The Department of State Services (DSS) has taken swift action against one of its personnel, Ifeanyi Onyewuenyi, who has been accused of abducting, defiling, and forcing the conversion of a 16-year-old girl, Walida Abdulhadi. The arrest was made following a petition submitted to the DSS Director-General by an Abuja-based law firm, Gamji Lawchain, on behalf […]
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Mr. Chukwudi Ogbonna, the Accord Party (AP) candidate for Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni state constituency for Rivers state assembly, has been abducted by gunmen. The abduction was confirmed on Tuesday by Ifeaka Nwakiri, a relative of the politician. It is understood that Ogbonna was kidnapped on Monday at Rumuigbo, near Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital. Nwakiri said the abduction […]
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The Katsina State Command of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) on Sunday confirmed the rescue of six victims earlier abducted by terrorists on Saturday night in Funtua Local Government Area of the state. The six victims were part of the 19 worshippers abducted by terrorists around 7.40 pm on Saturday from a mosque at Maigamji […]
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The Zamfara Command of the Nigeria Police Force, says security operatives have rescued 100 abducted persons from bandits at Kabaro forest in Maru LGA of the state. Muhammad Shehu, Zamfara police spokesman, disclosed this in a statement in Gusau, the state capital, on Tuesday. Shehu said the rescue was done in collaboration with the state […]
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A former minister of aviation and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Femi Fani-Kayode, has alleged that someone is making money from the continued captivity of Leah Sharibu by Boko Haram. He stated that the person is collecting money in the abducted schoolgirl’s name. Writing on Twitter, the former minister said he got […]
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Four officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have been kidnapped. William Aya, a deputy superintendent of police, told NAN that the officers were kidnapped at a spot in Alo-Offoke community on the Itobe-Ayingba road. The officials were said to be travelling to Makurdi for promotion examination when their vehicles were stopped […]
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Two persons have been abducted by gunmen in Calabar over the weekend, reports the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). NAN gathered that Dr David Ugwu, an Associate Professor with University of Calabar, was abducted at his home on Friday evening, while Mr Morris Archibong, a Staff of Cross River Newspaper Corporation, was kidnapped on his […]
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Some unidentified gunmen have kidnapped Susana Jonathan, Permanent Secretary of the Taraba State Ministry of Water Resources. Jonathan was said to have been kidnapped on Sunday at about 2:17am at her home, located around the ATC area of Jalingo, the state capital. Residents of the area stated that the gunmen stormed the house and picked […]
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Four senior staff of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen while another was shot on Tuesday evening in River State. According to PRNigeria, the incident took place while the officers were on official duties. The officers were in the state to conduct an enumeration exercise to determine the number […]
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Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan says he cannot take responsibility for the kidnap of 276 students from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno state, in 2014. Jonathan had been accused of not doing enough to secure the release of the students. Speaking in an interview with BBC, the former president said Boko Haram should […]
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