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Jibrin

December 26, 2016

President Buhari has succumbed to blackmail – Jibrin

Embattled House of Representatives member, Abdulmumin Jibrin has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of succumbing to blackmail. Jibrin, who made the allegation on Monday in a series of tweets said Buhari has been held hostage. He said, “As a President, once you succumb to blackmail by individual, group or institution, you are finished and your presidency... Read More

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December 11, 2016

#RiversRerun: INEC staff taken hostage in Andoni LGA

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will hold at Akuku Toru local government area on Sundat after previous polls in the area was nullified due to explosions and snatching of electoral materials. In a statement on Sunday, INEC said another election will be held in the local government. The commission also said... Read More

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Priest, 2 others dead in hostage situation in France (WATCH)

A hostage situation in Normandy region of France on Tuesday, turned sour after two men armed with knives killed a priest before being shot dead by the police according to the French police. Two armed men had reportedly taken 5 hostages in a church even as the motive behind such dastardly act is still unclear.... Read More

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Militants ‘invade’ Cross River government house

The Office of the Cross River state Governor was on Friday, allegedly taken over by 20 suspected Bakassi militants, who were protesting government’s abandonment of Bakassi returnees. According to Premium Times, the militants arrived the governor’s office just after the Deputy Governor, Ivara Esu, arrived for work at about 10 am. A source said the... Read More

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November 20, 2015

Photos of hostages being rescued from Radisson Blu hotel in Mali

There’s an ongoing hostage situation in Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako, Mali. Jihadists stormed the hotel on Friday morning, and took 170 people (140 guests, 30 employees) hostage. Malian forces have since entered the hotel and freed 80 hostages, while 3 people were reported to have been killed. See below, photos from the scene of... Read More

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November 20, 2015

80 freed, 3 killed in Mali hostage situation

Three people were killed on Friday morning as jihadists took 170 people hostage in Radisson Blu hotel, in Bamako, Mali. After the terrorists laid siege on the hotel for a couple of hours, Malian special forces are reported to have entered the hotel. 80 hostages are also reported to have been freed by the Malian soldiers. “They’ve penetrated inside the hotel.... Read More

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September 21, 2015

Osun state students harass Deputy governor

Students in Osun state-owned tertiary institutions, on Monday, held hostage the deputy governor of the state, Titi Laoye-Tomori, at the State Secretariat, in Osogbo. Before the hostage-taking incident, the students had marched to the secretariat to protest against the prolonged strike by their lecturers. Their lecturers have been on an indefinite strike for over three... Read More

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January 22, 2014

Desperado: Naked man holds girlfriend hostage because her parents refused to let them marry (PHOTOS)

by Oge Okonkwo A man held his girlfriend hostage on a rooftop in China after her parents had disapproved of the marriage. The man wielding a butcher’s knife threatened to kill himself and his girlfriend adding that she was cheating on him whenever he was not around. Ignoring the pleas from onlookers, he ordered his... Read More

Girlfriend, hostage, Marriage, married, parents

November 21, 2013

Opinion: Gov. Sullivan Chime and the evil spirits operating in the Enugu Gov’t House

by Obinna Akukwe The love between the governor and the wife started fading gradually especially after she was accused of sponsoring some women to confront the all powerful Chief of Staff, Ifeoma Nwobodo, over allegations of husband snatching, at a PDP function, shortly before the 2011 elections. Enugu State Government House has always been associated with... Read More

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September 27, 2013

Kenya mall attack: How British man offered himself to save children’s lives

A British man who offered himself as a hostage to save the lives of a group of children was today described by colleagues as a ‘born leader’. Mitul Shah, 38, a sales executive from London attempted to strike a deal with the terrorists, replacing children with himself, a heroic act which gave several victims... Read More

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August 19, 2013

Egypt protests: 36 Muslim Brotherhood detainees gassed to death in prison van

Dozens of Muslim Brotherhood supporters have been killed in Cairo after police fired tear gas into a minivan transporting prisoners who apparently started a riot. Officers killed 36 detainees last night while trying to free a prison guard who had been taken hostage, according to Egyptian security officials. The chaos in the country continued this morning... Read More

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Just In: 2 bodies found after New Jersey stand off; suspect killed

The bodies of a woman and her 13-year-old son were found after a dayslong standoff, and her boyfriend was killed as officers stormed the home to rescue three other children he had been holding captive, authorities said Sunday. Police officers went to the South Trenton home Friday afternoon after reports that some of the children... Read More

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Just In: Man killed after taking firefighters hostage in Atlanta

A gunman in apparent financial distress took several firefighters hostage Wednesday in suburban Atlanta, then was killed in an exchange of gunfire hours later after law enforcement authorities determined he might lash out at his captives. “It got to the point where we believed that (the firefighters’) lives were in immediate danger,” Gwinnett County police... Read More

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Opinion: 2015 – In support of Jonathan hostage fatigue on Nigeria

by Bayo Oluwasanmi The candidacy of Mr. Jonathan for 2015 was unofficially announced sometimes in 2012. Abuja residents woke up to bill boards of campaign posters with friendlier and gentler smiling portraits of President Jonathan. Are we there yet? Seems we’re all having snap relapse from collective amnesia about President Jonathan contesting for second term in... Read More

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January 20, 2013

Awful: 7 oil workers executed by Al Qaeda terrorists as 16 freed in raid by Algerian forces (WATCH, PHOTOS)

Seven hostages were executed today as Algeria’s four-day hostage stand-off came to a bloody end when the country’s special forces stormed the remote desert gas plant. The army killed 11 militants during the ‘final assault’ on Al Qaeda-linked gunmen, but not before they in turn executed seven hostages, the state news agency reported Defence Minister Philip Hammond... Read More

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January 18, 2013

Algerian hostage crisis: ‘Ongoing activity’ reported as crisis turn deadly

Two days after Islamist militants abducted an undetermined number of hostages — including Westerners — at a gas plant in a remote section of Algeria, “ongoing activity at various locations” was continuing, a British official said Friday. It was not clear whether that activity represented “mopping up and checking” or “something more active” being carried... Read More

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December 20, 2012

French engineer abducted in Katsina by men using dynamites

by Rachel Ogbu A French engineer is in hostage, he was kidnapped by 30 gunmen who used dynamite to force their way into a well-guarded compound in Katsina Nigeria, reports claim. The kidnapped man worked for a French company on a wind power project in the town of Rimi, about 25km (15 miles) from Katsina... Read More

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