Tag: assassination
Prosecutor in Bhutto’s murder trial shot dead
ISLAMABAD (AFP) – Pakistan’s main state prosecutor in the 2007 murder of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and the 2008…
Dino Vows To Continue Fight Against Corruption
Less than 24 hours after he allegedly escaped assassination in Abuja, former House of Representatives member, Dino Melaye is giving…
Tunisia in turmoil as opposition leader assassinated
Outspoken government critic and leading Tunisia leftist opposition leader Chokri Belaid was shot dead on Wednesday, sparking angry protests by…
Nigerian surgeon shot dead by gunmen on auto bike
Nigerian professor of urology, Hyacinth Nong Mbibu has been shot dead by gunmen on motor-cycle, in Zaria, Kaduna state. Mbibu,…
Kano council boss escapes assassination
Nigerian gunmen have shot and injured Alhaji Kambai Sumaila, the Interim Management Chairman of Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of…
Toyin Hamzat, Ex- Fashola Adviser Assassinated
The former Chairman of Ikeja Local Government, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, and ex Special Adviser to Governor Babatunde Fashola on Health…
Reports: Exodus of men from Maiduguri
Many people, especially men are deserting Nigeria’s troubled city, Maiduguri, after the murder yesterday of a retired senior military officer…
Boko Haram assassins wipe out family in Kano
Four men suspected to be agents of the Boko Haram sect have shot dead a member of the Nigerian Security…
Nigeria’s air force officer, driver killed
Updated Gun men believed to be members of the Boko Haram sect have shot dead an orderly to a Nigerian…
Nigerian government slams curfew after killings
The Plateau Government has imposed a curfew on four local government areas of the state “with immediate effect’’. The local…
Nigerian senator killed at mass burial
Gunmen killed a federal senator and a state lawmaker in Nigeria’s troubled Plateau state on Sunday at a mass burial…
Rivers ANPP Chairman killed
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Unidentified gunmen have killed the Chairman of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) in Rivers State, Elder…
Deputy NURTW Boss Escapes Assassination, Driver Killed
The deputy chairman of National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Odiolowo-Ojuwoye branch, Ilupeju, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, Alhaji Sulaiman…
Gunmen strike in Borno, kill party leader
Unidentified gunmen have shot dead in Maiduguri Amodu Gombe, the Chairman of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) in Nafada Local…
Ex-Edo PDP Woman Leader Petitions IGP Over Threat To Life
Barr. Lucy Omagbon, former Woman Leader of Edo State Chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who recently defected to the…
ACN Condemns Killing of Oshiomhole’s Aide
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has condemned the reported assassination of the Principal Private Secretary to Governor Adams Oshiomhole…
Deputy KAI Boss Escapes Assassination
The Kick Against Indiscipline, KAI Brigade Provost Marshal, Commander Adeyinka Oni Adeboye, a.k.a. Zulu, has escaped an assassination attempt on…
LP Candidate Petitions Police Over Assassination Attempt
Labour Party, LP, candidate for Surulere II Constituency in Lagos State recently escaped an assassination attempt as some hired killer,…