Thirty out of the 102 abducted students of the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, have arrived at Birnin Kebbi, the Kebbi state capital following their release from captivity. This was disclosed in a statement issued by Yahaya Sarki, the Special Adviser, Media, to Kebbi state governor. “Today Thursday, the 21st of October, 2021 thirty (30) students of the Federal Government Read More
A retired permanent secretary in Kwara state, Dr. Zubair Erubu, was Thursday abducted by suspected kidnappers at a gunpoint. He was abducted around 10:00pm at Ago-Oja, Asa local government area of the state. Erubu, who is also the Magaji Erubu of Ilorin, was said to be returning from Ilorin metropolis to retire at his Ago-Oja residence when the kidnappers struck Read More
The management of University of Abuja weekend honoured 44 staff of the Safety Unit of the university for their role in the rescue of staff and children abducted recently by gunmen from the Giri Quarters in the early hours of Tuesday, 2nd November, 2021. The vice-chancellor, Professor Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah, who celebrated the staff said they did the university proud by Read More
Today, Nigeria, the acclaimed giant of Africa, is battling with serious security challenges across its regions, while there are industrial acrimonies in some of its establishments. These have resulted in countless killings, kidnappings and industrial actions. But will peace salvage the situation? TOPE SUNDAY writes. The level of insecurity in the country is well-pronounced. There is banditry in the North-west and North-central; Boko Haram Read More
The lawmaker representing Niger East in the National Assembly, Senator Sani Musa, has appealed to security agencies in Niger state to “speedily secure the release of the abducted 30 travellers.” The passengers were on Wednesday abducted by no fewer than 100 gun-wielding bandits riding on motorcycles in Niger state. In a statement released in Minna on Friday, Senator Musa said Read More
Bandits have struck again, and the abduction of 30 passengers at Garun Gabas in Rafi local government area of Niger state. The passengers were reportedly abducted on Wednesday by the gunmen from three separate vehicles comprising of 18 seater bus and two other vehicles. It was learnt that the bandits in their large number with dangerous weapons stormed Zungeru Garun Read More
The Chancellor Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan, Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Uchechukwu Okolo, has confirmed the release of three major Catholic seminarians kidnapped from Kafanchan on Monday barely 48 hours after their abduction. The three major seminarians who were kidnapped by armed gunmen suspected to be bandits from Christ the King Major Seminary, Fayit Fadan Kagoma in Jema’a local government area, Kaduna Read More
Suspected kidnappers have attacked Ngurore Police station in Yola South local government area of Adamawa state. They also attacked a house in the area and abducted a nursing mother. Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Sulaiman Nguroje, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. Nguroje said the criminal gang attacked the station at about 2 a.m. Sunday, but Read More
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers has reportedly abducted former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory. Ewuga, who also served as a Senator was kidnapped in the late hours of Tuesday in Plateau State. The former Senator, who represented Nasarawa North Senatorial district from 2011-2015, was returning home when the gunmen waylaid and abducted him. His abduction happened same day the Read More
Zamfara State prides itself as one of the states in Nigeria where citizens are proud to be farmers. And the state has no doubt lived up to its slogan of “Farming is Our Pride”. Created from Sokoto State in October, 1996 by the military regime of late General Sani Abacha, Zamfara has always been a peaceful state, with Gusau as Read More
Of late, oservers have noted that kidnappings and abductions of pupils and students in various schools, especially in some parts of the northern part of the country, have amplified the roles of gender discrimination, disasters, conflict, poverty, language barrier, child labour and forced marriage in forcing more children out of school. They note that no fewer than 1,000 children have Read More
Not many of us ordinary people have full knowledge of the fate of power. Fate in the sense of what happens to its holders. Those in the know insist that power is transient. But those who hold it behave as if it is eternal once they are on the throne or in government house. Unless things changed without my knowledge, Read More
