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Bedtec:
good one

Two suspected kidnappers have been shot dead while collecting ransom in Sabongida town in Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba State.

Daily Trust learnt that the suspects had abducted an elderly man identified as Alhaji Gambo.

The suspected kidnappers simply identified as Sani and Musa had reportedly instructed the family of their victim to bring the ransom money to a location.

Daily Trust further learnt that vigilantes in the area were informed and they went to the location to lay an ambush.

The kidnappers who were well armed arrived there, unknown to them that the vigilantes were around and two of them were said to have been gunned down while picking the money.

The elderly man, who was brought to the scene, was rescued by the vigilante.

A source in the area also told Daily Trust that the late kidnappers had killed many people in Borno-Korokoro,Tella, Sabongida, Dananacha and other surrounding villages as well as along Jalingo–Wukari road, all in Taraba.

Police spoke person, ASP Abdullahi Usman, confirmed the killing of the kidnappers but did not go into details.

longetivity:
This is #400 pepper in Lagos

post=104301463:
Every evil and killer herdsmen
All the ritualists, kidnappers, Cultists, armed robbers, Baby factory owners, Child traffickers, cannibals all over the South, East, North and West of Nigeria causing chaos and unrest in our darling nation will not see the end of this year.
And to anyone supporting such devils and unrest.
Painful ends awaits them all.

No be curse,
Na FACT

Two kidnappers were reportedly killed by men of the South-West security network codenamed Amotekun in the Iwajowa Local Government Area of Oyo State.

SaharaReporters gathered on Saturday that the two suspects were killed during a failed kidnap attempt by the kidnappers who stormed Iwere-Ile town on Friday.

It was learnt that operatives of Amotekun Corps, who were called when the kidnappers stormed the town, engaged the kidnappers and killed two of them.

Witnesses stated that the kidnappers stormed the community around 3pm on Friday and made an attempt to kidnap some of the residents.

It was gathered that immediately the Amotekun operatives got to the scene at about 3:30pm, they engaged the hoodlums in a gun battle, killing two.

Three other members of the kidnap syndicate escaped with bullet injuries.

The Amotekun Commandant, Olayinka Olayanju confirmed the incident to SaharaReporters on Saturday.

He maintained that weapons were recovered from the suspected kidnappers.

He added that the weapons had been deposited with the police.

Olayanju noted that the operation was carried out in collaboration with local vigilantes and hunters.

Two students abducted by bandits from Federal Government College, Yauri in Kebbi state escaped bandits’ den, Daily Trust gathered.

A credible source told our correspondent that the students wandered in the wilderness and then found themselves at Dandalla, a community located five kilometres south of Dansadau town.

“They entered one house there not even knowing where they were. The residents, after identifying them decided to hide them until it was sunset. They then took them to Dansadau where they handed them over to the Divisional Police Officer. As I’m talking to you, they being taken to Gusau for profiling.

“The students are believed to be in bandits’ captivity at Kuyanbana, a forest that straddles Zamfara, Kebbi, Kaduna Katsina and Niger states.

“The kidnappers are hiding kidnapped victims in that forest, irrespective of where they are abducted from. People kidnapped from neighbouring states and even Kano state are being hidden in the forest that is dotted with several bandits’ camps and settlements.

The spokesman of the state police command SP Muhammad Shehu could not be reached for comment at the time of filing this report.

At least 30 students and three teachers were abducted when bandits invaded the school in June.

The attackers, who rode on motorcycles, were said to have stormed the school from neighbouring Rijau forest on a Thursday afternoon.

They were said to have overpowered the mobile policemen guarding the school.

davodyguy:
Depends on the kind of answer.

If you have Startimes DTH, watch it free on NTA sport 24

But you can't watch the Olympics on any FTA reliably now.

I'm using 9e via Hotbird but not FTA

nairalandankrah:
Good you said Arewa! Cos You will not be allowed to infest the south( Oodua, Biafra) with your lifelessness again.

uBuNiT:
Then where is he ? In the morgue ?

