The Police Command in Zamfara has confirmed abduction of the Provost, College of Agriculture and Animal Science, Bakura. It also confirmed the abduction of another school teacher of Government Science Secondary School, Bakura in the early hours of Sunday. Police Public Relation Officer, Mohammed Shehu, made the confirmation in an interview with newsmen in Gusau. He said the command was aware of the incident and personnel were already deployed for necessary investigations on the matter. Shehu said police and other security operatives in the state had commenced intelligence operation to ensure the safe release of the victims. “The entire area…

Parents of the schoolgirls abducted from Federal Girls’ College Yawuri, Kebbi State, have raised an alarm over the claim of the kidnappers that their daughters have been married off. Some of the parents said the kidnappers have been sending footages showing that their daughters were already married. It has been almost two weeks since the students were abducted from their school. One of the parents told BBC Hausa that whenever they called the kidnappers, they would tell them that their children are safe and healthy. However, he said the kidnappers were informing them that they did not want to negotiate…

Bandits have abducted six people, including children, at Milgoma community in Sabon Gari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The incident, it was gathered, happened around 9pm on Friday. The bandits were said to have stormed the community in large numbers. A commercial motorcyclist, who was attacked, is now receiving treatment at the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Shika. A resident, who asked not to be named, said the commercial motorcyclist was on his way home when he ran into the bandits who opened fire on him. He said the mother of the kidnapped children was released when the bandits…

Yohana Isheme and his wife, Noami Yohana, have been abducted at Ukya Sabo community in Toto local government area of Nasarawa state. A resident of Ukya Sabo simply identified as Samuel, said the incident happened around 1 am on Saturday. He said the kidnappers in large numbers invaded the community with sophisticated weapons. He said the kidnappers positioned themselves at strategic places within the community before other gangs scaled the fence of the victims’ house. “They forced open the back door after they scaled the fence and went straight into the man’s bedroom to whisk him away alongside his wife…