Category: News
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Buhari Visits Kuje Correctional Centre After Terrorists Attack (Photos)
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday made a stopover at the Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja, for an on-the-spot assessment of the damage done to the facility by invading terrorists the previous night. Terrorists, believed to be Boko Haram elements, on Tuesday evening stormed the correctional facility, leaving one security personnel and six inmates dead. They also…
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Kuje Attack: Kyari, Maina, Other High Profile Inmates Refuse to Escape With Fleeing Inmates – Report
Some high profile inmates in Kuje Custodial Centre in Abuja were reported to have refused to leave the facility despite the chance given to them to escape during the attack on the facility on Tuesday night. Minister of Defence, Major General Bashir Magashi (rtd), disclosed this to State House correspondents on Wednesday after the weekly…
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600 Inmates Escape From Kuje Jail Break, 300 Retrieved Successfully – Minister of Defence
The Minister of Defence, Maj General Bashir Magashi, has revealed that about 600 inmates broke out of the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje, with about 300 inmates successfully retrieved from the bushes. Speaking with newsmen, Magashi said they suspect the attack to be from the Boko-Haram terrorist sect. He said, “They came in with high…
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BREAKING: DCP Abba Kyari, Dariye, Nyame ‘missing’ after attack on Kuje facility
The Nation Newspaper Some high profile inmates at the Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja may have escaped Tuesday night’s attacks on the facility by some gunmen. The attacks, which lasted some hours, were said to have been resisted by military personnel and prison guards on duty. Sources said Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari and his…
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Crack in ASUU, as Medical Lecturers Distance Selves from Strike
Vanguard News The ongoing strike embarked upon by four university-based unions has taken a new twist, as lecturers in medical schools of some Federal Universities have distanced themselves from the industrial action. This came on a day the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, said the Federal Government’s promise of immediate reply to its submission…
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NCoS Reacts To Attack on Kuje Prison
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), on Wednesday morning, has reacted to the attack on the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Kuje area of Abuja by gunmen. In a statement by NCoS spokesperson, Umar Abubakar made available to newsmen, the Service stated that it was yet to identify those behind the attack. The statement also did…
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Gunmen Attack Kuje Prison in Abuja
Unknown gunmen have attacked the Kuje Maximum Security Custodial Centre with bombs on Tuesday night. Sources said there were shootings and sounds of explosion around the facility, located at an area called Shetuko in Kuje Area Council of Abuja. As at the time of this report, the actual cause of the attack was not ascertained…
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Bandits Shot Assistant Commissioner of Police Dead in Katsina
An Assistant Commissioner of Police, Aminu Umar has been shot dead by bandits in Katsina State. The deceased and his team members were ambushed while on a clearance operation in Zakka forest, Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State, on Tuesday. Until his death, Umar was the Area Commander of Police in Dutsinma. Sources within…
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Bandits Open Fire on President Buhari’s Convoy in Katsina
Some armed bandits terrorists on Tuesday, opened fire on the convoy of President Muhammadu Buhari in Katsina State. According to Presidential Spokesman, Garba Shehu, Nigeria’s number one citizen was not in the convoy at the time of the attack but security operatives and an advance team heading for Daura, Buhari’s hometown, ahead of Sallah, were…
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My Missing WAEC Certificate Was The Best in 1976 – PDP Vice Presidential Candidate, Okowa Speaks
Vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who doubles as incumbent Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, has said that his missing WAEC result was the second best in 1976. Okowa debunked reports that he does not have a WAEC result, adding that, he was an outstanding student at secondary school level. The…