the large contingent was on a mission to raid the shrine.

He said: “We decided at the State Security Council meeting, because of the frequent attacks on churches and mosques by this particular group, who are forcing people to swear an oath at the shrine, that we carry out an operation and arrest the perpetrators for prosecution; less it turns into a religious crisis.

SSS Parades Suspect Allegedly Hired by Governor Akpabio's Loyalists To ‘Kill’ Senator Etok

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The State Security Service (SSS) today paraded a suspect, ex-militant Adelola Tamunotonye Olaore, alias "General Africa" over a plot to assassinate and extort money from Senator Aloysius Etok in Abuja.

 Senator Etok is the man that Governor Goodswill Akpabio openly admitted having rigged into office, although the Senator has said his election was transparent. 

But Senator Etok also occupies the Ikot Ekpene Senatorial Seat, the same seat that the governor covets in 2015 when he cannot run for a third term, giving the impression it is merely being held in trust for him. 

Blasts near Boston Marathon kill 2; injury toll rising

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2 dead, 20 injured after explosions at Boston Marathon today. Below is how CNN is reporting it...

Blasts near the finish line of the Boston Marathon killed two people and injured more than 20others Monday, Boston police said.

The marathon itself, on its Facebook page, referred to the blasts as bombs. Authorities did not say immediately what caused the explosions.

Massachusetts General Hospital said it was treating 19 injured people; Tufts Medical Center reported that it was treating nine people. Combined, that brings the number of injured to at least 28. Police reported 22 people injured.

The explosions sent smoke billowing into the air at Copley Square, turning a site of celebration into a mess of destruction. 

Unknown Gunmen Kill Younger Brother Of NNPC GMD In Kaduna

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According to SaharaReporters, the younger brother of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Group Managing Director, Engr. Andrew La'ah Yakubu was gruesomely murdered by unknown gunmen in Kaduna this morning.

The gun men in conjunction with their collaborators reportedly trailed the GMD's younger brother from Kaduna town as he set off to Southern Kaduna to attend a funeral in Zangon Kataf local government area of the state.

The deceased was traveling with his wife and little girl before they were ambushed in the middle of the road around Kachia local government area, the fate of the other occupants in his car remains unknown.

Gunmen Kill Four Borno Government Officials

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Gunmen, suspected to be members of the insurgent Boko Haram, on Tuesday evening killed four officials of the Borno state Government.

The officials are members of the state school feeding committee that were on a tour of schools in the state. The victims include Tijjani Mafe who is the chairman of the feeding committee in charge of the free feeding programs in public schools.

Policemen Attached To The NNPC Kill Two NSCDC Officers In Lagos, Set Pipeline Vandals Free

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Two officers of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, were ambushed and killed by police officers attached to Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation according to information relived by eyewitnesses and also confirmed with the spokesperson of the NSCDC in Lagos, Okeh Emmanuel.

Two officers involved in anti-vandal activities were fatally shot as they drove in the NSCDC operational vehicle after arresting four vandals of pipelines belonging to the NNPC after they were caught siphoning fuel.

Some officers were also injured in the attack which took place in the Ikorodu axis of Lagos.

Gunmen strike in Yobe, kill policeman, raze station, telecom masts

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Gunmen yesterday morning attacked the Bara Divisional Police Station in Yobe State, killing one policeman. Bara is the headquarters of Gulani Local Government Area of the state. Sources said that the attack began at about 1:00a.m and lasted for two and a half hours.

The attackers burnt the police station and went away with the three cars parked in premises. The Yobe State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Sanusi Rufai, who confirmed the incident to journalists in Damaturu, the state capital, said though the police station was burnt with a rocket propelled launcher and explosive devices, the attack was repelled by security operatives.

What Happens When US Is After You: $2 trillion spent and 190,000 lives lost to kill one dictator

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On the eve of the 10th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq on March 19, 2003, the Costs of War Project of the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University released a report on the casualties and expenditures of the Iraq war.

The preamble of the report states, "The United States invaded Iraq on March 19, 2003 on the false pretext that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction. The mass destruction of the invasion, occupation, and civil war followed, and amplified the societal and health disintegration caused by the previous decade of sanctions. Iraqi lives and communities remain war-devastated ten years on. American military and contractor families struggle with the loss of loved ones as well as the emotional and economic burdens of living with long-term injuries and illnesses. Total US federal spending associated with the Iraq war has been $1.7 trillion through FY2013. In addition, future health and disability payments for veterans will total $590 billion and interest accrued to pay for the war will add up to $3.9 trillion."

Gunmen Kill Four Prison Officials, Injures Three in Warri (PHOTOS)

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Palpable fear has gripped Delta State following the invasion of Warri this morning by gunmen who killed at least four officials of the Nigeria Prisons Service.  It was gathered that the bloody incident took place at about nine o’clock in the morning when the vehicles in which the prison warders were conveying some of the prison inmates to court was attacked at the Okere Roundabout in Warri. Click to see more photos and read more.

Terrorists kill four in Kano drive-by shooting

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Four persons were killed in drive-by shooting on Sunday by gunmen driving around on a tricycle  in an area of Kano.

The gunmen first struck at Dakata Bus Stop before moving to Dakata Kawaji area opposite a graveyard near the Custom’s barrack, where they shot two persons.

One of the gunmen, it was learnt, carried an AK 47 assault rifle wearing a dark blue kaftan.

