Tag: Victims
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Abuja truck explosion: Agency calls for blood donors
The National Blood Service Agency has called on Nigerians, particularly residents of the Federal Capital Territory to donate blood to support victims of the tanker explosion that occurred on the Aya-Karu expressway, Abuja. The NBSA, in a statement on Thursday signed by its Director General, Prof Saleh Yuguda, said the incident resulted in multiple casualties,…
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36 abducted victims rescued in Kebbi
The Kebbi State Police Command has rescued 36 kidnapped victims along the Mairairai/Bena road in Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State. This was contained in a statement issued by the police spokesman Nafiu Abubakar. According to the statement, gunmen in large numbers barricaded Mairairai/Bena road on December 8, 2024, and kidnapped 36 people who…
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Reps dole out N100m to victims of Jigawa tanker explosion
The Speaker of the House of Representatives Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, on Thursday, led a delegation from the House to sympathise with the people and government of Jigawa State over last week’s petrol tanker explosion, which led to the death of over 170 persons. This is even as members of the House from the North-West zone,…
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Troops kill 8 notorious terrorists, rescue 16 victims
Nigerian troops have killed eight notorious terrorist fighters and rescued 16 kidnapped hostages in sweeping operations against terrorists and insurgents in different parts of the country. The Nigerian Army, in a post on its official X-Handle on Monday, said the troops recovered a haul of firearms during the operations.
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Jos School Tragedy: 81 victims discharged from hospitals
No fewer than 81 victims of the school building collapse in Jos, have been discharged from the various hospitals they were admitted to. The Saints Academy, a secondary and primary school in Jos, collapsed on Friday, while students were writing their third term examination.
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Police raid kidnappers’ hideout in Ijanikin, arrest 3, rescue victims
The Police in Lagos have confirmed the arrest of three suspected kidnappers in the Ijanikin area of the state. The Zonal Public Relations Officer (ZPRO), SP. Umma Ayuba, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos.
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Bodies of 2 victims of Baltimore bridge collapse recovered
The bodies of two of the workers who went missing when a bridge in Baltimore collapsed after a cargo ship crashed into it have been recovered, authorities said on Wednesday afternoon. A cargo ship rammed into one of the support pillars of the four-lane, 2.5-kilometre-long Francis
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Kidnappers used poisonous snakes to terrorise us – Victims
Abducted victims recently freed from captivity have revealed that kidnappers used poisonous snakes to terrorise them. Some of them, who recounted their ordeals in separate interviews with NAN, said that there were many snakes in the forests inhabitated by the bandits.
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Police rescue 4 kidnapped victims in Delta
The Police Command in Delta has rescued four kidnapped victims in Orerokpe, Okpe Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe disclosed this to newsmen on Wednesday in Warri.
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Police rescue kidnapped victims, recover ammunition in Delta
The Police Command in Delta has rescued two kidnapped victims at Oghara, Ethiope West Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The spokesman of the command, DSP Bright Edafe, told newsmen on Sunday