Tag: missing
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Missing INEC staff found
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said its ad hoc staff members who went missing during the Dec. 5, Bakura State Constituency by-election in Zamfara have been found. INEC Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Mr Nick Dazang, confirmed their return while speaking with journalists in Abuja on Monday. Dazang said that the ad hoc…
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Body of missing seven-year-old girl found in co-tenant’s car
A seven-year-old girl, Olagoke Morire, who was declared missing on Thursday in Ado Ekiti, was found dead inside a cotenant’s vehicle. The mother of the deceased, Kehinde Ajayi, while narrating her ordeal on Friday, said the deceased was discovered to be missing at about 1:15 pm on Thursday after she was said to have gone…
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36 people missing in sinking boat
At least 36 people are missing after the sinking of a boat on Sunday at Maluku commune, a district on the banks of the Congo River in Kinshasa’s suburbs, according to announces of the Congolese national police on the spot. According to police authorities, only 76 survivors have so far been counted out of a…
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Sad! Ibadan Poly student goes missing after exams
Weeks after a student of the Department of Computer Science, The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Damilola Bada, went missing, members of his family are worried about his whereabouts. According to reports the National Diploma 2 student went missing few days after he finished his examinations. According to Damilola’s brother, Timilehin, the 20-year-old was last heard from on…
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2 mortuary attendants, 5 others arrested over missing corpse
The Police in Lagos have arrested seven persons working as mortuary and cemetery attendants over a missing corpse in their custody. The Commissioner of Police in Lagos, CP Imohimi Edgal, disclosed the arrests to newsmen while parading the suspects and others on Friday at the command headquarters in Ikeja. According to Edgal, on Tuesday, Nov.…
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Katsina flood: Body of missing bride found in Niger Republic
The remains of Hindatu Yahaya, a young girl, swept away by flood in Jibia town, Katsina, have been recovered in Niger Republic. The victim got married three days before the incident. Husband of the deceased, Malam Sani Yahaya, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Jibia how his wife’s body was recovered. “The…
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Floods in Japan leave 134 dead, 88 missing
Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga on Tuesday said floods in Japan, caused by heavy rains, left 134 people dead, while 88 are missing. As of Monday night, 126 people were considered dead; over 60 were believed to be missing. “As far as we know, 134 people have died. “Ten people are officially listed as…
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Yobe school attack: Over 105 girls still missing – Parents cry out
…submits names of missing girls to state government Parents of the abducted schoolgirls at Government Girls’ Science Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State have cried out that 105 of their children were still accounted for following the aftermath of the invasion by the Boko Haram sect on Monday. The names were personally submitted to the school’s…
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Police kill man over missing cow in Cross River
There was tension in Itigidi, headquarters of Abi Local Government Area of Cross River State, following the alleged murder of a community leader and mortician, Mr. Isong Nkanu aka Isong No Joke, by the Police. The incident was triggered after some village chiefs and the youth leader were invited by the Police and later detained…
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Two missing police officers found ‘unhurt’ in Benue
Two Police on Sunday confirmed that two of its operative who went missing in an ambush in Benue State have been found unhurt. The officers were amongst four mobile policemen who were declared missing after a police patrol team drove into an ambush by suspected herdsmen in Logo Local Government Area on Saturday afternoon. But…