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Leman Killing: Buhari-led Government is a Failure – Rights Group

Ade Adewale — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 19:34:17 +0000

A human rights group, the Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ) has declared that the killing of Hauwa Leman, an health aid worker with the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) by the Boko Haram sect, had shown General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) as a failed democratically elected President leading a failed government in [...]

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Nigerians Should Donate Blood To Save Lives – Red Cross

David Folami — Sun, 09 Oct 2016 22:31:29 +0000

The Red Cross Society of Nigeria, Gombe State chapter, has urged the public to donate blood to save lives during emergency. Malam Abubakar Yakubu, Secretary of the society, made the plea on Friday, October 7, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gombe. Yakubu said, “Sometimes, we experience shortage in the [...]

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More Than 30 Killed, 80 Injured As Bomb Blast Hit Yola

Wale Adebayo — Wed, 18 Nov 2015 22:17:47 +0000

No fewer than than 30 people were killed on Tuesday when a bomb blast hit packed crowds in Yola, northeast Nigeria, just days after President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) visited and declared that Boko Haram were close to defeat. The explosion happened at about 8:20 pm in the Jambutu area of the Adamawa state capital. “So [...]

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Osasuna, Valladolid relegated amidst barrier collapse chaos

Adewale A. — Sun, 18 May 2014 19:00:32 +0000

Osasuna and Valladolid were relegated to the Spanish second division on Sunday, but the final round of La Liga matches was overshadowed by the collapse of a barrier which injured 49 fans at Osasuna's El Sadar stadium in Pamplona. The Navarran Red Cross…

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Red Cross members says workers detained in east Ukraine freed

Adewale A. — Sat, 10 May 2014 10:26:49 +0000

Several Red Cross members whom rebels said they had detained in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk have been released, an official from the organisation in Kiev told AFP Saturday. "An emergency response team from the local Red Cross and one member…

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At least 100 died in Democratic Republic of Congo train crash

Adewale A. — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 22:47:37 +0000

Between 100 and 200 victims of an April 22 train crash in the Democratic Republic of Congo were buried in mass graves after the disaster, the Congolese Red Cross said Monday, casting doubt on the official death toll of 74. Many people were trapped for…

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Red Cross warns over Boko Haram fall-out in Nigeria

Adewale A. — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 17:04:09 +0000

Tens of thousands of people in Nigeria are missing out on vital services because of conflict, with the areas where Boko Haram operates worst affected, the Red Cross said on Thursday. The ICRC said it had helped some 40,000 people hit by the Islamist…

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Peacekeepers, dozens of civilians die in C. Africa clashes

Adewale A. — Thu, 26 Dec 2013 21:06:24 +0000

The death toll from clashes in the Central African Republic's capital has risen to at least 40, the Red Cross said Thursday, as French troops upped patrols in the city in a bid to stem the violence. "Around 40 bodies have been recovered for the moment…

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A million Syrians lack food: Red Cross

Adewale A. — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 20:37:51 +0000

A least a million Syrians are going hungry, as fighting and checkpoints prevent aid deliveries, the international Red Cross warned on Monday. "A conservative estimate is a million people without food," said Simon Eccleshall, crisis management chief…

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