Tunde Rahman, Special Adviser on Media to National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has denied his principal is dead or hospitalised.

Rahman made this known on Saturday in a statement following rumours the former Lagos Governor has passed on.

The statement reads: “His Excellency Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is fine. He is hale and hearty. He is not in any hospital. He has no medical problem that would require hospitalisation.

“Yes, he is out of the country at the moment. He will be back shortly. Anytime he travels out of the country, the next thing some mischievous people would say is he is sick, hospitalized or has died.

“It is shameful that perpetrators of this evil are not deterred by the fact that each time this fake news has been propagated, they have been proven wrong.

“Who really is afraid of Asiwaju Tinubu? Those wishing Asiwaju Tinubu evil or dead should be careful. They should know the matter of life and death is in the hand of only God Almighty."

Eriokanmi:
Na small small nah, because right now, a Nigerian lady of yoruba descent is a senior staff in the British Royal family. No black had ever been so elevated in the Royal family

iamyemiakins:
Nigeria amaka!

chatinent:
First it was Ebele, not this uncle.

We are doing well.

babyfaceafrica:
Great news

Nigerian appointed University Chancellor in Scotland
“I am honoured to have been appointed Chancellor-elect of University of the West of Scotland..."

A Nigerian female entrepreneur, Yekemi Otaru, has been named chancellor-elect of the University of the West of Scotland (UWS).

According to a statement by the university, she will take over from Dame Angiolini who will step down on September 1.

As chancellor, Ms Otaru will hold formal powers to confer degrees, diplomas and other academic distinctions, and will represent the university at key events as an advocate and dignitary.

Reacting to this, Ms Otaru was quoted as saying: “I am honoured to have been appointed Chancellor-elect of University of the West of Scotland, following in the footsteps of a remarkable individual in Dame Elish Angiolini.

“We are all living through challenging times, and higher education plays a vital role in society and for our economy.

“I eagerly look forward to being part of the University, as it continues to carry out world-class research and knowledge transfer initiatives such as in the areas of healthcare and sports science,” she said.

Ms Otaru, 42, obtained four degrees and has considerable industrial experience in engineering and marketing.

She is Co-Founder and Executive Director at Doqaru Limited, a prominent Aberdeen-based sales and marketing consultancy.

She sits on the board member of Interface, an organisation that connects a wide range of national and international industries to Scotland’s universities, research institutes and colleges, matching them with world-leading academic expertise to help them grow.

Craig Mahoney, Vice-Chancellor at UWS, expressed delight at her appointment saying her values very much align with those of UWS.

“Her passion for advancing equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) to her commitment to enterprise, and her appointment is reflective of our strategic mission to make a positive difference to wider society,” he said.

He added that she is a remarkable example of entrepreneurship and a tremendous role model for students and other members of the university community.

Profile

Ms Otaru is from Oke-Ero Local Government Area of Kwara State.

She attended Auntie Rose Primary School at Ugborikoko in Warri and proceeded to Federal Government College, Warri, where she did only JSS1 before going to Oman with her parents in 1990.

She attended American British Academy (ABA) – a multi-racial high school in Muscat, Oman, and returned to Nigeria in 1994 to complete her secondary education at Greater Tomorrow Secondary School (GTSS), Benin City.

Ms Otaru proceeded to the University of Benin where she studied and graduated with a Second Class Upper Division in Chemical Engineering in 2002.

She married Gabriel Oghie Otaru, a petroleum engineer with Shell Petroleum, in Port Harcourt, in March 2003 during her NYSC.

According to her bio, she was selected by TotalFinaElf in Nigeria to be one of the 20 pioneer intakes into the collaborative MSc Petroleum Engineering programme of France’s Institut Français du Pétrole (IFP) and University of Port Harcourt.

In 2016, she teamed up with Sarah Downs to establish Doqaru Limited, providing knowledge-driven sales and marketing consultancy services to a variety of industries in Aberdeen, Scotland.

Ms Otaru was named among the top 40 under-40 business innovators by Scottish Business News in 2016.

Rayd502:
I hope they sustain this momentum going into the 4th.