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Lone wolf kills 8 in Catholic Church, says Police

Daily Dispatch August 6, 2017

The police in Anambra state on Sunday confirmed that only one  gunman killed eight worshippers and injured  18 others in an early morning attack on St. Philip Catholic Church, Ozubulu, Ekwusigo Local Government Area. Earlier reports had said the killings were done by gunmen, with rumours that

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Anambra people condemn Ozubulu church killings

Daily Dispatch August 6, 2017

Some residents and people of Anambra State have condemned the killing of worshippers early on Sunday morning at St. Philips Catholic Church in Ozubulu community of the State. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Police Commissioner in Anambra, Garba Umar, had confirmed that eight persons died and 18 others sustained various degrees of injuries in […]

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Anambra church shooting: HURIWA calls for sack of police commissioner

Daily Dispatch August 6, 2017

A pro-democracy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has condemned the early Morning massacre of scores of worshippers at the Saint Philips Catholic church, OZUBULU in Anambra state by armed freelance attackers. HURIWA accused the Federally controlled security forces in the Anambra state of abysmally failing in their constitutional responsibility and

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Anambra Church Massacre is abominable, barbaric, inhuman- Dogara

Daily Dispatch August 6, 2017

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has described Sunday’s attack on worshippers in a Catholic church in Anambra state as abominable,  barbaric, inhuman, and the height of wickedness.  Scores of worshippers were murdered by gunmen  inside a Catholic church in Ozubulu in Anambra State. The shooting is said to have occurred during church […]

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Cross River govt to lose Tinapa to ECOWAS Bank over debt

Daily Dispatch August 6, 2017

Government of Cross River State owed the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Bank several millions of Dollars collected as loan to construct Tinapa Premier Business and Leisure Resort. Governor Donald Duke led administration had initially budgeted USD350 million for the project but as at its commissioning on April 2, 2007, the sum had […]

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Anambra Church Masacare: Feud Between Two Brothers From The Community Responsible

Daily Dispatch August 6, 2017

Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, has said that preliminary investigation shows that the shooting at St Philip’s Catholic church in Ozubulu was caused by a feud between two brothers from the community who live abroad. A gunman opened fire on worshippers at the church, killing at least eight people. The Anambra state government put the number […]