Kano-based Islamic scholar and Chairman, Kano state Council of Prerogative of Mercy, Sheikh Ahmad Sulaiman, has been released from captivity. The famous Quranic reciter and member of Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’ah Wa’ikamatis Sunnah, a Northern-based Islamic propagation movement, was kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Katsina and demanded N300million before his release. Sheikh Ahmad was abducted along five other […]
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Police rescues 8-yr- old kidnapped victim in Bayelsa
THE Bayelsa Police Command says it has rescued an eight years old girl from kidnappers in Yenagoa, the state capital. The victim identified as Miss Dora Diekedie Dizeani was reportedly kidnapped in her mother’s residence by two masked gunmen.
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Masari’s mother-in-law regain freedom — after one week in kidnapper’s den
The 80-year-old mother-in-law of Aminu Masari, governor of Katsina state, has regained freedom after one week in custody of her abductors. The governor’s mother-in-law was abducted last Friday at
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Edo APC House of Assembly candidate regains freedom 38 days after kidnap
BENIN—the candidate of the All Progressives Congress for Owan West Constituency, Mike Ohio-Ezomo, kidnapped in his country home near Uzebba was released Saturday night in Owo, Ondo State after 38 days in his kidnappers’ den.
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Was DCP FARS kidnapped in Bayelsa?
Akwa Ibom commissioner confirms abduction of Governor Emmanuel’s security adviser
Mr Charles Udoh, the Akwa Ibom Commissioner for Information and Orientation, has confirmed the abduction of Mr Iniobong Ekong, the Senior Special Adviser on Security Matters to Gov. Udom Emmanuel. Udoh told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview in Nsit Ubium Local Government Area of the state that Ekong was kidnapped […]
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Gunmen abduct 12-year-old boy in Plateau
Unidentified Gunmen have abducted a twelve-year boy at staff quarters of the Hiegpang campus of Plateau State Polytechnic in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of the state. DSP Terna Tyopev, Spokesman of the Plateau Police Command, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Jos. According to Tyopev, the incident, […]
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Gunmen shoot one, kidnap two workers of Bowen University
One staff of Bowen University, Iwo, Osun, who was yet to be identified, was on Monday evening shot, while two others were said to have been kidnapped by gunmen along Iwo-Osogbo road.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the State, DSP Folashade Odoro, confirmed the incident, saying that the police were combing the area to apprehend the culprits and rescue those who were kidnapped.
“Yes, two persons were kidnapped, but our men are already in the bush trying to rescue the victims and apprehend the abductors, ”Odoro said.
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Leah Sharibu not dead, still alive – Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has, Sunday, debunked a fake report making the rounds that Miss Leah Sharibu, the Dapchi Secondary School girl whom the terrorist Boko Haram sect has refused to release after abducting her and over 100 others, is dead.
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Taraba Gov’s Press Secretary kidnapped on way to campaign venue
The Chief Press Secretary to the Taraba State governor, Alhaji Hassan Mijinyawa, has been reportedly abducted by unknown gunmen in Gashaka Local Government Council of the state. Also said to have been abducted by the kidnappers in the same venue, was a foreign expatriate whose country of origin was yet unknown as at the time […]
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