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NUJ FCT Calls For Immediate Release Of Kidnapped Punch Reporter
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), FCT Council, has called for the immediate release of Okechukwu Nnodim, a correspondent with the Punch Newspapers.
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Police Nabs Child Trafficking Kingpin …As Gombe Command Returns Unclaimed Children To Anambra
A woman who specializes in stealing children in Gombe state and transport them for sale in Anambra state for between N200,000 to N400,000 depending on the age bracket or gender has been arrested by the police.
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Online News Publishers Task FG On Rising Cases Of Insecurities In Nigeria
The National Association of Online News Publishers (NAOSNP) has called on the Federal Government to initiate a process that would galvanise better security for Nigerians in 2021.
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At Last, 9 ASPs Out From kidnapper’s Den
Twelve days after they were brazenly kidnapped by gunmen, the Nigeria Police authorities said on Friday that they have successfully rescued the nine Assistant Superintendent of Police.
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Nemesis: Three kidnap Suspects Nabbed For killing Superintendent Egbede
Operatives of FIB-Intelligence Response Team IRT, in conjunction with Technical Support from TIU Abuja, have arrested three notorious abductors responsible for the kidnap and killing of Superintendent Moses Egbede, the Divisional Crime Officer (DCO) of Atam Division in Rivers State.
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One killed, four kidnapped as Gunmen Attacks Former Commissioner’s House
One person was shot dead on Tuesday while four others were abducted and one woman wounded as gunmen attacked the house of the former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftency Affairs
in Gamji, Zamfara state.
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“I Kidnap For Ransom To Expand My Church, Charity Works” – Pastor Confesses
A local dictum that says: Everyday for the thief, one day for the owner has played out in Ogun State as Police Operatives attached to the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) have arrested a criminally minded Pastor, Adetokumbo Adenopo, 52, Founder and the General Overseer of New Life Ministry, Lukosi, in Shagamu Area of Ogun State.
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‘70% Weapons Used For Crimes In Nigeria Are Locally Made’
Dickson Orji is the Programmes Coordinator, Nigerian Presidential Committee on the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (PRESCOM). He is an expert in Defence, Security and Human Development and also the President, West Africa Action Network on Small Arms (WAANSA-Nigeria). After a two-day training of Trainers Workshop For Border Security Operatives sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) …
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Police Free Abbducted Girl, Nab Robbers, Kidnappers In Kaduna
Folake Sokoya The police have rescued a 15-year-old girl abducted by kidnappers in Kaduna State. The security operatives also arrested some armed robbers it described as deadly as well as kidnappers responsible for the recent killings of four IRT personnel. The robbers have been involved in several armed robberies, kidnappings and cattle rustling among other criminalities along the Maidaro/Birnin Gwari …
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Kidnappers Shot Dead,Victim Rescued In Ogun
Folake Sokoya Luck ran out on two suspected members of a kidnap syndicate on Thursday when they engaged men of the Federal Special Anti Robbery Squad (FSARS) in a gun battle as the police tried to rescue an abducted woman. Trouble started at about 1:00pm when a distress call was made to the Police that one Mrs Ajayi, a pastor’s …
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