Tag: assassination
How Assassins Killed NURTW Chief, Agbede Calls For Probe
Details of how the Vice Chairman of the Lagos Mainland branch of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW,…
MEND attempted to assassinate me, says Jonathan
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has claimed that the leader of a home-grown militant group currently serving time in South Africa…
Ex-LG Boss Escapes Assassination
Former Chairman of Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State, Comrade Ayodele Adewale, yesterday escaped being killed when he…
Nigerien prime minister claims he is target of assassination
Niger’s parliamentary leader, who fled to France after being accused of involvement in baby trafficking, said Sunday he was the…
Man Hires Assassins To Kill Ex-Wife
Cyriacus Izuekwe A jilted man, Abiodun Atinuke, has been arrested and charged before Ijeshatedo Magistrates’ Court sitting in Lagos State,…
At Last, Buhari Attacked By Jonathan’s Men!
By Jonathan Ekene Ifeanyi As I rightly stated in my piece written in response to Alhaji Balarabe Musa, which was…
Obanikoro planning to assassinate 2 APC members, says Aregbesola
By Simon Ateba/Osogbo Governor Rauf Aregbesola on Wednesday evening accused Nigeria’s minister of state for defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, of planning…
FG not involved in plan to assassinate Buhari – Police IG
Findings by detectives on the Kaduna bombing indicated that the Federal Government is not involved in the plan to kill…
Who Wants General Buhari Dead?
By Joe Igbokwe The latest attempt to bomb a prominent leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, General Buhari, out of…
Somali lawmaker assassinated, Shebab claims responsibility
Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab claimed responsiblity for shooting dead a lawmaker and wounding another on Thursday, the latest in a surge…
Yoruba Leader Assassinated In Kano
Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano A business man and a Yoruba leader in Kano, northwest Nigeria, Alhaji Ganiyu Akanbi, has been assassinated in…
Community leader assassinated in Kano
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Alhaji Ganiyu Akanbi, business man and a Yoruba leader in Kano, northwest Nigeria was assassinated in his Race…
Lagos Denies Attempting To Kill Adegboruwa
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has denied attempting to assassinate Mr. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, the human rights lawyer who sued…
Insecurity And Structural Injustice In Nigeria
By Femi G. Oguntoyinbo I was disheartened to read about the 17-year old boy who was beaten to death by…
Okuneye, bizman shot dead inside a church
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Pandemonium struck this morning in the western Nigerian city of Ijebu-Igbo in Ijebu North local government area of…
Pakistan’s Musharraf survives assassination
Former Pakistan military ruler Pervez Musharraf, who is on trial for treason, narrowly escaped an assassination attempt as a bomb…
Man Jailed 25yrs For Attempting To Kill Obama
An Idaho man who admitted trying to assassinate President Barack Obama by shooting at the White House received a 25-year…
Cleric cautions against revenge killings over Sheikh Albani
An Islamic cleric, Malam Musa Mai-Shawi, on Sunday cautioned people against reprisal attack, following the assassination of Sheik Muhammad Albani,…
Iyayi Was Murdered —Aturu
Human rights lawyer, Bamidele Aturu has declared that former president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Prof. Festus…
2 French radio journalists killed in northern Mali
(Reuters) – Two French radio journalists were killed by gunmen in northern Mali on Saturday shortly after being abducted in…
Egypt’s Interior Minister Survives Assassination Attempt
A bomb targeted the convoy of Egypt’s interior minister today in Cairo in the first attack on a senior government…
3 Arrested In Cows For Village Head Murder
Nigeria’s Taraba Police Command on Tuesday said it had arrested three persons in connection with the murder of the Village…
Alaba Bizman Hacked To Death
A businessman and an importer of musical equipment at Alaba International Market, Ojo area of Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, has…
Tunisian Politician Mohamed Brahmi ‘Assassinated’
Tunisian opposition politician Mohamed Brahmi has been shot dead outside his home in the capital, Tunis, reports say. Mr Brahmi,…
Kudirat’s Blood Will Cry For Justice
Nigerians have continued to express outrage over the recent Appeal Court judgement which discharged and acquitted Major Hamza Al-Mustapha and…
Outrage Over Reprieve For Al-Mustapha Persists
Nigerians have continued to express outrage over the recent Appeal Court judgement which discharged and acquitted Major Hamza Al-Mustapha and…
‘We Got N15m To Kill Bank Manager’
A suspected assassin has confessed to the police that N15 million was paid to kill the Deputy General Manager of…
Allah Will Expose Killers Of My Wife —Yakasai
Alhaji Inuwa Idris Yakasai, Director of Information in Kano State Ministry of Information, has bemoaned the cruel fate that befell …
New Bride Strangled In Husband’s Home
Unidentified assailants on Wednesday strangled the wife of the Director of Information in the Kano State Ministry of Information and…
Naval Officer’s Wife Escapes Assassination
The wife of Rear Admiral Ameen Ikioda, the Moderator at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies in Kuru,…