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At least eight fighters affiliated with the Taliban group were on Friday killed when their attack on government forces’ checkpoints was repelled in the Northern Province of Kunduz. Esmatullah Muradi, the provincial governor spokesman disclosed this in Kunduz. READ ALSO: French troops kill 33 militants in Mali The offensive was triggered when a group of
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Militants have killed at least 71 soldiers in an attack on a military base in western Niger – the deadliest in several years. At least soldiers were injured in the attack in Ates, the army said. The Islamic State (IS) group said it carried out the attack. READ ALSO: 7 Islamist militants sentenced to death for
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Seven Islamist militants were sentenced to death for their roles in an attack in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka more than three years ago, officials said on Wednesday. The attack on a cafe in 2016 killed 20 civilians, both foreign and Bangladeshi. A special tribunal dealing with anti-terrorism cases handed down the punishment for carrying out
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The Niger Delta ex-militants are currently protesting in Presidential Amnesty office in Port Harcourt over an alleged non-payment of allowance from the government. The ex-fighters, who are undergoing training in manufacturing and repairs of electric transformers, said they had not been paid their allowances since August. They were seen carrying placard at 10am on Monday,
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By Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South-South Militants in Niger Delta were at loggerheads, yesterday, over the call to sack the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio and disbanding of the Interim Management Committee, IMC, for the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, which he inaugurated recently. The leader of Reformed Niger Delta Avengers, RNDA, self -styled “Major
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By Chioma Onuegbu – Uyo Akwa Ibom State government has put plans in place to establish two rehabilitation centres in for ex-militants that dropped their arms last year after terrorising Etim Ekpo and Ukanafun local government areas for over two years. Chairman of Ukanafun Local Government Area, Mr. Uko Idiong, who disclosed this to newsmen
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By Emma Amaize Militants under the auspices of 21st Century Youths of Niger Delta and Agitators with Conscience, Sunday, urged youths and people of Bayelsa State to use their Permanent Voter’s Cards PVCs and not guns to decide the next Governor of the state in the November 16 Governorship Election. Leader of the group, self-styled
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By Egufe Yafugborhi Nigerian Navy has acquired 250 boats several, several Offshore Patrol Vessels and Seaward Defence Boats in sustained fortification of its fleet to tackle oil theft and other maritime crimes in the Niger Delta. Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Gabriel Olonisakin, revealed this Saturday in Onne Rivers state as Review Officer at
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…adds police ready to deal with looters of Amnesty tools in Kaiama By Soni Daniel, Abuja Pressurised by ex-militants to include them in the Federal Government Amnesty Programme, the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, Professor Charles Dokubo, has said that only the Presidency can order the capturing of more delegates to existing
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By Emma Amaize An assemblage of militants in Niger Delta under the auspices of 21st Century Youths for Niger Delta and Agitators with Conscience, on Monday, identified the way forward for leaders assigned with the responsibility of overseeing the combined destiny of the people of Niger Delta in the second tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari The
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