The Central African Republic capital, Bangui, this morning revealed that at least seven humanitarian workers of the international non-governmental organisation, Doctors of the World, working in the Central African Republic have been abducted by a yet-to-be identified armed gang. They were abducted on Tuesday, Oct. 5, in Ngatoua. Ngatoua is situated on the Bouca-Batangafo highway. […]
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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says its operatives have arrested an accomplice of a kidnap gang in Ugwu-Aji community in Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State, Southeast Nigeria. According to a Daily Trust report, the suspect who was identified by Danny Manuel, Spokesperson of the NSCDC as Oguchi Oguamanam, confessed […]
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It is dark days melting into darker nights as uncertainty washes over and thoughts tilt more towards the worse than the best. This is how people like Olarenwaju*, whose families and friends have been kidnapped, describe the waiting period. When his friend and flatmate, Joseph* went missing in May 2021, nothing could prepare him for […]
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They heard the sounds from far off, they just did not realise they were gunshots. As they drove out of Kaduna metropolis, in Northwest Nigeria, and reached somewhere between Rija and Sabon Birni, they heard another shot. This time, the driver slowed down and parked. It was a little past 8:00 p.m. (WAT) that night […]
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The management of Federal Government Girls College, Zaria, Kaduna State, Northwest Nigeria, has debunked information circulating on social media that the school has been shut down following the abduction of students from the Federal Government College, Yauri, Kebbi State by terrorists. Musa Hussaini, a staff of the College told HumAngle that the information was false […]
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One of the students abducted from the Federal Government College, Yawuri, Kebbi has died as four students and one teacher were rescued following a gunfire exchange between Nigerian troops and terrorists in Kebbi State, Northwest Nigeria. Terrorists stormed the Federal Government College, Yawuri Thursday afternoon, June 17, 2021 and abducted an unknown number of students. […]
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Terrorists have abducted 12 persons in the Kofar Gayan/Kofar Kona area of Zaria in Kaduna State, Northwest Nigeria. Reports say the incident happened on Saturday, June 12 around 12 p.m. WAT. According to a report from Punch, eight of the abducted persons were from the same family. Hafsat Kusfa, whose parents were abducted, told journalists […]
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Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic in Zaria, Kaduna State, Northwest Nigeria has shut down academic activities following the abduction of eight students and some staff by terrorists. HumAngle earlier reported that the raid from the terrorists began around midnight on Thursday, June 11, 2021, according to a staff member who spoke to journalists on Friday morning. The […]
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Terrorists in Zamfara State, Northwestern Nigeria, have reportedly kidnapped 60 women in three villages -Munawa, Malele, and Randa- under Maru Local Government Area on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. The terrorists stormed the villages, killed four persons and kidnapped 60 women, according to Shehu Ahmed S. Fulani, a legislator representing the Maru Local Government Area. According […]
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The rape and murder of Olajide Omowunmi Blessing, a student of the University of Ilorin in Kwara State, North-central Nigeria, has been confirmed by the Kwara Police Command on Thursday, June 3, 2021. Blessing was a 300-level student of the Agricultural Science Department and was reported to have been murdered after being raped in her […]
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Jennifer Peter felt sick and needed to lie down. She had just knotted a wrapper at her chest in preparation for a bath when terrorists barged into her hostel at Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka in Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria. It was past 11 p.m. on March 11, 2021, and Jennifer’s bath would be deferred […]
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The remaining 14 abducted students of Greenfield University in Kaduna State, Northwest Nigeria, have been released after the parents allegedly paid huge ransom. According to a Channels Television report, the abducted students regained their freedom on Saturday afternoon, May 29, 2021, at a location along the Kaduna-Abuja highway after long weeks of captivity. The parents […]
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