Kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeje Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans, staged a drama at a high court in Igbosere, Lagos, on Monday by refusing to alight from the vehicle which conveyed him from the prison to court. After failing in the bid to convince the suspect to follow him to the courtroom, the prison official told the […]
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Two policemen and an official of the National Union Road Transport Workers (NURTW) have been shot dead in Ciki Da Falo, a village in Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna state. A resident disclosed that 15 people, including two brides, were abducted. The resident who preferred anonymity said the incident happened around 5pm on Thursday. […]
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At least two people have been killed by unknown gunmen in Tsohuwar Gwari village in Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna state. A source from the village said the gunmen invaded the village around 12 midnight on Saturday and kidnapped nine people, including a newly-wedded bride. He added that three of those abducted managed to […]
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The released Dapchi schoolgirls who were recently set free by Boko Haram insurgents have arrived the presidential villa, Abuja to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari. The girls, who were freed on Wednesday, were airlifted to Abuja aboard a military plane from Maiduguri, Borno state capital. Out of the 110 pupils abducted from Government Secondary School Dapchi, […]
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The federal government said a total of 106 abducted persons, comprising 104 Daphi schoolgirls, one other girl and a boy were freed by insurgents in the early hours of Wednesday. Briefing journalists in Maiduguri, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said all the 106 persons were freed unconditionally, contrary to reports in a […]
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The major opposition party in Nigeria, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the abduction of Dapchi schoolgirls as a scam and a stage play for political purposes. Kola Ologbondiyan, spokesman of the PDP, made the comment on Wednesday in reaction to the return of 101 schoolgirls that were abducted in Dapchi, Yobe state. The […]
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Reports from Dapchi village of Yobe State indicate that the girls abducted from a secondary school in the town have been returned in the manner they were taken. Some sources in Dapchi indicated that the girls were brought back and dumped in the village by unknown persons in the kind of vans that were used […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday visited Government Girls Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe state, where Boko Haram insurgents abducted 110 students last month. President Buhari in company of Ibrahim Gaidam, governor of the state, who had earlier visited the school. In Dapchi, Buhari reassured parents of the abducted schoolgirls that the Federal Government will […]
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Top human rights activist, Aisha Wakil, popularly called “Mama Boko Haram”, who is known for her access to the leadership of Boko Haram, says the 110 students abducted from Dapchi, Yobe state, are safe with one Habib, whom she identified as her son. Mama Boko Haram said the Musab Al-Barnawi faction of Boko Haram contacted her […]
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With a strong conviction that the Abu Musab Al-Barnawi-led faction of Boko Haram might be responsible for the abduction of Dapchi School Girls, a respected North-East human rights activist, popularly called Mama Boko Haram, Barrister Aisha Alkali Wakil has appealed to the abductors to release the young female captives. Aisha Wakil, a former member of […]
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