Chibok community seeks return of 87 schoolgirls 10 years after abduction

Nearly a decade after the abduction of 276 female students at Government Secondary School in Chibok, a local government area in Borno State, families of the remaining 87 captives have remained hopeful they will regain freedom and return to the…

Court sentences 2 ex-vigilante members to death for alleged kidnap, murder

An Abia State High Court sitting in Ukwa, has sentenced to death, two former members of Abia Vigilante group popularly known as Bakassi Boys, for alleged kidnap and murder. The duo – Ugochukwu Amaugo, and Udo Ogah, are to die…

1 officer killed, another injured as bandits attack Police Post in Katsina

A police officer has been killed and one other injured after some bandits attacked police officers at their duty post located at Saki Jiki village in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State. Locals told Channels Television in a telephone…

Police fire tear gas as Nasarawa varsity students protest over kidnap of colleagues

There was panic yesterday as officers of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) fired tear gas at students of the Federal University of Lafia, Nasarawa, who were protesting against the abduction of their colleagues in the wee hours of Thursday by…

FBI: 4 Americans shot at, kidnapped in northeast Mexico

Four American citizens were shot at and kidnapped by armed men after driving across the U.S. border into northeastern Mexico, the FBI said Sunday. The Americans crossed into Matamoros, in Tamaulipas state, on Friday, driving a white minivan with North…

Police, hunters rescue 4 kidnapped Nasarawa school pupils

The remaining four pupils of the six kidnapped school pupils of the Local Government Education Authority primary school, Alwaza in Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, have been rescued unhurt. The pupils who were kidnapped in the school premises…

Suspected herdsmen kidnap scores at Edo train station, many injured

The Edo State Police Command on Saturday night announced that scores of travellers waiting to board a train from Igueben in Igueben Local Government Area of the state to Warri in Delta State, were kidnapped by suspected herdsmen. The Command,…

Buhari directs security agencies to solve Anambra baby kidnap case

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed shock over the reported kidnapping of five newborn babies in Anambra State, directing that the rising crime rate in the areas be reduced without any delay. The reported kidnapping occurred at Stanley Hospital, Nkpologwu in…

Court rejects post conviction bail application of dethroned Lagos ‘Baale’

An Ikeja High Court is Wednesday dismissed the post conviction bail application filed by the convicted dethroned Baale of Shangisha Mutiu Ogundare and his brother, Opeyemi Mohammed. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Hakeem Oshodi had on…

Kidnapped RCCG pastor, teacher regain freedom

Kidnapped pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Sunday Adeniran who was taken hostage alongside one female public school teacher on Saturday morning in Calabar, capital of Cross River State by unknown gunmen have both regained freedom. Confirming…

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