Tag: Kidnapping
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Gunmen attacked 527 LGs, thousands killed, kidnapped – Report
Not less than 527 local government areas, out of the total 774 local government councils, have recorded serious security breaches between January to August 21, 2022. A shocking total of 3,264 cases of security breaches were recorded in the affected local governments. The figure was contained in a Nigerian security firm, Beacon Consulting between January…
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BREAKING: Gunmen Invade Kukah’s Church, Kidnap Priests, others
Gunmen early Wednesday broke into one of the parishes presided over by the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan-Kukah. News correspondent gathered that the armed hoodlums kidnapped two priests and two others in the rectory of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Gidan Maikambo, in the Kafur Local Government Area of Katsina State. Kukah’s…
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Police rescue abducted girl, arrest suspect in Delta State
Operatives of the Delta Police Command, Oghara Division, Delta State, have rescued a kidnapped girl who was on a night journey en route to Lagos with her truck driver boyfriend. The truck driver reportedly bolted into the bush abandoning his girlfriend, Sefinat Mohammed, when a gang of three suspected kidnappers swooped on them along Koko…
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South-West kidnap victims paid N3bn in two years – Gani Adams
The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, on Thursday said not less than N3bn was paid as ransom to rescue about 400 kidnapped victims in the South-West part of Nigeria in a period of two years. Adams also claimed that over 200 persons were killed in the South-West region by the kidnappers within the…
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Gunmen kidnap Niger Commissioner of Information
Niger State Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Mr. Mohammed Idris, was on Sunday kidnapped by unknown gunmen at Baban Tunga Village of Tarfa Local Government Area of the state. The Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Ahmed Matane, confirmed the situation, according to him, the gunmen who came on about fifteen motorcycles with sophisticated weapons…