LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen have attacked a school in northwestern Nigeria and kidnapped 39 students just weeks after a similar mass abduction in the region, authorities said Friday. The latest kidnapping took place late…
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BENI, Congo (AP) — Angry residents of the eastern Congo city of Beni burned the town hall and stormed the United Nations peacekeeping mission Monday after rebels killed eight people and kidnapped nine overnight in…
ABUJA – A recent wave of abductions in Nigeria is raising fear across the country. Unlike kidnappings which take on political dimensions — such as those involving militants who agitate against oil companies in the…
The Imo Police Command on Thursday paraded 72 suspects which it said were allegedly believed to be behind the recent waves of crimes across the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Rabiu Ladodo, while parading…
The Sokoto state Police Command has confirmed the abduction of Alhaji Aminu Bodai (APC- Dange/Shuni) by unknown gunmen in Bodai village of Dange/Shuni local government area of the state. The Police Public Relationship Officer PPRO,…
Police in Nigeria have rearrested a notorious kidnapper who was forcibly released by soldiers from detention few weeks ago. Alhaji Hamisu Bala Wadume, was arrested on Monday (August 19) by police operatives at his hideout…
Four Turkish nationals have been kidnapped at gunpoint in central Nigeria, police said on Monday, in the latest such incident in the country. Gunmen stormed a bar in the village of Gbale in the state…
Mrs. Ogere Siasia, the mother of former Super Eagles Coach Samson Siasia was kidnapped by gunmen in the early hours of Monday. The victim was abducted at her Odoni country home in Sagbama Local Government…
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court on Monday convicted a notorious rebel commander known as “The Terminator” of 18 counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes including murder, rape and sexual…
Ayoola Ajayi, a 31-year-old Nigerian-born writer, and IT specialist has been charged with aggravated murder, aggravated kidnapping, obstruction of justice and desecration of 23-year-old MacKenzie Lueck’s body. MacKenzie Lueck was last seen on June 17,…