•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 [...
•Gunmen A judge of the Upper Customary Court in Kaduna State Janet Gimba who was kidnapped by bandits along with her four children has been released. But three of her children are still in the custody of the abductors, reports Channels TV. Her husband Musa Gimba confirmed the judge’s release but said that the woman […]
•Chibok girls in Boko Haram captivity Another Chibok girl, Lydia Simon, has been rescued by troops of Sector One North-East Joint Taskforce Operation Hadin Kai after escaping from Boko Haram captivity. The Theatre Commander of the Joint Taskforce, Major General Waidi Shuabu, while addressing journalists at the headquarters of the theatre said ...
•Terrorists Three Cameroonian aid workers with a French NGO who were kidnapped in the country’s jihadist-hit north were freed in Nigeria yesterday after 100 days in captivity, their organisation told our correspondent. The two men and a woman “were freed this evening near Maiduguri” in northeastern Nigeria, around 100 kilometres (62 miles) fro...
•Aisha Yesufu •Chibok girls in captivity At the forefront of the move to secure the release of the abducted girls, was the BringBackOurGirls group. The group mounted a campaign to put pressure on relevant authorities to ensure release of the girls. In this interview, with co- founder of the BringBackOurGirls movement, Aisha Yesufu, our corresp...
•Abuja sisters Security agencies were busy with a slew of rescue operations over the weekend. Among those freed were five of the six sisters of the Al-Kadriyar family who were kidnapped by bandits in the Bwari area of Abuja, reports The Nation. They regained freedom on Saturday after the payment of ransom, according to one […]
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