Tag: Victims
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Kogi community buries 25 victims of banditry
Kogi community buries 25 victims of banditry Twenty-five victims of Thursday’s banditry at Agojeju-Odo community in Omala Local Government Area of Kogi were buried on Saturday. Chief David Akpa, District Head and Ochala Onu-Ife Bagaji Odo, Omala, Kogi, told newsmen in his palace that those buried included two women and four children. Akpa described the…
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Kogi community buries 25 victims of banditry
Kogi community buries 25 victims of banditry Twenty-five victims of Thursday’s banditry at Agojeju-Odo community in Omala Local Government Area of Kogi were buried on Saturday. Chief David Akpa, District Head and Ochala Onu-Ife Bagaji Odo, Omala, Kogi, told newsmen in his palace that those buried included two women and four children. Akpa described the…
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Police raid criminals’ hideouts in Lagos, arrest 26, rescue victims
Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the police command in Lagos State have raided criminals’ hideouts at Ojota and arrested 26 suspects at the MKO Garden. RRS confirmed the arrest in a post it shared on its official X handle @rrsLagos767 on Saturday. It stated that the suspects were arrested at 11.38 p.m.…
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Air chief meets victims of accidental air strike in Nasarawa
The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has met with families and victims of the accidental air strikes that occurred on Jan. 24, 2023, near Rukubi in Doma Local Government Area (LGA) of Nasarawa State. The Director, Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force (NAF), AVM Edward Gabkwet, disclosed this on…
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Victims of Ibadan explosion recall ordeals, UCH scales up emergency response
Some of the victims affected by Tuesday’s tragic explosion that occurred in the Bodija area of Ibadan have recalled their ordeals, describing it as surreal and traumatic. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the explosion occured at 7.30p.m. at Dejo Oyelese Street in Old Bodija in Ibadan with yet to be ascertained number…
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Rights experts demand accountability for Hamas sexual torture victims
Rights, experts, demand, accountability, for, Hamas, sexual, torture, victims, Israel, Gaza, Palestine, West, Bank, West-Bank, Oct.7, USA, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Houti, Rabels, Hasbolah, Benjamin, Top independent human rights experts on Monday demanded prompt investigations and accountability for victims of sexual torture in the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas-led attacks in southern Israel. Some 1,200 Israeli and…
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Tudun Biri: Community leaders, victims’ families reject lawsuit against FG
The Tudun Biri community has rejected a suit instituted at the Federal High Court Kaduna seeking N33 billion compensation from the Federal Government over the mistaken bomb drone attacks that left over 100 people dead and many others injured. Leaders of Tudun Biri During the visit The Village Head of Tudun Biri, Malam Balarabe Garba,…
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Minister condemns attack on Humanitarian hub in Borno, commiserates with victimsAttacks
Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, has condemned the terrorists attack on humanitarian aid facilities and killings of civilians in Damasak, Mobbar Local Government Area of Borno. This was contained in a statement issued by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Alhaji Bashir Alkali, and signed by Mrs…
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Shasha Market Crisis: Humanitarian affairs minister urges Nigerians to learn to coexist peacefully
Hajiya Sadiya Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has urged Nigerians to learn to coexist peacefully. In a statement on Thursday in Abuja, signed by the deputy director of information, Mrs Rhoda Iliya, Farouq expressed sadness over the avoidable ethnic violence in Shasha Market in Ibadan, Oyo State. She sympathised with…