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Gunmen Abduct Allison–Madueke’s Brother
Police say unidentified gunmen, on Thursday, kidnapped Joseph Agama, the younger brother to Diezani Allison-Madueke, Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum Resources. Asinim Butswat, Police Spokesman for Bayelsa Command, confirmed the development explaining that the Command got a report shortly after the incident happened. Butswat said the police received a distress call from Maxwell Agama, the victim’s […] More
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in WorldGunmen Kill 7 Tourists In Tunisian Museum
Seven foreigners and a Tunisian were killed after gunmen targeted a museum in the Tunisian capital, officials say. The tourists killed were, Italian, French and Spanish nationals. The shooting happened at the Bardo Museum, which is next to the parliament building in central Tunis on Wednesday Morning. At the time of the attack deputies were […] More
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Paris Attacks: Four suspects Face Charges
Four men have been charged to court on suspicion of supporting one of the gunmen behind the Islamist attacks that killed 17 people in France. The men, age ranging from 22 to 28, are suspected of having links with Amedy Coulibaly, who murdered four people at a Jewish supermarket and is believed to have shot […] More
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Gunmen Attack Oyegun as explosion rocks APC Secretariat
Unknown gunmen attacked the Abuja residence of John Odigie-Oyegun, national Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the early hours of Monday, January 12. The gunmen were said to have gone straight into the APC chairman’s bedroom where they met only his wife. The woman was attacked while the gunmen searched the house frantically […] More
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France: Suspects Hold One Hostage In Standoff
Gunmen suspected to have carried out an attack on the offices of French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, which left 12 people dead and 11 others injured on Wednesday, have been heavily surrounded by police men inside a printing house northeast of Paris Friday morning. The gunmen appeared to be holding at least one person hostage […] More
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French Terror Attack Spurs Retaliation On Muslims
Since gunmen attacked the offices of French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, which claimed 12 lives and left 11 injured on Wednesday, several muslim worship places in the country have been attacked. According to French officials, Mosques in two French towns were fired upon overnight with no casualties recorded. Three blank grenades were thrown at a […] More
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in NewsGunmen Attack French Magazine Kill 12
Armed men have attacked the Paris office of French Satirical Magazine, Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people, and injuring many, French officials say. A major Police operation has been launched in the Paris area to apprehend the attackers who are said to still be at large as at the time of filling this report. The Satirical […] More
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Gunmen Attack Police Post, Kill One In Kenya
Unknown gunmen on Thursday night killed a police officer and critically injured two others during an attack on a police post in Kilifi, a coastal town in Kenya. Albert Kobia, Kilifi County Commissioner, confirmed the incident on Friday. He said the police have launched investigation into the raid on an Administration Police camp in Mombasa […] More
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in Big StoryGunmen Kill Four Policemen, Abduct Six Oil Workers
Gunmen on a speedboat in Bayelsa State have killed four policemen and kidnapped six Nigerian Agip energy firm employees in an attack that happened on Friday, October 24 in the Nembe Creek area of the state. Mustapha Anka, spokesman for the military’s Joint Task Force in the region, said, “Four policemen who were escorting a […] More
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Gunmen Attack FRCN Training School
Unidentified gunmen on Friday night barged into the premises of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN, Training School, Ikeja, Lagos, raping some female students in the hostels and dispossessing others of their belongings. An eyewitness, who pleaded anonymity, said that the Friday incident was the third time armed men would be attacking the school. […] More
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