Gunmen kidnap traditional chief, wives in Niger community
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Abductors of Islamiyya school children, teachers increase demand to N200m
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(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Armed bandits that abducted 156 pupils of the Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School in Tegina town, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State have increased the ransom for their freedom to N200m.
The bandits had initially, asked for the sum of N110m in order to set their victims who were mostly girls free, threatening that failure to deliver the ransom by Thursday, they would kill them.
The bandits currently were said to have contacted the parents, disclosing that the money had been increased to N200m with the same warning if the deadline was not met.
Mallam Ali Mohammed, a Tipper Driver and a father of five of the abductees confirmed this development saying that the bandits contacted them on Thursday, disclosing that the ransom has been raised to N200m from the N110m they initially asked for.
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Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:
1. Nigerians reacted with anger and indignation yesterday as the Federal Government suspended indefinitely the operations of Twitter in the country. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed the suspension in a statement signed by a Special Assistant to the President (Media) in the Office of the Minister, Segun Adeyemi.
2. The Police Council presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday, confirmed Usman Baba as the substantive Inspector-General of Police, IGP. The Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi, confirmed this when he briefed State House correspondents at the end of the Council meeting.