Tag: abduction
Allow judges do their job – Soyinka tells Obidients; UNICAL vows sanctions, prohibits short skirts and sleeveless shirts | 5 Things That Should Matter Today
Across Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, these are the five top Nigerian news stories you shouldn’t miss: Allow judges do ...
Nigerian Golden girl, Tobi Amusan wins in Berlin; 2 dead, 4 trapped, as uncompleted 7-storey building collapses in Lagos | 5 Things That Should Matter Today
Nigerian Golden girl, Tobi Amusan wins in Berlin FG files 24 charges against Kyari, seizes mega assets 2 dead, 4 ...
Leah Sharibu, Hauwa Leman, Alice Ngaddah and the forgotten Chibok girls
It’s a sober moment for Nigeria and the world at large as reactions trail the murder of Saifura Ahmed, one ...
Gunmen abduct former Senator, demand N80m ransom
A former Senator representing Ekiti North Senatorial District, Senator Ayo Arise, has been abducted by unknown gunmen. He was kidnapped ...
Our kidnap by Boko Haram was as a result of a botched robbery – Chibok girls
Some abducted Chibok girls have said the kidnapping of over 200 girls from Chibok town by Boko Haram was accidental. ...
Gunmen abduct passengers heading for Lagos in Rivers
Gunmen, Monday morning kidnapped 15 occupants of a Lagos-bound bus belonging to God is Good Motors, Punch reports. The hoodlums ...
Lagos deposes traditional ruler who staged his abduction
The Lagos state government has deposed Yusuf Ogundare, the baale of Shangisha, for faking his own abduction, TheCable reports. Ogundare ...
#ChibokGirls: Of escapes, release and negotiations – a timeline
Since the abduction of the 276 Chibok girls in 2014 by Boko Haram terrorists, a number of the teenagers have ...
Backstory: How Jonathan, PDP handled the Chibok Girls’ abduction
The PDP is quick to forget. Before we do them the honour of bringing to their remembrance how their Jonathan-led ...
“Your children are my children” | Buhari assures parents of #ChibokGirls return in third year anniversary message
by Dolapo Adelana President Muhammadu Buhari has once again reiterated the commitment of his adminstration to secure the release of ...
Man rapes 12-year-old boy to death in Niger
by Dolapo Adelana The police have arrested one Abubakar, a tea seller in Ngwayanma, in the Kontagora area of Niger State ...
Boko Haram did not abduct 22 women – Army
by Dolapo Adelana The Nigerian Army has dismissed reports in the media that the terrorist sect, Boko Haram abducted 22 women ...
APC members behind abduction of Chibok girls – Fani-Kayode
Former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has alleged that some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) were behind the abduction ...
Gunmen kill 3, abduct doctor in Lagos
Gunmen early Thursday killed three persons during an invasion of an estate in Isheri North of Lagos. The gunmen went ...
Chibok girls: We should be partners, FG tells BBOG
The Federal Government has asked the Bring Back Our Girls group (BBOG) to stop seeing the government as an adversary ...
Gunmen abduct Borno LG chairman
Unknown gunmen on Friday night abducted the chairman of Bama Local Government Area of Borno, Modu Guja, Premium Times reports. ...
Timeline: How much longer shall we wait before the remaining Chibok girls return home?
Sunday, January 8, 2017, makes it 1,000 days since 276 school girls were abducted from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno. ...
YNaija Says: 1,000 Days after – The FG must do more to rescue abducted Chibok girls
Today makes it 1,000 days since 276 girls preparing to write their final exam were abducted from the Government Girls’ ...
#BringBackOurGirls group to resume protests
The Bring Back Our Girls group says it will commence a fresh round of protests to ensure the release of ...
‘Nigerian Army abducted my daughter one year ago’, woman alleges
A Twitter user, @MaryamS1968 has accused the Nigerian Army of allegedly kidnapping her daughter over a year ago. In a ...
Custody battle: Rahma Indimi accuses Babangida of sending thugs to abduct their children
The child custody battle between Rahma Indimi and her ex-husband Muhammad Babangida just got messier as she has accused him ...
I still don’t believe the story behind Chibok girls abduction – Fayose
Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose has said he still doubts the story behind the abduction of over 200 school girls ...
Gunmen abduct prominent Muslim cleric in Sokoto
Gunmen have abducted a prominent Muslim cleric in Sokoto, according to the BBC Hausa service. The cleric Sheikh Muhammad Lawal ...
Abducted 14-year-old Christian girl ‘forced’ to marry Emir of Katsina
In a tale similar to the Ese Oruru case, a 14-year-old Christian girl who was abducted by an aide of the ...
Emefiele’s wife abduction: Police arrest 3 more suspects
The Nigeria Police force has arrested three more members of the kidnapping gang that abducted the wife of the Central Bank ...
BREAKING: Gunmen abduct VP, teacher, 2 pupils
Four persons were abducted on Thursday when gunmen stormed Igbo Nla Model College in the Igbo Nla, Epe area of Lagos State. ...
Gunmen kidnap 14 oil workers in Rivers state
Unknown gunmen have kidnapped fourteen workers of an oil firm known as Nestoil Plc, The Punch reports. The oil workers were abducted ...
Gunmen in military uniforms abduct 3 landlords
Three landlords of New Haven Estate, Igbelaju, in the Iba area of Lagos State have been abducted by some gunmen wearing military ...
#BringBackOurGirls: Chibok has finally turned against Buhari – how it all happened
by Roqeebah Olaoniye Anyone who followed the last campaign would recall that one of the reasons many people voted Buhari ...
Police arrest fake soldiers for raping 15-year-old in Lagos
Two suspects who posed as soldiers and abducted a 15-year-old girl in the Oworonshoki area of Lagos State have been ...
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