Assassination
30 May
Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections in Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has dismissed, as ‘fake, wicked and evil,’ news about his assassination, being peddled in the social media by unknown people.
12 Jul 2021
US law enforcement and national security officials met with Haiti's leaders and police to offer assistance in the wake of president Jovenel Moise's assassination, the White House said Monday.
19 Jun 2020
An investigation is currently ongoing in regard to the death of a businessman from Dehli who hired assassins to kill him after he was too scared to take his own life. The man identified as Gaurav Bansal is reported to have had his business affected by the COVID-19 lockdown and he hired four hitmen to kill…
25 Feb 2019
Lafia, the capital of Nasarawa State, is filled with apprehension following an assassination attempt on the life of the Senator representing Nasarawa Southern Senatorial District, Senator Suleiman Adokwe. Senator Adokwe, who related the ugly experience to journalists at his Lafia residence, alleged that some overzealous supporters of a rival political party, who were embittered by…
7 Nov 2018
Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu yesterday relived how he escaped an assassination attempt, declaring that no one was safe in the country...
5 Sep 2018
US President Donald Trump denied Wednesday having discussed wanting to kill Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, a key claim in a new book by Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward.
1 Sep 2018
Rebel authorities in east Ukraine have detained several suspects and declared three days of mourning after the assassination of top separatist leader Alexander Zakharchenko. The 42-year-old head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic was blown up at a cafe in the rebel-controlled city in broad daylight on Friday, becoming the four-year conflict's most prominent victim…
25 Aug 2018
Lagos State Commissioner of Police (CP), Edgal Imohimi, recently paraded one Osaro Okonoboh and Lucky Oboh on August 6, 2018, for an alleged attempt to assassinate Gladys Osaigbovo-Omon at her residence in Benin City, Edo State. Imohimi disclosed that the suspects, who were arrested on July 26, 2018, made an attempt on Gladys’ life on…
6 May 2018
Pakistan's interior minister Ahsan Iqbal has been shot in a suspected assassination attempt ahead of nationwide elections due this year, but will survive, officials said Sunday. The suspect, who police said was named "Abid" and is believed to be in his early 20s, shot Iqbal at close range with a 30-bore pistol, hitting him in…
17 Jul 2017
“The bullet grazed through my right ear, if I was not lucky, I would have been dead. Two bullets were fired at me. My brother was shot and one of my supporters was almost killed at Ekpan market.
5 Jun 2016
In a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase, Governor Ortom restated his resolve not to shield anyone linked with the killing of Igbana, no matter how highly placed.