Tag: Offa
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Kaduna Govt receives, hands over 7 Offa kidnapped victims
The Kaduna State Government says it has received the seven rescued kidnapped victims of Offa who were kidnapped along Kaduna-Abuja highway on Sept. 8. Receiving the rescued victims on Wednesday in Kaduna, the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, commended the Nigerian Army for the successful operation. He said the victims…
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Court adjourns hearing of Offa robbery suspects
A Kwara state High Court sitting in Ilorin, the state capital on Thursday abruptly adjourned resumed trial of Offa robbery suspects citing security reports. The court had commenced sitting on the case at about 9am Thursday for the continuation of hearing as one of the prosecution witnesses Hitila Hassan continued to give his evidence in…
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Offa records low turnout of voters
There was low turnout of voters in Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State in Saturday’s Governorship and state House of Assembly elections. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that most polling units had no queues by 12.00 noon. A NAN correspondent, who was in Polling Unit 001 Odiwo, Polling Unit 005, Polling Unit…
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BREAKING: Police arrest two Offa robbery suspects [Photos]
The Nigeria Police Force said it had arrested two out of the four gang leaders and principal suspects declared wanted on May 4 in connection with the Offa banks robbery. The suspects are: Kunle Ogunleye, 35, aka arrow, a native of Kwara, arrested on May 20 in Oro town in Kwara and Michael Adikwu, a…
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Death toll in Offa robbery rises to 30
The death toll from Thursday’s robbery attack in Offa town in Kwara State has risen to at least 30. About 30 robbers had hit the town, raiding five commercial banks along the Owode Market Area of the town in Offa Local Government Area of the state. The attack which lasted for hours had left the…
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Gov Ahmed visits Offa robbery victims, promises to pay medical bills
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara has promised to pay the medical bills of victims of Thursday’s armed robbery attack in Offa, headquarters of Offa Local Government Area. Ahmed made the promise when he visited the victims at the General Hospital in Ilorin on Friday. The governor had earlier ordered that the victims be relocated to…
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Horror: Six policemen, several others killed as robbers invade banks in Offa [video]
There was pandemonium on Thursday in Offa, a local community in Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State as dare devil robbers invade killed six policemen and six others including residents during a raid of some commercial banks in the area. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvd_5DEphx0 Sources said the men, who numbered close to 30, blew up entrances into…