Beyond the Headlines
Gunmen have abducted seven persons after they attacked Hilltop Hotel in the federal capital territory (FCT). According to DAILY TRUST, the incident occurred on Wednesday at about 10:30 pm. The hotel is located in Tunga Maje, a town on the outskirts of the nation’s capital. The town is about 10 kilometres away from the usually […]
The absence of a witness, who was to testify in the defence of alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike alias Evans, on Wednesday, stalled his trial before an Ikeja High Court. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Evans’s counsel, Mr Oyekunle Falabi, informed the court that the female witness, whose name was not provided, […]
The gunmen who abducted students of the Federal Government College, Birin Yauri, Kebbi State, have released pictures of some of their victims. An unspecified number of students and four staff were kidnapped when gunmen overpowered security operatives at the school last week. The military authorities later said some of the victims were rescued after a […]
Seventy-two hours after bandits attacked the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State, 10 persons comprising 94 pupils, four teaching and four other non-academic staff members were kidnapped, Sunday PUNCH can report. A source told our correspondent that the majority of the kidnapped students are SS1 and SS2 pupils who were in the middle of […]
The Ekiti state police command says it arrested one Suluka Abimbola alongside Oluwaseun Olajide, her boyfriend, for alleged conspiracy and self-kidnapping. In a statement on Friday, Abutu Sunday, police public relations officer, said the sister of the 16-year-old Abimbola had gone to the police station in Iyin Ekiti area of the state to complain that […]
Atiku Bagudu, governor of Kebbi, says from reports he has received, the “bandits” who attacked the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, came in their hundreds. Gunmen, on Thursday, invaded the school and kidnapped a yet-to-be-confirmed number of students and teachers. In a joint operation in the early hours of Friday, security operatives rescued two teachers […]
Fear has gripped communities in Nwangele Local Government Area of Imo State over the invasion of their lands by kidnappers. Our correspondent gathered that in the last one week, no fewer than six persons were abducted from Abba, Isu, Abajah and Dim Na Nume. Three men operating in two Highlander SUVs, last Friday abducted one […]
A female student of Federal Government College, Birnin-Yauri, Kebbi state, who escaped the attack on the school on Thursday, says she doesn’t think the gunmen are Nigerians. On Thursday, gunmen stormed the school in motorcycles and reportedly kidnapped many students. During the attack, police officers on the ground were said to have been overpowered, leading […]
A female member of St. Philip Anglican Church Parish, Ohii in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State has been abducted. The female member, identified as Mrs Ikenna Onwuoroaka, was abducted on Sunday inside the church. The incident happened around 7.45 am when the kidnappers stormed the church and took the woman away to […]
A Senior lecturer with the department of Theatre Art University of Jos Dr Daniel Ella has been kidnapped by some notorious gunmen on a rampage in Jos, Plateau state. It would be recalled that a senior lecturer of the University with the Department of Microbiology Professor Grace Ayanbimpe and her husband was kidnapped recently at […]
