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Boko Haram Hit Gomari In Maiduguri.

Gbemisola Bisi-Taiwo

According to our correspondent S’Teller, Boko Haram terrorists attacked Gomari area of Maiduguri, capital of Borno State, on Monday night. A security source disclosed that the insurgents came into the village around 11:05pm, shooting sporadically and killing several persons. “Gomari, near Airport Road is presently under attack, they have started burning buildings and killing civilians trying to flee.” Incessant killings by insurgents have been recorded in the area in recent times. The terrorists have made several attempts to overrun a military base located within the area lately also.

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Insecurity In Nigeria: Do Black Lives Matter In Africa?

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Nearly 400 lives were lost in Nigeria from different forms of attacks which could have been stopped with proper governance and leaders of repute. As insecurity becomes the order of the day in Nigeria, more lives tends to be at risk while deaths arising from such attacks is on the rise on a daily basis. Most of these attacks which took place in the northern part of the country, were carried out unhindered as there were no security agencies available to protect the people from the onslaught. In a report…

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Abia State, From God’s State To Miyetti Allah-Owned Cattle Market

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Nnamdi Kanu British-Nigerian activist, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, says Abia State has changed from ‘Gods own state’ to Miyetti Allah-owned cattle market. Kanu said this in a statement released on Monday; “Finally the reason why they initiated Operation Python Dance and proscription of IPOB become very clear” the headline of the statement reads. The statement, which condemned the killings in the South-East, was signed by IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful. The IPOB leader alleged that the more Fulani herdsmen…

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Fulani Gunmen Kill 12 In Central Mali Attack

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-YOMMY AYILARA. Fulani Gunmen Kill 12 In Central Mali Attack At least twelve people have been killed in an attack on several villages in central Mali; a local official said on Thursday, in the latest violence to hit by the war-torn nation. Gunmen on motorbikes attacked several villages near the town of Bandiagara in central Mali’s Mopti region, according to a relative of one of the victims and an internal UN report. The mayor of the rural area where the attacks occurred, Ali Dolo said; “What is killing us isn’t…

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