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Just in: Police confirm abduction of two expatriates in Ebonyi

Ihesiulo Grace 30 March 2020 0

Abakaliki – The Police in Ebonyi on Monday confirmed the abduction of two Chinese working in a quarry site at Ihietutu community in Ishiagu, Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi. Mrs Loveth Odah, the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) confirmed the kidnap to newsmen in

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2 fathers demand action against Japan over parental child abduction

Ihesiulo Grace 17 February 2020 0

 Two European fathers in Japan on Monday urged EU lawmakers to increase pressure on Tokyo to tackle parental child abduction by changing a law that does not recognise joint child custody following divorce. Frenchman Vincent Fichot and Italian Tommaso Perina will present a petition to the bloc’s legislative assembly in Brussels on Wednesday to demand […]

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Father sues son-in-law for abduction, marriage without consent

Ihesiulo Grace 12 December 2019 0

Ilorin – A middle-aged man, Abdulkareem Kashif, was on Thursday arraigned in an Ilorin Magistrates’ Court for allegedly abducting a 21 year-old lady and marrying her without her parents’ consent. The Prosecutor, Insp. Mathew Ologbonsaye said Kashif was arrested following a petition by Basheer Adefaka against the defendant alleging that he abducted and married his

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Rivers policemen, community rescue kidnapped monarch

Ihesiulo Grace 28 December 2017 0

The Paramount Ruler of Mgbuolua, Rundele community of Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, Chief G.A.O Omodu who was kidnapped in the early hours of Tuesday December 26, 2017, at his Ndele Residence has been rescued by men of the Rivers State Police Command less than 12 hours after his abduction. A statement issued […]

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Girls raped, boys abducted, towns torched in South Sudan

Ihesiulo Grace 13 May 2015 0

Gunmen in South Sudan have raped girls, seized boys to become soldiers and torched towns in some of the heaviest fighting seen in the 17-month-long civil war, the United Nations (UN) said on Tuesday. Over 300 000 civilians have been left without “life-saving aid” in the northern battleground state of Unity, after the UN and […]

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Abducted Emir: Council of Chiefs call for Prayers

Ihesiulo Grace 24 March 2015 0

The Zamfara Council of Chiefs has called on all Nigerians to pray for the safe return of the abducted Emir of Bukkuyum Emirate Council, Alhaji Muhammad Usman. The Emir was abducted by unknown gunmen at his palace in Bukkuyum on Friday at about 8.55 pm. The Chairman of the council and Emir of Anka, Alhaji […]