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…