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Anxiety as banditry, killings return after 2023 general polls

Ihesiulo Grace 8 April 2023 0

Benue, Lagos, Nasarawa, Zamfara, others affected BY ORIAKU IJELE Palpable fear pervades the entire horizon as renewed incidents of banditry, kidnappings, killings take centre-stage after a ‘cease-fire’ noticed in Nigeria ahead of the general elections in February and March. This new development

Politics

CAN gives El-Rufai tips on how to end killings in Southern Kaduna

Ihesiulo Grace 18 August 2020 0

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), on Monday called on the State and Federal Governments to do more to stop the continuous wastage of lives and property in Kaduna State, Daily Times Nigeria reports. READ ALSO: “I will not give Southern Kaduna leaders brown… The President, CAN, Rev. Samson Ayokunle, who made the call in […]

Crime

2 killed, 1 injured in attack on Kaduna community

Ihesiulo Grace 1 April 2020 0

Two people have been reported killed and one other injured in an attack at Jagindi Tasha, Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the attackers were said to have stormed the compound of a former District Head of Jagindi, Mr Danlami Barde, at about 8pm on Monday […]

Featured News

Religious leaders demand immediate end to wanton killings in Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 3 March 2020 0

Eminent religious leaders from the South-East and South-South have called for urgent end to insurgency and banditry, along with the wanton destruction of innocent lives and valuable property in Nigeria.The call was contained in a 12-point communique issued in Umuahia by the clergymen at the end of their one-day colloquium on insecurity in Nigeria, with […]

Featured Religion

Ash Wednesday: Catholic Bishop seeks end to killings

Ihesiulo Grace 26 February 2020 0

Ibadan – As Christians in Nigeria mark the Ash Wednesday, the Catholic Bishop of Oyo Diocese, Most Rev. Emmannuel Badejo, has called on government and other stakeholders to speak out against the incessant killings in the country. Badejo made the call in an interview on Wednesday in Ibadan. The cleric, who expressed dissatisfaction over the […]

Politics

CAN demands end to Christian killings

Ihesiulo Grace 2 February 2020 0

Ado-Ekiti – Some members of the Christian Association of Nigeria,(CAN ) Ekiti state chapter, on Sunday matched to the streets of Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital to protest incessant alleged killings of clergymen and other Christians in some parts of the country, by herdsmen and Boko Haram insurgents. At the peaceful protest, tagged, “Stop […]

News

Killings: This is definitely not Islam, MURIC tells ISWAP

Ihesiulo Grace 28 December 2019 0

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has enjoined Nigerians to understand the mentality of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists and the anatomy of extremism just as it informed ISWAP that killings of innocent ‘is definitely not Islam. It is the handiwork of misguided elements.’ MURIC in a statement by Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola said its

Featured Politics

Investigate burning, killings in my Anambra home – IPOB lawyer

Ihesiulo Grace 4 December 2019 0

Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor, lawyer to leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, who was declared wanted by the Nigerian police, has reacted by calling on International community for thorough investigations. He called on the international community to investigate the killings and burning of his home in Oraifite, Ekwusigo local government area of […]

Politics

Taraba Violence: Declare state of emergency in Taraba now, group tells FG

Ihesiulo Grace 15 March 2019

A political group in Taraba State, the Taraba Progressive Movement, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency in Taraba State, saying the security situation in the state has worsened. The group in a press release on Wednesday said the 24 hours curfew declared by the state government have not stopped […]

Opinion

2019: Will Plateau Return To Egypt?

