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8 Mar
Gunmen have abducted Adelowo Adegbenjo, a teacher in Alabata Community High School, Odeda, along Abeokuta-Ibadan Road in Ogun State.
27 Feb
Security operatives have rescued 16 travellers abducted by gunmen in Kogi State.
23 Feb
Gunmen, driving in a Sienna Bus, fired at police officers conducting a stop and search operation in Port Harcourt, killing one officer in the process.
21 Feb
Suspected kidnappers who abducted nine travellers in Oshokoshoko, along Kabba/Obajana/Lokoja Road in Kogi State, have demanded N2.6 million for their release.
20 Feb
Gunmen have abducted the remains of the late Ugwuanyi Israel and family members conveying his corpse from Lagos to Nsukka in Enugu State.
20 Feb
Some suspected kidnappers have abducted nine travellers in Oshokoshoko, along Kabba-Obajana-Lokoja Road in Kogi State. Those kidnapped in the incident that happened on Saturday evening, included driver of the bus, two students, and six adults. This is coming barely two weeks after some Abuja-bound travellers were kidnapped in the state on their way from the…
13 Feb
Gunmen have murdered Victor Onwubiko, a legal practitioner in Imo State, but resident in Uturu, Abia State.They also killed four persons, including a 50-year-old farmer, in fresh attack in Plateau State.
6 Feb
Police authorities in Kogi State, yesterday, confirmed the hijack and abduction of the occupants of two luxury buses in the state.
2 Feb
Gunmen killed a Nigerian traditional monarch and kidnapped his wife after raiding his palace, police said, as outrage grows over a spate of abductions nationwide.
1 Feb
The Atayero of Aramoko Kingdom, His Royal Highness Dr Olusegun Aderemi, has expressed deep sorrow and outrage following the brutal killing of two traditional rulers in Ekiti State, Nigeria. Oba David Babatunde Ogunsakin, the Elesun of Esun Ekiti, and Oba Olatunde Samuel Olusola, the Onimojo of Imojo Ekiti, were reportedly gunned down by unknown assailants…
31 Jan
The case: Ibadan, South Western Nigeria, the ancient, picturesque, unique, landscape of outstanding natural beauty heralds very many firsts and fascinating antecedents.
30 Jan
The Ekiti State Government has confirmed the abduction of students, teachers, and a driver in the Emure-Ekiti region of the state. Gunmen abducted six pupils, three teachers of a private school and their bus driver while they were returning from Eporo-Ekiti on Monday night. The abduction of schoolchildren and teachers happened about 24 hours after…
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