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Security updatesKidnapped Zamfara Students Regain Freedom
The kidnapped students of Government Day Secondary School, Kaya in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State have regained their freedom. After being released by their abductors, the students were received by Governor Bello Matawalle in Gusau, on Sunday. Gunmen, believed to be bandits, had abducted the students from the school late...
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52Security updates75 abducted Zamfara pupils regain freedom
The 75 pupils of Government Day Secondary School, Kaya, in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State who were abducted on September 1, 2021, have regained their freedom. The Nigerian Television Authority broke the news via its verified Facebook page overnight. Nigerian Police had reported that gunmen abducted more than...
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51Security updatesAmotekun Rescues Three Remaining Travellers From Abductors In Ondo
Operatives of the Ondo State Security Network Agency (Amotekun corps)have rescued the three remaining victims out of the 12 that were kidnapped by gunmen along the Ifira-Akoko/Idoani Road. The victims were travelling from Abuja to Lagos when they fell into the hands of the kidnappers. However, the prompt intervention of...
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63Security updatesThree Kidnapped Obasanjo Workers Regain Freedom In Ogun
The kidnappers of the three workers of the former President Olusegun Obasanjo have released them 48 hours after. The victims who were abducted by gunmen on Wednesday evening in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government were freed on Friday evening. Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola...
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37PoliticsProjects not centred around community interest breed banditry, kidnapping — Bisi Akande
Ex-Osun state Governor, Chief Bisi Akande on Thursday disclosed that any government projects not centred around people’s interest are dubious and breeds insecurity. This is as he disclosed that such dubious projects that are not targeted at community development created and radicalized the society leading to banditry, kidnapping...
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Gunmen Abduct Three Of Obasanjo’s Workers In Ogun
Gunmen have kidnapped three workers of former President Olusegun Obasanjo at a village in Abeokuta on Wednesday. A source told our correspondent on Wednesday that the gunmen waylaid the three workers at the Obasanjo Holdings in Kobape in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area. The source said the workers abducted are...
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120Security updates18 Kidnapped In Keke, Kaduna State
About 18 people have been kidnapped in Keke, a community in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Gunmen were said to have invaded the community around 12midnight. Eyewitnesses said the gunmen came in large number and after causing confusion in the area, they kidnapped 18 people. Our correspondent gathered...
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126Security updatesGunmen Abduct Senator Effiong In Akwa Ibom
Gunmen have abducted the former Senator representing Eket Senatorial District of Akwa Ibom State, Nelson Effiong in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The victim was kidnapped by three-armed hoodlums at his lounge, a popular sit-out along Oron Road in Uyo. The gunmen reportedly stormed the venue at about 9:00pm on Sunday...
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118Security updatesGunmen Strike Again In Katsina, Abduct Village Head’s Four Children
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have again attacked a community in Katsina State, kidnapping four children of a village head. According to residents, the gunmen stormed Sabuwar Kasa village in Kafur Local Government Area of Katsina State in the early hours of Monday and took away Alhaji Hamza Umar’s children....
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Gunmen abduct Katsina lawmaker’s about-to-wed sister
Gunmen on Sunday abducted Asma’u Tafoki, younger sister to the Deputy Speaker of Katsina House of Assembly, Dalhatu Tafoki. Tafoki, who represents Faskari Constituency at the Assembly, confirmed the incident. He said that the gunmen stormed his hometown, Tafoki, in the Faskari Local Government Area of the state around...
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20EducationZamfara: Declare Abduction Of Students A Crime Against Humanity, SERAP Tells ICC
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has petitioned Mr Karim A. A. Khan, Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC), urging him “to investigate the growing cases of abduction of students in several parts of Northern Nigeria, closure of schools, and the persistent failure of Nigerian authorities at both the federal...
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197Security updatesPolice Confirm Killing Of Sowore’s Brother By Suspected Kidnappers
The Edo State Police Command has confirmed the murder of Olajide Sowore, brother of Sahara Reporters Publisher, Omoyele Sowore by suspeced kidnappers around 6:00 a.m. on Saturday. The pharmacy student at the Igbinedion University Okada was killed along the Lagos-Benin expressway when gunmen kidnapped about five persons travelling on the...
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111Security updatesBandits Kill Four, Abduct Several Others In Zamfara
Armed bandits have invaded Ruwan Doruwa district in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State, killing four persons and abducting several others. A source at Ruwan Doruwa community said the bandits came to the town in the early hours of Friday and started shooting sporadically, forcing many residents to flee...
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101Security updatesFive Abducted Zamfara Students Regain Freedom
Bandits have returned five students of Government Day Secondary School Kaya in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara state. At least 73 of the students had been kidnapped on Wednesday, according to the police. Speaking to Channels Television via telephone, a former councilor of Kaya ward, Yahaya Kaya said his...
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126EducationUNICEF ‘Horrified’ By Zamfara School Abduction
UNICEF on Thursday said it was horrified by yet another attack on a school in Nigeria, following the abduction of scores of students from Government Day Secondary School Kaya in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State. “We strongly condemn this attack, which has happened just a few days after...