…The Daily Vendor learnt that the terrorists shot five traders and four died on the spot Four traders were killed by terrorists in the Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State on Sunday. Sources claimed that the victims, who were from Zandam village, were going to a market close to the local government headquarters when
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The Presidency has explained its role in securing the release of those abducted from the Abuja-Kaduna train. In March, terrorists had abducted some passengers on board the Kaduna-Abuja train after the rail line was bombed. Since the abduction, several people have been released, with the latest being seven passengers from the train. However, President Muhammadu
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Paul Rusesabagina, who was portrayed as a hero in a Hollywood movie about the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, ‘Hotel Rwanda’ has been denied bail by a court in the capital, Kigali, after he was charged with 12 counts, including terrorism. Mr Rusesabagina had appealed for bail on the basis of his health and the lack
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A notable member of the gang led by Terwase Akwaza, alias Gana, has made some shocking revelations about his late leader. According to an interview with The Nation, the militant who gave his nicknames as ‘Major’ and ‘Aondehemba’, insisted that the war is not over yet. He disclosed that Gana, slain by the military last week, knew
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Worried by the challenge of insecurity in the country, the 19 Northern Governors have decided to engage hunters, local vigilantes and community watch group. The decision was among the others reached at a meeting of the Northern Governors Forum meeting held at Jos the Plateau State Capital The DAILY VENDOR learnt that the meeting conducted
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The Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday condemned terrorism and violent extremism in Libya, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, Mauritania as well as some countries in East Africa. Terrorist groups including Boko Haram and its splinter group, the Islamic State West Africa Province, have perpetrated scores of dastard acts in Nigeria over the last decade.
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The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), through its Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation Lafiya Dole, has launched ‘Operation Rattle Snake III’ against terrorists in the North East. In a statement signed by NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Cdre Ibikunle Daramola, the air interdiction operation, which commenced on Tuesday, will target selected locations
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The General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, on Sunday, led a procession to end the spate of insecurity and killings in Nigeria. Adeboye at the end of the church’s monthly Thanksgiving Service at its National Headquarters in Ebute Meta, Lagos State, commenced the protest from Ebute Meta through
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A girl detonated a bomb, killing three boys at an Islamic seminary in northeast Nigeria in an attack that bore the hallmarks of Boko Haram, a local militia and residents said Friday. The girl, aged around 12, detonated the device late Thursday when open-air classes were on in Muna Dalti, on the outskirts of Maiduguri,
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Weapons that have been used in inter-communal violence that has killed thousands of people in Nigeria were trafficked from Ivory Coast, Libya and Turkey. A new report by the Conflict Armament Research group said some of the weapons from Turkey were linked to a major organized trafficking network. It explained that the weapons were used in the
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Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari yesterday ordered the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) to deploy fighter aircraft for effective air attacks against bandits, kidnappers and cattle rustlers terrorising communities around Dogon Gona forest in Niger State. The President, who described the repeated attacks leading to the loss of several lives in the communities “as a disaster for
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Not less than four persons were said to have lost their lives during a suicide bomb attack on a mosque in Gwoza, southern Borno State. Gwoza was at the peak of the ongoing Boko Haram insurgency, the administrative capital and caliphate of the terrorist group. It was learnt that the suicide bomber ran into a
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