Tunga Maji community in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is under tension as gunmen invaded the area yesterday and abducted over 30 residents. A resident, Ezekiel Denzi, told newsmen that the gunmen kidnapped the persons after a prolonged gun battle with the community vigilante members in the early hours of the day. Another resident, Mrs.
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Justice George Omereji of the Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, on Tuesday sentenced five men to death by hanging for kidnapping and murder of a staff of Shell Petroleum Development Company, Anthony Okoro. Oluchi Charles (1st defendant), Miracle Anumuna (2nd defendant), Ifeanyi Simon (3rd defendant), Koko Basset (4th defendant) and Uchenna Stanley
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A police inspector and one other person have been kidnapped by men of the underworld along the busy Numan– Yola road of Adamawa State. The Daily Vendor News reports that the inspector and the other victim were passengers of a vehicle plying the Numan-Yola highway Monday night when the suspected kidnappers stopped their vehicle and
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Information reaching us has it that, an army officer and another ex-soldier formed part of gang who disguised themselves as Joint Security Taskforce that kidnapped, dispossessed and murdered one Leo Michael Ishaya, who until his death, was a resident of Owerri, Imo State. A reliable source told THE DAILY VENDOR correspondent that, on the 3rd
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Salahatu Haruna, a 30-year-old farmer has given shocking revelations on the role he played in the kidnap of his half-brother, Yakubu, during which his seven-year-old son was shot dead. Haruna reportedly masterminded Yakubu’s abduction to raise some money having become broke and reluctant to seek help from him. THE DAILY VENDOR correspondent gathered that the
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One person has been confirmed dead in an attempt to kidnap the Provost of Taraba College of Education Zing, Dr Mike Dio-Jen, at his residence in Jalingo. The incident occurred in the early hours of Friday at the Green Beach area of Kona ward, in Jalingo. News Agency of Nigeria reports that the kidnappers who
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The Kaduna Police Command has confirmed the killing of Dr. Philip Ataga’s wife, kidnapped last week by bandits. The Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, DSP Yakubu Sabo, told our correspondent on the telephone that the command received the report today(Saturday)and had recovered the corpse. “We got the report from our investigative team today
Read moreBandits have kidnapped the District Head of Gayari District of Gummi Local Government Area in Zamfara State, Alhaji Hassan Mohammed and his son. An indigene of the town, Malam Abubakar Sani told our reporter that, the bandits arrived Gayari town Thursday night and went to the district head’s house where they kidnapped him and his
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A four-year-old boy, Hamod Adeniran, has been rescued from three men, who allegedly lured him out of his mother’s shop and abducted him in the Arepo area of Ogun State. It was gathered that the kidnappers were about to board a bus with Hamod at the Arepo bus stop on Friday, when some persons, who
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Some heavily armed men have invaded Juji Community in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The bandits it was gathered kidnapped the wife of a popular medical doctor, children as well as his security guards on Saturday morning. The gunmen reportedly attacked the community at 10pm Friday night where they engaged the police for
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