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Again! Shi’ite clashes with police in Abuja on Thursday

Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria have again clashed with the Police at the Federal Secretariat, Abuja, on Thursday. Punch reported that the Police fired gunshots and tear gas canisters to disperse the protesters, while five Shi’ite members were apprehended by the security operatives. Punch Correspondent reports that the confrontation sparked panic as workers,…

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Makinde summons an emergency meeting with state’s security chiefs over brewing violence

Following reports of threats of violence across different parts of the capital city, Oyo state governor, Seyi Makinde has summon an emergency security meeting at the governor’s office. The meeting is the first between the governor and the security chiefs since assumption of office, on Wednesday. The governor who confirmed that he had gotten a…

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Ibadan Poly students protest for stabbing of school sports Director, others in a football match violence

Hundreds of students of the Polytechnic Ibadan Thursday morning barricaded the main entrance and other gates leading to the institution in protest against the stabbed of one of their colleagues and injured of another one. It was reported that the students in protest against the violence that erupted shortly after a football match on Wednesday…

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