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Many residents living close to the area where Eunice was murdered moved away for fear of being arrested as suspects. Christians were urged to protect themselves as much as possible especially while evangelizing. The wife of the Vice President, Oludolapo Osinbajo and pastor E. A. Adeboye paid condolence visits to the family. Her burial was put ...
The Odi massacre [1] [2] was an attack carried out on November 20, 1999, by the Nigerian Armed Forces against the predominantly Ijaw town of Odi in Bayelsa State. [3] The attack came in the context of an ongoing conflict in the Niger Delta [4] over indigenous rights to oil resources and environmental protection. [5]
Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Head of State of Nigeria Killed during the 1966 Nigerian counter-coup February 13, 1976: Murtala Mohammed, Head of State of Nigeria [7] Killed in an attempted coup led by Buka Suka Dimka. October 19, 1986: Dele Giwa, journalist June 4, 1996: Kudirat Abiola, pro-democracy activist and wife of presidential candidate Moshood ...
Afaka, Igabi, Kaduna State, Nigeria 17+ Released Armed bandits entered the school around 9 PM local time; residents ignored the sound of gunfire, assuming it was from training at a nearby military academy. A distress call was sent from the school and the Nigerian Armed Forces based in the nearby academy engaged the bandits in a firefight. One ...
The All Progressives Congress condemned the incident, stating it would support the Nigerian Armed Forces in its quest to track down the perpetrators. John James Akpan Udo-Edehe extended "heartfelt condolences to the families that lost loved ones and commiserates with the government and people of Zamfara state" on behalf of the party. [47] [48]
The 2024 Aba killings were an armed conflict that occurred in Aba, Nigeria, on 30 May 2024 in which at least 11 people were killed following the conflicting sit-at-home orders [2] issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Biafra Republic Government in Exile (BRGIE) to commemorate deceased Biafran Heroes/Heroines.
The six-count charge of conspiracy, murder, armed robbery, rape, “unlawful administration of obnoxious substance” and “forceful administration of obnoxious substance” with a view to causing bodily harm were read to them. [4] The trial commenced with the prosecution, the Lagos State Government calling its first witness.
The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) was founded in late 1992 by former police commissioner Simeon Danladi Midenda.The inciting events that spurred SARS formation were the killing of Colonel Ezra Dindam Rimdan (Nigerian Army) by police officers at a checkpoint in Lagos in September 1992, their arrest, [6] a strike by police officers in response, and a subsequent crime wave.