Tag: Kidnappers
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Rising Food Prices Blamed on Bandits, Kidnappers
A development economist, Ken Ife, says insecurity has been the major cause of rising food prices. “Fewer farmers are growing crops, and many can no longer go to the farm out of fear. Eighty per cent of rural production, processing and marketing of food is done by women. “Insecurity has made it also dangerous…
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Gunmen kill one, kidnap three in Kogi
The Kogi State Police Command has confirmed the killing of one person while three others were kidnapped by yet to be identified gunmen. The Commissioner of police Ayuba Ede who confirmed the incident said the gunmen struck on Thursday at the Royal Garden Relaxation spot, along Ayingba – Ankpa Highway, Egume community, in the Eastern…
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Kidnapped Kaduna School Victims Regain Freedom
Six students and two staff of Engravers College who were kidnapped from their school recently have regained their freedom. The Kaduna State Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan confirmed their release in a statement today. He said, “We are relieved that this criminal violation of the right to liberty is over and…
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Gunmen Invade Another School in Kaduna, Abduct Principal
The Principal of Government Technical Secondary School, Maraban Kajuru, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State have been abducted following an attack on the school by gunmen. The gunmen were said to have invaded the school in the early hours of Thursday and broke into the principal’s house. This is coming a week after bandits…
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APC gave me N13m for 2019 election, Wadume makes startling revelations
•I’m a political thug, not a kidnapper •I made N6m from a sitting governor •How I escaped from soldiers who wanted to kill me •Slain policemen identified themselves before soldiers killed them •Wadume’s uncle, brother, cousin reveal their roles Suspected kidnap kingpin, Alhaji Hamisu Balla, a.k.a Wadume, who has been in the middle of the…
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Police Destroy Kidnappers’ Den In Ondo, Arrest Two
The Ondo State Police Command said on Thursday that it had arrested two people suspected to be members of a kidnapping gang terrorising the state. The suspects, who were identified as Jahae Mohammed and Jimoh Ahmed, were nabbed during a raid on the kidnappers’ den located in a forest in the Oba Akoko/Ose area of…
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Palpable Fear In Kaduna As Kidnappers Killed Traditional Ruler
The paramount ruler of the Adara, the Agwom Adara, Mr. Maiwada Raphael Galadima who was abducted last Friday with his wife has been killed. The traditional ruler is believed to have been killed on Thursday and his body dumped where it was found and taken to St. Gerald Catholic Hospital in Kaduna early Friday morning.…