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![Players and officials of Nigeria Professional Football League [NPFL] side Adamawa United FC were robbed at gunpoint around Benin-Ore expressway on Friday night at about 11.45 pm on their way for their week 11 NPFL fixture against MFM FC in Lagos.](https://www.today.ng/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/20111422-324x235.jpg "Kidnapped Adamawa United FC driver regains freedom")
Kidnapped Adamawa United FC driver regains freedom
Kabiru Mohammed, the driver of Adamawa United FC, who was kidnapped along Benin-Lagos highway, has been released by his abductors.
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Kagara: Nigerian government insists won’t pay ransom to secure release of abductees
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Minister: Bandits, criminal herdsmen are not Nigerians
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Police arrest 80-year-old woman for ‘kidnapping children for rituals’
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Femi Falana: Bala Mohammed punished Abuja residents for trespassing but defends open grazing
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Nigeria mulls reviewing ECOWAS protocols over insecurity
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Minister: Nigerian government paid no ransom for release of Kankara, Dapchi children
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Police nab two suspects in Anambra over ‘torture’ of three minors
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Minister: Nigerian government won’t pay ransom to kidnappers of Kagara schoolchildren, staff
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has disclosed that the Federal Government is not going to pay ransom to secure the release of the abducted pupils and members of staff of Government Science College, Kagara, Niger state.
Ondo governor: Bala Mohammed’s comments ‘provoking, insensitive’
Following the rising insecurity Ondo, Akeredolu had in January ordered herdsmen to vacate the state’s forest reserves, saying “bad elements” had turned the forest reserves into hideouts for keeping victims of kidnapping, negotiating for ransom and carrying out other criminal activities.
Bauchi governor: Those living in Ondo forests don’t need Rotimi Akeredolu’s permission
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, says Nigerians don’t need the permission of any governor to reside in any part of the country.
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Minister: Unifying Naira’s exchange rate will take time
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Minister inaugurates 259 monitors for N-SIP projects in Adamawa
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, has inaugurated training for 259 Independent Monitors to supervise Integrated National Social Investment Program (N-SIP) at community level in Adamawa state.
Northern governors to wade into spat between Samuel Ortom, Bala Mohammed
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