PARIS – Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Nigeria’s Islamist Boko Haram militants, said on Monday he would release more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by his fighters in exchange for prisoners, according to a video seen by Agence France-Presse. The French news agency said the 17-minute video showed about 100 girls wearing full veils praying in […]Continue Reading
BAUCHI – The Bauchi State Police Command on Saturday said that the Kidnapped Businessman, Alhaji Manu Soro, had regained his freedom. The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Haruna Mohammed, confirmed this in a text message he sent to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bauchi. Mohammed said Soro was released by his captors at […]Continue Reading
Gunmen on Wednesday struck at Kiagbodo in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, seizing and taking away Ebikeme Clark, son of elder statesman and Ijaw national leader, Chief Edwin Clark. A top police source in Delta, who confirmed the kidnap, said Ebikeme’s abductors emerged from the water in the evening and whisked away their […]Continue Reading
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