Gunmen have kidnapped two Turkish nationals from their hotel in southern Nigeria’s oil-rich Akwa Ibom state, police said Tuesday in the latest unrest to hit the restive Niger Delta. “Two Turkish nationals working for a construction company in Onna local government area were abducted from their hotel rooms on Sunday,” state police spokesman Chukwu Okechukwu … Read more
Two Germans have been kidnapped while working at an archaeological site in northern Nigeria, police said on Thursday. “I can confirm to you the abduction of two Germans at Jenjela village in southern Kaduna on Wednesday,” state police spokesman Usman Aliyu told AFP. Aliyu said the men had been working at the site in Kaduna … Read more
Two German archaeologists were kidnapped in central Nigeria on Wednesday, a police official said, near the road that will run between the capital Abuja and its temporary airport from next month. Abuja’s main airport will be closed for repairs for six weeks from March 8, with flight rerouted to the city of Kaduna some 100 … Read more