Governor Uba Sani has been commended for going to Kurmin Wali village personally to commiserate with the people over the abduction that occurred last Sunday, a statement shared by Ibraheem Musa, the media aide to the Governor his disclosed. Victims that escaped the kidnap recounted their ordeal on Friday, but reaffirmed their confidence […]
The Kebbi State Government has dismissed as false and misleading the claim by Rep. Riley M. Moore, a member of the United States Congress, that the tragic incident that occurred on Monday at Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School, Maga, in Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State occurred in a “Christian enclave.” This claim, […]
Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, has postponed his anticipated defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) following the recent abduction of schoolgirls in Kebbi State. Armed men stormed the Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School in Maga, Kebbi State, on Sunday night and abducted 25 students. The attackers shot […]
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 Abakaliki. She said that police had launched a manhunt […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]