Security agencies were said to have arrived the scene about 10 minutes after the gunmen had fled  to evacuate the victims. The identities of the victims were not immediately known. (Punch Nigeria)

Unknown Gunmen Kill Kano State MOPOL Commander

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The Officer-in-Charge of Kano Mobile Police Force, Dahiru Ibrahim Majia, was Monday night shot dead by unknown gunmen at his private residence located at Sabo Gandu quarters of Kano State

The Public Relations officer of Kano Command, ASP Magaji Musa Majia confirmed the incident thus:  “I have lost my brother to gunmen at his private residence in Sabo Gandu this evening and we are making arrangement for the burial that will likely come up tomorrow (today)” an emotional Majia said.

The victim was the elder brother to the Kano Police Command image maker

Tragic: Okada Robbers kill Mother of Five

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A 42-year old mother of five and a divorcee, Mrs Rashedatu Adebowale, has been shot dead by a 3-man robbery gang operating on a motorcycle.

The incident happened along Jonathan Coker Road beside Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, mega station at Iju, Fagba, Lagos state, southwest Nigeria.

According to one of the sons of the deceased, Jimoh Shobowale who is about 10 years old, when the three men riding on a motorcycle came to where the deceased was selling engine oil by the roadside, they told her that they had come to collect their money and she asked them which money were they talking about and that she had only N500 on her.

Violated at 10, gang-raped at 19: I tried to kill myself twice –Victim

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At 37, Blessing Anuoluwapo (not real name) has had enough tragic encounters to last more than a lifetime. At a point, she hated men and vowed never to get married. No one would blame her, having been raped four times! On two occasions, she was gang- raped by people she called friends.

At the age of ten, when children were only concerned with playing and eating, Anuoluwapo was being molested by their houseboy who was twice her age. He first began by touching her, before it later resulted in him having sèx with her on a number of occasion.

Robbers kill two soldiers, injure one in Lagos

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Two soldiers were killed, while another one was injured after robbers attacked a white man’s residence at Apapa, Lagos State on Sunday night. The robbery, which occurred at about 11pm, was allegedly successful because the robbers used another white man to gain entrance to the victim’s building. It was learnt that the robbers were able to deceive the victim’s security guards because of the presence of the white man who was with the robbers.

Police sources told PUNCH Metro that some of the robbers, on gaining entrance, shot sporadically into the air, while other members of the gang stormed the victim’s rooms, ransacking everywhere.

They were said to have made away with some of his valuables. The victim was not hurt.

Gunmen Kill 9 Female Health Workers In Kano

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Unknown gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram militants have killed nine female workers involved in polio vaccinations in two separate incidents in the city of Kano. The gunmen riding on tricycles opened fire on health workers at Hotoro Haye and Shargalle Health Centre in the Kano metropolis as the health workers prepare their polio vaccination cocktails for the day.

Two women were felled by the militants bullets at Unguwa Uku while seven others died from the lethal attack on Shargalle Health Centre in attacks that took place thirty minutes apart. Police spokesperson Musa Majia confirmed the attacks to journalists stating that the gunmen had fled the scene of the attack before security agents could reach the area.

Robbers Kill Choir Master In Adamawa

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Suspected armed robbers on Thursday shot dead the choir master of Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria (LCCN) in Girei, headquarters of Girei Local Government Area of Adamawa.

Some residents of the town told reporters that the incident occurred in the morning when the hoodlums, numbering about seven, forced their way into the deceased’s compound.

The inhabitants said the gunmen had robbed a bakery manager in the compound of N200,000 before entering the choir master’s residence.

Gunmen Abduct Edo Businessman, Kill Police Orderly

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Forty-eight hours after a renowned Benin-based estate surveyor, Dan Odiete, was kidnapped in Benin City, the Edo State capital, unknown gunmen again struck in the evening of Friday, abducting a generator magnate and hotelier, Uyi Olotan, popularly called Uyi Technical, killing his  police orderly in the process.
 Two other police orderlies, who were reportedly shot during the attack are said to be receiving treatment in the hospital.

Robbers Kill Chinese Shoot Wife In The Head In Lagos State

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Gunmen shot and killed a Chinese businessman at Ogudu area of Lagos on Wednesday night, Nigerian Police spokesperson said. Two other Chinese women sustained head and leg injuries during the incident, said Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide. Police said four Chinese in a car were coming from a function at Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, southwest Nigeria,when a red car followed and overtook them as they were about entering Chinatown at Ogudu.

“Jesus And Mary Told Me To Kill Him” – Woman Who Stabbed Husband To Death

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A woman who allegedly stabbed her husband said she did it after, “Jesus and Mary told me to kill him because he is Satan’s spawn!” according to a police report. Police in South Carolina released new details from the Nov. 9 attack, which landed 36-year-old Tammi Estep behind bars and her husband in the hospital, The Smoking Gun reports.

Parents Pour Acid On, Kill 15-Year Old Daughter For Talking To A Boy

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ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani couple killed their teenage daughter by pouring acid on her face and body after they caught her talking to a boy, police and a doctor said on Thursday.

The parents of the 16-year-old confessed to police in Kotli, a town in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, that they attacked their daughter after she had spoke to the boy outside their house, said Mohammad Jahangir, a local doctor at the hospital where she was brought.

“There were third-degree burns on her scalp, face, eyes, nostrils, both arms, chest, foot and lower part of legs. Even her scalp bone was exposed,” he said, adding that the mother initially told the hospital their daughter tried to commit suicide.

Police have arrested the parents.

Almost 1,000 women lost their lives last year in so-called “honour killings” in the conservative South Asian nation, according to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. Activists say the actual number is much higher as most cases go unreported.

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