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26 Jun 2020
One person has been confirmed dead with five others injured following a clash between groups of youths in Ogwuanaocha community, Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra
6 Dec 2019
The Jigawa Police Command said it had dispatched reinforcement to Guri Local Government Area of the state where one person died during a clash by two rival groups in the locality.
27 Oct 2019
A number of hostages seized by ethnic Rakhine rebels in a raid on a ferry packed with scores of Myanmar security forces have been killed, the insurgents and army said late Sunday, blaming each other for the deaths.
2 Sep 2019
The annual Oro cultural festival held in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State at the weekend turned bloody as suspected members of rival cult gangs engaged themselves in a shootout.
16 Jul 2019
About four persons were killed at Jootar in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State when Jukun militia allegedly stormed the border town about 4 am yesterday.
23 Apr 2019
Detectives yesterday arrested no fewer than five persons over gang clash in Aguda, Surulere area of Lagos. The Lagos State police spokesman, Bala Elkana, who made the disclosure noted that Aguda Police Station received a distress that a group of youths from Ijesha and Aguda areas engaged themselves in a free-for-all fight at the boundary…
11 Jan 2019
The Police Command in Kogi on Thursday said two persons were killed and many injured in a renewed hostility between Egbira and Bassa-Kwomu tribes in the state. Spokesman of the command, Mr Williams Aya, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, who made this known in Lokoja, however, said that the situation was under control. Aya confirmed…
30 Aug 2018
Violent clashes resumed late Thursday afternoon between rival militias south of the Libyan capital, just hours after a truce was announced to end fighting that has killed almost 30 people since Monday. The fighting broke out on Monday in suburbs south of Tripoli and continued into Wednesday evening after a truce collapsed, despite an appeal…
28 Aug 2018
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday said an initiative on dairy farming being championed by the Kingdom of Denmark and the Kaduna State government would go a long way in curbing clashes between cattle herders and farmers in the country. The President, who spoke when he received the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark, Mr. Torben Gettermann,…
16 Apr 2018
A fresh communal clash between the people of Igala and Bassa Kwomu at Aloko-Oguma in Bassa council area of Kogi State has reportedly claimed five lives and 50 houses. The violence, which erupted on Friday, was said to have extended to Saturday as people from the two tribes bitterly engaged in a free-for-all. The Guardian…
29 Jan 2018
Tragedy struck at the weekend during a birthday bash that toured sour over suitors’ clash in Ondo, the headquarters of Ondo West Local Government Area of the state, as two persons were reportedly injured. It was learnt that a 25-year-old woman identified as Bunmi Akinlotan, organized a birthday party, which was attended by two of…
14 Jan 2018
A clash between the people of Gwara and Gwure communities in Khana Local Government Council of Rivers State has claimed about four lives. The Guardian gathered that some youths from Gwara invaded Gwure community in a reprisal following the alleged abduction and rape of a teenage girl by Gwure youths. A source said Gwara youths abducted five…
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