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IG deploys more detectives to Benue for kidnapped students’ rescue
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has dispatched additional detectives to Benue State to aid in the rescue of the abducted medical students. Twenty medical students from the…
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NMA writes IGP, ministers over abduction
Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has submitted a petition to the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, charging him to activate all available arsenals to secure the quick…
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Kidnapped medical students seek help as gunmen demand N50m ransom
A group of gunmen who kidnapped 20 medical students from the University of Maiduguri and the University of Jos, along with a House Officer, are demanding a ransom…
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Rescue abducted medical students, Benue gov directs security operatives
Benue State Governor, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia, on Saturday, directed security agencies in the state to intensify efforts to ensure the safe release of the 20 medical students…
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Colleagues release names of abducted medical students
The Medical Students Association has released the names of the medical students who were abducted last Thursday. The association’s General Secretary, University of Maiduguri Chapter, Abwa Lawrence, confirmed…
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NSCDC denies shooting Akwa Ibom community residents
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Akwa Ibom State Command, has faulted the allegations that its operatives attacked Atan Offot community in Uyo Local Government Area…
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Resident Doctors Protest Kidnap of Colleague, Threaten Industrial Strike
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) in Lagos on Friday held a peaceful protest over the kidnap of their colleague, Dr Ganiyat Popoola, at the National Eye…
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Akwa Ibom: Chaos as NSCDC officers unleash unprovoked violence
A routine visit by officials of the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution (PHED) Company for bill collection turned into a nightmare when a team of officers from the Nigerian…
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Why Akwa Ibom and other states experience blackout- PHED
By Agency Report The power outage affecting Akwa Ibom State for more than two days is due to the vandalism of 13 transmission towers along the Ahoada-Yenagoa 132kV…
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EFCC detains NAHCON chair, recovers 314,098 Saudi Riyal
The Executive Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, Jalal Arabi, and the commission’s secretary, Abdullahi Kontagora, are currently in the custody of the Economic and Financial…