The 75 students kidnapped from the Government Day Secondary School, Kaya, in Maradun local government area of Zamfara state have regained freedom, 12 days after their abduction. Following their release in undisclosed circumstances, the students and a teacher were received by Governor Bello Matawalle at the Government House in Gusau, Sunday evening, the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) reported. “The seventy-five Read More
Save the Children International Nigeria has expressed concern that with the total or partial closure of schools in Zamfara, Katsina, Adamawa, Kaduna, Niger and other states due to kidnapping and abduction of school children, the number of children that would be prevented from accessing education in Nigeria could be on the increase. The Country Director, Save the Children International Nigeria, Read More
Ebonyi Police command Tuesday, paraded two suspects for trafficking teenage girls for prostitution. The suspects Ivi Chukwu Chinecherem, age 20yrs and Ogbonna Justice, age 19 yrs were said to have been involved in the trafficking of five Ebonyi female teenagers to Ghana for Akaeze community in Ivo local government area of Ebonyi state. While parading the suspects, the commissioner of Read More
A former zonal director of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Ahmed Abdulkadir, his daughters and three others have been abducted Monday night in Bakori, Katsina state. A colleague of the ace broadcaster, who asked not to be named, said Abdulkadir was abducted when the bandits stormed Shema quarters, a government estate in the town, around 9 p.m. His daughter, 15-year- Read More
Hours after, the Zamfara state Police command has confirmed that up to 73 students were on Wednesday kidnapped from Government Day Secondary school, Kaya in Maradun local government area. Police Public Relations Officer in Zamfara SP Mohammed Shehu revealed this in a press statement in Gusau. According to the statement, “The Zamfara State Police Command wishes to confirm the abduction Read More
Three weeks after the father of the Speaker of Zamfara State House of Assembly Hon. Nasiru Muazu Magarya, step mother and four others were abducted by bandits at Magarya town in Zurmi Local Government Council of Zamfara state yet to regain freedom. Investigation conducted by our correspondent gathered that the father of the speaker was kidnapped by the a notorious Read More
The Middle Forum (MBF) has raised the alarm over recent killings in Jos North, Plateau state and communities in Guma, Benue state, saying ethnic nationalities in the Middle Belt region have been marked for extermination. A press statement on the current orgy of mayhem, most of which are perceived to be reprisals, National President of MBF, Dr Pogu Bitrus, Friday, Read More
The Nasarawa state police command, Wednesday, confirmed the abduction of the Secretary of Nasarawa State Independent Electoral Commission (NASIEC) Barr. Muhammed Abubakar Opu by unknown gunmen. The Police Public Relations Officer in the, ASP Ramhan Nansel, confirmed this in a statement made available to Blueprint in Lafia. He said the yet-to-be identified gunmen numbering about five stormed the house of Read More
Director General of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Salihu Moh Lukman, has faulted the former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Attairu Jega, for saying the ruling party and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are the same. Jega had in a recent interviews claimed that both the PDP Read More
Betinah Benson, mother of secretary to Bayelsa state government, Kombowei Benson, has regained her freedom after 32 days in captivity.The 80-year-old woman was abducted on July 20 from her residence in Ekeki, Yenagoa, capital of the state. The Bayelsa commissioner of police, Echeng Echeng, confirmed her release on Sunday at the residence of the SSG. The commissioner said that the pressure from the police Read More
The Bandits who kidnapped 15 students of Zamfara State College of Agriculture and Animals Health Bakura have demanded the sum of N350 million ransom before they could release the students. This was made known by the Provost of the College Malam Habib Mainasara made this known in an interview with Newsmen Tuesday. According to him, records available to the authority Read More
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has debunked a write up alleging that about 200 corps members have been killed or abducted in Kaduna or Zamfara states, saying the story is figment of the imagination of the writer. Reacting to the story entitled: “About 200 Corps members murdered between Kaduna and Zamrara this year,” spokeswoman of NYSC, Mrs Adenike Adeyemi, Read More
A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the director general of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) Salihu Moh Lukman, has said the leaders of the ruling party were not in denial of challenges confronting the nation unlike reign of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The PGF boss, however, said for APC to counter the negative narrative of the Read More
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