A man shot and killed eight children, including seven of his own, in a domestic attack in Shreveport, Louisiana, on April 20, according to local authorities. The eight victims ranged in age from three to 11, making it one of the deadliest mass shootings of minors in the United States in recent years. Police said […]
Category Archives: Justice&Rights
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Apr
Apr
Some security experts have called on the government to support peacebuilding recommendations aimed at addressing ethnic profiling and stereotyping in security discourse and operations across West Africa. The call was made at the conclusion of a two-day, high-level conference organised by BEACON Security and Intelligence Limited (BSIL) in collaboration with the Whiteink Institute for Strategy […]
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Mar
Former Kaduna State Gov. Nasir El-Rufai withdrew his fundamental rights suit against a chief magistrate (2nd defendant) at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday in his N1 billion case against anti-corruption agencies. Ugochukwu Nnakwu, counsel for El-Rufai, informed Justice Joyce Abdulmalik shortly after the case was called. The move followed the judge’s earlier […]
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Mar
It was a dark day for a wedding couple and their guests in the village of Kahir, in Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Sunday night as assailants in large numbers with heavy guns shot at guests with many sustaining gunshot injuries and scores killed. An eye witness told news men that the […]
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Mar
Troops of Operation HADIN KAI successfully repelled a coordinated infiltration attempt by ISWAP terrorists at Mallam Fatori in Abadam Local Government Area of Borno, killing no fewer than 60. The military, in an operational report made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday, said the terrorists launched an attack on the 68th […]