Police Discover Car Buried With Bodies Inside In Nasarawa

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#Evil deeds are just happening everywhere...God please come to our rescue....
Residents of Nasarawa State were still in shock yesterday over the discovery of the bodies of two bankers and their driver.
They were allegedly ambushed by suspected Ombatse boys, who took them to the bush, killed them, set them ablaze with their car and buried them with the car by the riverside.

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Nasarawa: Soldiers kill Ombatse leader, arrest others

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Troops deployed to contain the violent communal clashes in Obi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State have killed the leader of the Ombatse militia group who allegedly led the attack that claimed over 30 lives in some communities in the area, a police source told The PUNCH on Monday.

The body of the militant leader whose name could not be ascertained as at the time of this report, and three other assailants were said to have been deposited at an undisclosed hospital in Lafia, the state capital.

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Jonathan's Convoy In Nasarawa Auto Crash, 14 Injured

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The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Umar Shehu, has on Tuesday confirmed that the convoy of President Goodluck Jonathan was involved in an auto crash the day before, leaving 14 persons injured.

According to the eyewitnesses, three confessional policemen, three mobile policemen, one member of the civil defence corps, as well as one official of the state branch of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and six civilians were "seriously injured".

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Completely Drunk Driver Crushes Three To Death In Nasarawa

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A car with registration number, Lagos FST 931 AR, on Saturday along Bukan Sidi in Lafia, Nasarawa State capital, veered off its lane unto pedestrians on the other side of the road, crushing three to death and leaving one critically injured.
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Sector Commander in Nasarawa, Francis Udoma, confirmed that two among the three victims were brothers between the ages of 9 and 16.

Mr. Udoma said the incident happened at about 8:45 p.m. in Bukan-sidi area, along Lafia-Jos road.

He alleged that the driver was under the influence of alcohol and was over speeding before losing control of the car.

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Unknown Gunmen kill 15 people in Rukubi village in Nasarawa

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The Nasarawa State Police Command said on Thursday that 15 people were killed when gunmen attacked Agatu settlement in Rukubi Village in Ekye Development Area of Lafia. The Commissioner of Police in Nasarawa, Umar Shehu, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lafia that the village was attacked on Tuesday and that no arrest had been made.

PREMIUM TIMES had reported the attack on Tuesday with residents saying hundreds of houses, cars and motorcycles were also burnt by the attackers. Some residents had said on Wednesday that the casualty figure was about two dozen.

Political Reasons Behind Massacre Of Policemen, DSS Operatives In Nasarawa

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Plausible reasons why the Ombatse cult killed no fewer than 100 policemen and security operatives in Eggon community of NasarawaState have begun to emerge.

Findings by Vanguard revealed that the fear by the Eggon-speaking natives of the state that Governor Alhaji Tanko Al-Makura, is planning to renege on his pledge to serve for only a term of four years, triggered the lethal onslaught.

Competent government sources confirmed to Vanguard, yesterday, that Governor Al-Makura was interested in a second term although he had served notice in 2011 to do just four years and hand over to an Eggon politician, since the area has never tasted the governorship seat in the 16 years of the state’s existence.

Nasarawa Mass Killing: 25 Missing Policemen Found Buried In Mass Grave

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The death toll of policemen killed by members of the Ombatse cult in Nasarawa State has risen to 72 following the discovery of the bodies of 25 policemen that had been hitherto declared missing in a mass grave in an unnamed village in the state.Earlier, in a joint briefing, security authorities had confirmed 57 operatives, comprising 47 policemen and 10 agents of the State Security Service (SSS), killed in the ambush that took place on May 7 when they were on a mission to a village in Nasarawa State.

Following the bloody attack, the 25 policemen were declared missing because their bodies could not be found to confirm if they were dead or alive coupled with the fact that their whereabouts was unknown.

‘Why Soldiers Were Excluded From Nasarawa Operation’

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The security operatives on Tuesday broke the silence on the puzzle surrounding the shocking massacre of an estimated 103 security operatives in the country.

The Deputy Director, Media and Public Relations, State Security Service, Mrs. Marylyn Ogah, explained that the operation to fish out the members of the Ombatse Cult was not planned to be a tactical operation which explained the decision to exclude soldiers from the operation.

The Eggon people who own the Ombatse cult are based in Nassarawa-Eggon and Akwanga local governments of the state.

‘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.

62 Fake NYSC Members Arrested In Nasarawa Convicted

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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have uncovered a fake National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp at Tammah village, Nassarawa Local Government Area of Nassarawa State, with 62 ‘corps members.’The fake corps members made up of 44 females and 18 males, were arrested on a routine surveillance of the command.

In a statement signed by its spokesman Mr Okeh Emmanuel, the NSCDC said the “fake corpers were arrested while undergoing training with standard facilities such as an obstacle crossing, man-o-war drill and an open field for marching exercises”.

Students and soldiers clash at Nasarawa State University, Keffi

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 Students of Nasarawa State University, Keffi, this morning clashed with soldiers after they protested over not having water for many days on campus. Soldiers were called into the school to restore sanity but things went crazy. They clashed with the students and I hear they may have killed one of them. The soldiers allegedly went to the off campus hostels to harrass and beat up students. The school has been closed down indefinitely as a result of this. The Governor of Nasarawa state, Tanko Almakura, have since advised all students of the school to leave the school premises with immidiate effect till further notice. See more photos after the Break...

7 Suicide Bombers Heading To Nasarawa State Arrested In Kaduna

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Reports reaching us say soldiers apprehended seven suicide bombers in Kaura local government area of Kaduna State today.

According to a competent source, the bombers are from Kano State and were heading to Nasarawa State. Allegedly, six of the bombers are male while the seventh is a female.

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10 Killed, 15 Injured By Fulani Herdsmen In Nasarawa

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Fulani herdsmen have reportedly killed 10 persons and injured 15 others as they attacked two communities in Nasarawa State Saturday afternoon.
Tragedy struck in Nasarawa State on Saturday afternoon as Fulani herdsmen reportedly attacked communities in the state, killing 10 persons and leaving 15 injured.

The attackers armed with guns, knives and axes were said to have stormed the Iga and Rutu communities in Nasarawa Eggon and Doma local governments respectively between 2 and 4p.m., catching residents unawares as they left immediately after the attack.

Photos: Conjoined Baby Girls Born In Nasarawa

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A 17 year-old girl has reportedly given birth to siamese Twins (conjoined baby girls) at Maraba Medical centre located along the Abuja-Keffi expressway, in Nasarawa state. The girls were joined at the belly.A senior medical officer at the centre, Dr Makpu Habu said that there is hope that the children can survive and live a normal life if urgent medical attention is given to them. The father of the children, Ahmadu Sanni, while accepting the birth as the will of God, called on government, spirited individuals and philanthropists to come to their aid financially so as to raise the required amount for a surgery to separate the girls.

Angry Youths Set Suspected Okada Thief Ablaze In Nasarawa

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Apparently some suspected thieves are more innocent than the other or how else can one rationalize the craze for dispensing jungle justice on ‘petty’ thieves while those alleged and known to have looted the public till still walk freely on the streets like peacocks? 

Friday would mark an unfortunate day for a man suspected to be a motorcyclist thief, when he was set ablaze by angry youths at a workers’ village, along Kilema Doma road in Lafia, Nasarawa State, while allegedly trying to snatch a motorcycle, popularly called okada in the area.