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Residents of Unguwan Gimbiya in the Sabon Tasha area of Kaduna State on Thursday narrated their horror as bandits attacked their community and kidnapped many people.Among the victims kidnapped in the attack that began at 11 p.m. on…

President Muhammadu Buhari has issued a stern warning to would-be terrorists and bandits targeting schools, saying the country will not allow the destruction of the school system.The president gave the warning in a statement…

Leader of the Federal Government delegation to sympathise with the people and government of Zamfara over kidnapped Jangebe schoolgirls, Hadi Sirika, has briefed President Muhammadu Buhari on the outcome of their mission to the…

Alhaji Tijjani Tumsah, a former Interim National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged security agencies to deplore all the required resources to put an end to kidnapping of innocent children for ransom.…

President Muhammadu Buhari has described the latest abduction of hundreds of students of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Zamfara, as inhumane and totally unacceptable.The president, who stated this in a…

Armed men, on Monday, abducted Jumoke Oludele, the younger sister to Sunkanmi Babalola, the Deputy Majority Leader in the Oyo State House of Assembly.The abduction occurred around Oniguguri junction, beside Lion of Judah, Iyana…

Armed men have reportedly abducted Hannah Alasomuka, a female councillor from Ogu-Bolo in Rivers State.The abductors are said to have set her ransom at N50 million.The councillor representing Ward 6 in Ikpokiri town, in the…

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed joy following the release of 340 schoolboys abducted from the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina state.The President communicated this through his Senior Special Assistant…

Following the abduction of over 300 students from the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina state, terrorist sect, Boko Haram has released a video footage showing the schoolboys.The abduction occurred a few hours after…

The Governor of Katsina state, Bello Masari, has confirmed that the whereabouts of the abducted school students of the Government Secondary School, Kankara, are been kept, has been discovered.The Senior Special Assistant to the…

Protests broke out today (Sunday) in Katsina following the abduction of a number of school students of the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in Kankara Local Government (L.G.A).The protest was staged close to the school…

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Cross River State Council has condemned the abduction of Mrs. Uduak Okoro, wife of Sun Newspaper Correspondent in the state by gunmen.Addressing newsmen on Wednesday in Calabar, Mr. Victor Udu,…

Kaduna state has been embroiled in violence, with mass killings and abductions taken place across communities on a weekly basis.

Ten persons abducted from their farms in Chikun local government area of Kaduna State on Saturday have yet to regain their freedom 24 hours later, Senator for Kaduna Central in the 8th Senate, Shehu Sani has said.He disclosed this in a…

The other two abductees are yet to be identified while the spokesperson for the Katsina State Police Command, Gambo Isah is also yet to confirm the abduction

Two men were abducted in Ondo state on Saturday, one week after the Amotekun regional security network was launched in the state by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu.Both victims were abducted on the road to Oba Akoko, Akoko South West Local…

A member of the Bauchi State House of Assembly representing Baraza/Dass constituency, Alhaji Musa Mante, has been killed by suspected gunmen.A source, who pleaded anonymity, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bauchi that Mante was…

A Lugbe Grade I Area Court, Abuja on Tuesday, ordered that a security guard, Isaac Johnson, who allegedly abducted a 17-year-old girl, be remanded in a correctional facility. SEE ALSO: 325 more Nigerians leave US, head home in FG's 6th…

Three brothers have been apprehended over the abduction of Janet Nnenna Ogbonnaya, a 55-year-old widow in Abuja who was killed after accepting the invitation of one of them who was her friend on Facebook.Police operatives…