•Former militant commander, Asari Dokubo The eight candidates of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) abducted by pirates along the Bille waterways in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers States have been rescued after spending 21 days in captivity. The victims were rescued yesterday evening by a local security out...
•Leah Sharibu and her mother Rebecca Sharibu, mother of Christian schoolgirl Leah Sharibu abducted by Boko Haram in 2018, has marked her 22nd birthday in captivity, seven years after being taken from her school in Dapchi, Yobe State. Rebecca released a heartfelt video message on the occasion, expressing the overwhelming pain of their prolonged...
•Leah Sharibu The Leah Sharibu Foundation has described Leah Sharibu’s continued stay in captivity as a sad development. President of the Foundation, Dr. Gloria Puldu, stated this at a briefing, in Jos, yesterday, reports Vanguard. She said Sharibu had spent exactly seven years away from her home since she was captured alongside 100 other scho...
•Wild dog eating Bandits terrorising North West residents have fed newborn twins to dogs, according to Hon. Aminu Sani Jaji, the lawmaker representing Kaura Namoda and Birnin Magaji federal constituency of Zamfara State. In a chat with newsmen today, Jaji said the victim was abducted from a community in Zamfara while pregnant. He said while [&...
•Tinubu Indigenes of Birnin-Gwari in Kaduna State and neighboring communities in Niger State have appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to intervene and rescue two District Heads from the communities who were abducted by terrorists and have been in captivity for over 4 months. In a letter to the President by the Birnin-Gwari-Niger Inter-boun...
•Gunmen Eight days after 20 medical students from the University of Maiduguri and the University of Jos were kidnapped in the Otukpo area of Benue State, their whereabouts remain unknown. The students were abducted last Thursday evening while travelling along the Otukpo-Enugu highway en route to the Federation of Catholic Medical and Dental St...
•Late Emir, Isa Muhammad Bawa The son of Sokoto District Head who died in captivity on Tuesday has been released after the payment of ransom. His elder brother, Surajo Isa, confirmed this to our correspondent last night, reports Daily Trust. He said the bandits collected N60 million and five motorcycles given to secure their release. […...
•Pregnant Ihyi Abdul and her two children Ihyi Abdul, the most recently released victim of the April 2014 abduction in Chibok, Borno State, says she was married to eight men while in Boko Haram captivity. It was earlier reported how the Joint Task Force, Operation Hadin Kai, handed over the rescued Chibok girl and 332 […]
•Bandits Residents of Kuchi, an agrarian community in Munya Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State, continue to suffer as 148 farmers remain in captivity fifty-three days after a devastating bandit raid on May 24, 2024. The bandits, numbering over 100, abducted the farmers, including pregnant women and children, and have since demanded ran...
•Youth Corps members The family of Bassey Daniel, one of the prospective National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, members from Akwa Ibom State, kidnapped in Zamfara State has called on relevant stakeholders, including the state government to help rescue him. Daniel, an indigene of Itu Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State is the only remaining [...
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