Ihesiulo Grace 4 November 2018 0

These are very auspicious times. For states under induced violence and killings, there is every need to tramp with caution, because the political scavengers are back. They are on the prowl, enriched in more tricks and deceptions in the quest for power. Leadership of any state in Nigeria is quite difficult. It has enormous responsibilities. […]

News Nigeria

Plateau killings: STF parades 7 suspected killer herdsmen

Ihesiulo Grace 18 July 2018 0

The Military Task Force in Jos, Plateau State otherwise known as Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), has paraded seven suspects in connection with the recent killings in the local communities of Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of the state. Parading the suspects on Tuesday at the OPHS Headquaters in Jos, the Director of Defence Information (DDI), […]

News Nigeria

Plateau: After killings, herdsmen harvest ripe crops, feed others to cattle

Ihesiulo Grace 15 July 2018 0

Having killed over 200 people and displaced nearly 150,000 others from 11 villages in Northern Plateau recently, suspected herdsmen have allegedly fed grown crops spread across 1sq.kms to their cattle in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of the State. For those already ripe on the farms, “wives of the herders harvest them for themselves,” one […]

News Nigeria

Apologize to Nigerians if involved in Plateau massacre, Gowon tells Miyetti Allah

Ihesiulo Grace 11 July 2018 0

Former military Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (rtd), has asked Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) to apologise to Nigerians if actually the recent massacre of over 200 persons in Plateau State were retaliatory as credited to the socio-cultural organisation. Gowon stated this on Tuesday in Jos, the state capital when he […]

News

Cleric calls for increased efforts to arrest killings

Ihesiulo Grace 9 July 2018 0

Senior pastor, Family Worship Centre, FWC, Abuja, Pastor Sarah Omakwu, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to intensify effort in arresting the killings in some parts of the country. Omakwu made the appeal in her sermon entitled “Fear not’’ on Sunday during post Mid-year thanksgiving organised by the church. The cleric expressed concern over the […]

News Nigeria

Killings: CAN declares 3-day prayer, fasting, holds nationwide rally July 11

Ihesiulo Grace 6 July 2018 0

The leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has declared July 9-11, 2018 as national days of prayers and fasting against unwarranted killings in the land and called on all well-meaning Nigerians, both within and outside the country to join them on 11 July, 2018 for a peaceful protest against the killings. CAN’s decision […]

News

Plateau killings: Selfish politicians instigating crisis to blackmail Buhari, Lalong – Middle Belt

Ihesiulo Grace 25 June 2018 0

The Middle Belt Conscience Guard (MBCG) has attributed the ongoing crises in Plateau State to some selfish politicians who are hell bent on blackmailing the state government and President Muhammadu Buhari. Speaking on the ceaseless attacks, the middle belt group said some political players were only using the crisis to make the state and the […]

News Nigeria

Alleged 700m fraud: Ize-Iyamu slams APC, recalls ordeal in prison

Ihesiulo Grace 1 June 2018 0

Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in the 2016 Edo State governorship election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has said the All Progressives Congress(APC), has betrayed the trust of Nigerians who voted them into power by infesting them with hunger, killings and untold hardship. Ize-Iyamu, made the allegation at the Solidarity Rally held in his honour and other […]

News Nigeria

Catholic faithful protest nationwide killings

Ihesiulo Grace 23 May 2018 0

…Wants Buhari to stop killings Catholic Faithfuls in Nigeria on Tuesday held a nationwide prayer and peaceful demonstrations against incessant killings and violent attacks in some parts of the country. The protest which was design to coincide with the burial of the two priests and 17 worshippers who were killed by suspected herdsmen at a […]

Nigeria Politics

APC chieftain, Timi Frank apologizes to ex-President Jonathan

Ihesiulo Grace 20 May 2018 0

… Says battered economy, injustice, killings, hunger reign supreme under Buhari A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Timi Frank, has written an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, where he apologised to former President Goodluck Jonathan but lamented cases of Corruption, battered economy, killings, hunger and injustice under the

News Nigeria

President Buhari expresses confidence in Nigerian Army’s committment to end killings in Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 18 May 2018 0

President Muhammadu Buhari has once again expressed his administration’s commitment to end every act of killing in the country. The globallly recognized first President in Africa who earned the sobriquet from the United States President, Donald Trump made re—affirmed his commitment to the safety of lives and properties in Nigeria after receiving briefing from the […]