Tag: ASSASSINATION
Politicians planning to bomb election venues – Buratai
Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, has said that the military
has got intelligence that politicians are planning to disrupt the peaceful
conduct of the governorship/state...
Fayemi’s ex-commissioner escapes assassination
Funke Owoseni, one-time commissioner during the first tenure of Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti, narrowly escaped death when suspected assassins invaded her residence in...
Okowa’s aide shot dead
Special Assistant on Youth Development Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, Lawrence Akpomiemie, was on Friday night shot dead in the Uvwie Local Government...
Police investigate assassination attempt on Mbaka
The Enugu State Police Command on Monday commenced a full-scale investigation into alleged attempted assassination of the Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry Enugu, Nigeria...
Obasanjo sues journalist N1bn over allegation he killed Bola Ige
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has filed a suit against an online radio presenter, Akanda Oro, popularly known as Awikonko, for accusing him of complicity...
Ekweremadu, victim of burglary not assassination attempt – Police
The Nigerian police have described Monday’s incident at the Abuja home of Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu as burglary and not assassination as he...
PDP raises concerns over attempt on Ekweremadu’s life
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed concerns over the reported assassination attempt on Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu and other members of his...
Ekweremadu, wife, son escape assassination attempt
Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, his wife and son escaped an assassination attempt at their Apo Quarters residence in Abuja in the early hours...
APC chieftain, Bunmi Ojo, shot dead in Ekiti
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State, Bunmi Ojo, was on Friday night shot dead by unknown assailants.
The deceased was...
Dino Melaye docked over false assassination claim, granted N100,000 bail
Senator Dino Melaye was on Thursday arraigned in an FCT High Court, Maitama, for allegedly giving false information to the police.
Melaye, representing Kogi West,...