Tag: KILLED

Bandits Attack: NSCDC hands over corpses to families of personnel in Kaduna

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Kaduna State Command, on Saturday handed over the remaining four corpses of its personnel killed by bandits to their families for burial. Seven personnel and five others  were killed by bandits in an ambush in Kuriga village in Birnin Gawri Local Government Area of the state on Monday. Earlier, the NSCDC had handed over the body of late Inspector Fidelis Yusuf  for final internment on Thursday, while ASC1 Shamsudeen Labaran was  buried on Jan. 10 at Anguwan Dosa cemetery according to Islamic rites.…

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2 APC members killed in Enugu as police investigate shooting in office

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Police Command in Enugu State has confirmed the death of two All Progressives Congress (APC) members during an attack on the partys office in Enugu by gunmen. The commands Public Relations Officer, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, who gave the confirmation on Wednesday in Enugu, said that the gunmen also abducted one person while several other party faithful got bullet wounds. Ndukwe said that the yet-to-be identified armed hoodlums attacked the partys Obeagu Ward 3 secretariat in Obeagu-Awkunanaw in Enugu South Local Government Area on Jan. 18 at about 7 p.m.…

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Zimbabwes Army Commander dies

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Zimbabwes army commander died early on Thursday due to cancer, the presidential spokesman has said. The army holds an outsized influence in Zimbabwean politics. In November 2017, the army stepped in to oust the late Robert Mugabe and pave way for incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Lt.-Gen. Edzayi Chimonyo, who was appointed to the position after the coup, had been battling cancer,  presidential spokesman, George Charamba, wrote on Twitter. Chimonyo, like all the current crop of military generals in Zimbabwe, is a former fighter in the countrys 1970s war of independence. The…

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Chad: President Idriss Dby dies

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

President Idris Derby of Chad who just won re-election is dead. According to a confirmation from the national army of Chad read on national radio, the newly re-elected President Dby died of wounds he sustained while commanding the countrys army in battles against rebels in the north of the country. In a swift change of fate, after news had come in that Chads veteran president, Idriss Dby had won a sixth term in the latest provisional results in on Monday by 79.3%, an announcement broadcast  on national radio today announced…

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Four Tunisian soldiers killed in mine explosion

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Four Tunisian soldiers were killed in a mine explosion on the heights of Mount Mghila, in a closed military zone where insurgents, belonging to the Jound al Khilafa brigade, a branch of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), are camped. A source close to the Ministry of National Defense said that the explosion occurred when a vehicle carrying soldiers was conducting a search on the mountains with rugged terrain. It is located between the governorates of Sidi Bouzid and Kasserine, near the border with Algeria. Commander Mohamed Zekri said…

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5 killed in suicide bombing in Mogadishu

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

At least five people were killed and several others injured in a suicide car bombing in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday evening, the Police and witnesses said. The latest attack started at 5.00 p.m. when a car packed with explosives exploded at the Afrik Hotel near a busy security checkpoint near Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu. A police officer, who requested anonymity, said al-Shabab stormed inside the hotel after the first blast went off outside the hotel. I can confirm that five people were killed in the attack…

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