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At least 22 people have been killed in fresh sectarian clashes in North central Nigeria, the military said on Friday. Violence flared after the discovery of a corpse of a missing person in Wadata, Wase local government area of Plateau state, North Central Nigeria, local residents said. Fighting broke out between the Fulani and Tarok speaking ethnic groups after the decomposed...
Dambaba Suntai the Governor of Taraba State was today killed in an aircrash at the Yola airport in Adamawa state. PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN (R) ADDRESSING DISPLACED PERSONS AT LAO LAG CAMP TARABA STATE WHEN HE VISITED THEM ON MONDAY (15/10/12). WITH HIM IS THE STATE GOVERNOR, MR DANBABA SUNTAI. The governor died in a small plane piloted by him. Dambaba Suntai ...
A middle aged man identified as Tari, an Trofani in Sagbama local government area of Bayelsa State Saturday in Yenagoa reportedly took his own life. A graduate of the University of Port Harcourt, the deceased it was learnt had just secured a government road contract worth N200m for the Igbedi- Amassoma link road. It was gathered that the incident occurred at the home of...
… voters protest By Emma Amaize BENIN CITY- THREE police officers and and an INEC registration official were feared dead Saturday at the riverside community of Ajoki, near Ologbo, in Edo State, when the boat with which they were transporting electoral materials for Saturday’s governorship election capsized. The police officers involved in the tragedy were two inspectors...
Two more villages in Barkin-Ladi Local Government Area have been attacked by gunmen who reduced them to rubbles. The attack was confirmed Tuesday evening by member representing Riyom Constituency in the Plateau State House of Assembly, Mr. Daniel Dem who gave the names of the villages as Tse and Shong. “I can authoritatively confirm to you that as I am talking to you...
At least 23 people were feared killed while 50 other were hospitalised when people suspected to be mercenaries stormed seven Berom villages of Barkin Ladi local government area of Plateau State in what an eyewitness described as a cordinated attack. LEADERSHIP-SUNDAY investigations revealed that the attack was carried out in Gashish district of Barkin Ladi LGA. Villages...
