The federal government of Nigeria, on Tuesday released the names and details of the missing 110 girls following the attack on Government Girls Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe state, on February 19. Lai Mohammed, minister of information, who disclosed this in a statement, said Babagana Monguno, national security adviser, has convened a committee to be chaired […]
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Five heavily armed Gunmen have kidnapped a chieftain of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Musa Danbaba Saya-Saya in Kaduna State around 1,00 am Tuesday morning. The gunmen stormed Saya-Saya village in Ikara Local Government area of Kaduna State around where they forced their way into the residence Musa Danbaba Saya-Saya a former State Treasurer of PDP […]
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Five men on Tuesday appeared before the newly inaugurated Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, for allegedly using social media to lure, kidnap and rape two women in Lagos. The accused are Gabriel Obinna, 20, Nnadozie Akabueze, 21, Hector Ugochukwu, 32, Chinedu Ezechukwu, 21 and Godwin Balogun. They are facing a six-count charge of […]
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The four foreign nationals abducted along the Kwoi– Jere road in Kaduna state on Tuesday have been released. Two Americans and two Canadian businessmen who were on their way from Kafanchan, Kaduna state, to Abuja, were ambushed along the Kwoi-Jere road, around 7pm on Tuesday. The two police escort attached to them were killed during an exchange of […]
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A fresh Boko Haram attack on Pallam community in Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa, on Tuesday, has left many dead and others abducted. The attack came barely a week after the terrorists launched a similar attack on neighbouring Wanu, Kamale and Kafin Hausa communities of Michika and Madagali areas. Pallam is the hometown of […]
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Abducted paramount ruler of Ikulu chiefdom in Zangon Kataf local government area of Kaduna state, Yohanna Sidi Kukah, has regained freedom after spending 10 days in captivity. The monarch, who is the younger brother of Matthew Kukah, Catholic bishop of Sokoto diocese, was released on Thursday afternoon. A member of the Ikulu traditional council, Allahmagani […]
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According to a report by PUNCH, three reverend sisters of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus Convent kidnapped in Edo state regained freedom on Saturday. They spent a total of 53 days in custody. While one of them – Veronica Ajayi – was reportedly released on Saturday evening, the other two were said to have returned […]
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An aide to Sen. Shehu Sani (APC-Kaduna) on Youth Matters, Bashir Ahmad, has been kidnapped. Sani, who made the announcement on his Facebook post, said Ahmad, 45, was kidnapped by some gunmen in Tudun Wada Area of Kaduna South, Kaduna State on Dec. 8. He said the victim had some weeks ago reported to the […]
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One British hostage kidnapped in Nigeria has been killed in the Niger Delta, while three others have returned home safely, the Foreign Office in London announced Monday. The four, who were working with a Christian medical charity providing free health treatment in southern Nigeria’s Delta state, were kidnapped on October 13. Ian Squire was killed, […]
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The Commissioner of Police (CP), Ebonyi Command, Mr Titus Lamorde, said on Friday that four kidnap suspects escaped from the command’s custody in Abakaliki. He named the suspects as Ogonna Alioke, Friday Nwangbo, Emeka Nwangbo and Ekene Omenyi. Larmode said that they were detained for allegedly kidnapping and killing one Mrs Catherine Okorie, at her […]
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