Tag: Rescue
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How Jonathan stopped us from rescuing kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls in 2014 – Ex-British PM David Cameron
David Cameron, former British prime minister, has alleged that ex-President Goodluck Jonathan did not give enough support to Britain during the abduction of 274 schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno state. The abduction, which took place on April 14, 2014, had sparked a global outrage following which the international community offered to assist Nigeria. In ‘For The…
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Alleged serial killer: Police rescue woman in Rivers hotel, arrest attacker
The Rivers State Police Command have arrested a suspect who was “about strangling” a woman at a hotel in the Mile 4 axis of the state. Mustapha Dandaura, the state commissioner of police, disclosed this while addressing the female groups that protested the recent killing of young women in the state. At least eight women…
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Police rescue two kidnapped girls in Bayelsa
The Police in Bayelsa State said they had rescued two female teenagers, abducted by a gunman in Agbura, near Azikoro village in Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state. In a statement on Saturday in Yenagoa by Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Asinim Butswat, said the girls were rescued by the police…
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LASG rescues 24 children from illegal orphanage home
The Lagos State Government, on Monday, shut down an alleged illegal orphanage, Pro Labore Der (labour for God), at Agemowo village, Badagry, and rescued 24 children. Officials of the Ministry of Youth and Social Development said the existence of the illegal home came to the notice of the research department of the ministry through a…
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Saraki urges FG to make rescue of remaining Chibok, Dapchi girls a priority
Senate President. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Sunday canvassed for concerted efforts by governments, security agencies, religious and community leaders, to rescue the remaining 112 Chibok Girls and the Dapchi school girl, Leah Sharibu, from Boko Haram’s captivity. Saraki in a statement by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, in Abuja, said even though…
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Dogara calls for the rescue of remaining Chibok girls, Leah Sharibu
… harps on improved security in schools In commemoration of the 4th year since the abduction of Chibok Schoolgirls, speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has expressed sadness that all the abducted girls have not been accounted for, while urging the executive to intensify efforts towards providing adequate security to schools in…
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Why we are yet to rescue remaining Chibok girls – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari explained why the remaining school girls that were abducted from Government Girls Secondary School Chibok, Borno State in Boko Haram’s captivity are yet to be released despite intensified efforts by his government to do so. The president however assured the parents of the remaining girls that “their daughters will never be forgotten…
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PDP’ll rescue Nigerians from pains inflicted by APC – Secondus
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on Nigerians – youth and adults – to embrace the renewed effort toward rebuilding the nation in order to tackle the menace of insecurity, economic hardship and other challenges Nigerians are experiencing under the present All Progressives Congress (APC) government. The National Chairman of the Party, Uche Secondus, during…
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Police rescue two abducted boys, arrest kidnappers in Kebbi
The Police Command in Kebbi said on Thursday that it had rescued two boys from suspected kidnappers who demanded N2.5 million ransom from their parents, resident in the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Kabiru, told journalists in Birnin Kebbi that the boys, aged 10 and 11, were rescued unhurt in Dakinkowa of Kontagora…
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Kidnapped Assistant Commissioner of Police, others rescued in Kaduna
An Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Emmanuel Agene, serving in Gusau, Zamfara State, who was abducted while travelling with members of his family on Birnin-Gwari–Funtua Road last Wednesday, has been rescued in Kaduna State. This was revealed on Sunday by the Commissioner of Police in Zamfara, Mr. Agyole Abeh. In his words: “Immediately we received…