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Troops rescue three abducted victims in Ajaokuta, Kogi State By: Zagazola Makama The Nigerian Army troops have successfully rescued three abducted persons following an attack by unknown gunmen along the Okwu Obanyi axis of Ajaokuta Local Government Area, Kogi State. Zagazola report that the incident occurred on March 3 at about 6:00 a.m. when Abdulwahab Musa and Idowu Ibekunle, both of Opella, Edo State, were transporting farm produce to Anyigba, Kogi State. According to sources, around...

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Troops  rescue 15 kidnapped victims in Kogi    By: Zagazola Makama    Joint security forces led by the Nigerian Army rescued 15 kidnapped victims from the forest hideout of their abductors in Ajaokuta and Itobe areas of Kogi State.   Zagazola Makama learnt that the operation was  launched based on credible intelligence of the victims’ location, with the use of tear gas to dislodge the kidnappers.    Those rescued...

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Troops arrest terror collaborator, three suspected terrorists in Kainji operation By Zagazola Makama Troops of Operation SAFE SANITY (OPSS) have arrested a suspected terrorist collaborator and three suspected terrorists during intelligence-led operations in Niger State, uncovering fresh links to wanted members of a terrorist network. Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama that the breakthrough began at about 8:30 a.m. on July 23, when troops at the Headquarters of Operation SAFE SANITY...

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UNIMAID Prof. killed in tragic garage incident The Police Command in Borno on Tuesday confirmed the death of Prof. Ruth Wazis, former Head of the Department of Business Management, University of Maiduguri, in an accident at her home. The Commissioner of Police, Yusuf Lawal, who confirmed the incident said the incident occurred on Sunday. Lawal said that as she wasparking her car in her garage, a sudden mechanical malfunction caused the vehicle to accelerate unexpectedly, knocking her on the...

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