The United States Government has pledged to support Nigeria’s war against terrorism, as the country marks a decade of the mass abduction of over 200 schoolgirls in Chibok, North-East, by terrorists. This is contained in a statement issued by the spokesperson of the U.S. Embassy, Aishah Gambari,...
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Channels Television reporter, Joshua Rogers, who was abducted from his residence in Rumuosi, Obio/Akpor area in Rivers, has been freed. He was released around 10p.m. on Friday unharmed, less than 24 hours after being abducted on Thursday. His colleague, Charles Oporum, confirmed the news of his release in...
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has called for the immediate release of abducted Channels Tv reporter, Joshua Rogers. NUJ President, Dr Chris Iziguzo, made the call while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja. Rogers was abducted from his residence in Rumuosi,...
Gunmen have kidnapped a reporter with Channels Television, Joshua Rogers, at his residence in Rumuosi, Obio/Akpor area of Rivers State. . The Police spokeswoman, Rivers State Command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, who confirmed the incident to newsmen in Port Harcourt on Friday, said the reporter was abducted in the late...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says the level of distress created by the abducted Kuriga school children provided sufficient grounds for the troops to exploit and rescue them. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known while briefing newsmen on Thursday in Abuja on the operations...
Police in Katsina State have rescued five persons suspected to have been kidnapped while travelling from Abuja to Zamfara. Police spokesman, ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, confirmed the rescue when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Katsina on Tuesday. He said a police patrol team rescued...
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, Dr Tony Aziegbemi, abducted on March 15 in Benin, has regained freedom. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that Aziegbemi joined the family at 3am on Tuesday after 10 days in captivity. Mr. Clem Aziegbemi, on...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says the abducted Kuriga students were rescued through coordinated search and rescue operation conducted by the military in collaboration with local authorities and government agencies. The primary and secondary school students abducted on March 7, were rescued in the early hour of Sunday. The...
Gunmen kidnapped the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (P on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Aziegbemi was kidnapped at a spot close to his residence at the Government Reservation Area in Benin City. His abduction happened less than a month after the party’s...
Members of the Northern Governors’ Forum have gone into closed door meeting with the National Security Adviser and Service Chiefs in Abuja. The meeting, holding in the Office of the National Security Adviser, opened at about 2pm, and may not be unconnected with the recent mass abduction of...
President Bola Tinubu has further directed the immediate release of the abducted children in Kaduna State and Borno. He insisted that the Federal Government would not succumb to the payment of ransom to kidnappers and terrorists in the country. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, made...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has condemned the heinous incidents of abduction involving very vulnerable victims, internally-displaced persons in Borno State, and students in Kaduna State. This is contained in a statement issued by the presidential spokesman, Mr Ajuri Ngelale on Friday in Abuja The...
ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) has called for urgent rescue of no fewer than 200 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) abducted in Ngala Local Government Area of Borno on Feb. 29. Mr Andrew Mamedu, Country Director AAN, made the call in a statement on Friday in Abuja. He also called for...
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted passengers of two Abuja-bound buses in the Inele-Eteke Ogugu, New Road area of Kogi East district. The incident according to a source involved a GIG and ABC Transport buses heading to Abuja from the eastern part of the country. The source said...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has secured the release of another female Prospective Corps Member (PCM) and driver, who were kidnapped in Zamfara on their way to orientation camp in Sokoto. The NYSC Director, Press and Public Relations, Mr Eddy Megwa, disclosed this...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – Kwara State Police Command has confirmed the attempted kidnap of a 100 level student of the University of Ilorin (Unilorin) within the school premises. The Command’s spokesman, DSP. Toun Ejire-Adeyemi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Ilorin. “The DPO Tanke received...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the Lagos State Chairman.of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Philip Aivoji. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that Mr. Aivoji was abducted on Thursday, Jan. 25 at about 6.00 p.m. on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway while returning from a...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The lawmaker representing Kogi Central, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has commended the swift move by men of Nigerian Police Force and Nigerian Army in the rescue operation of the victims of kidnapping incidents in Federal Capital Territory (FCT). NATIONAL ACCORD had reported that a joint team of...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Following the relentless advancement of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command Anti-Kidnapping squad in a concerted effort with troops of the Nigerian Army, on the heels of the kidnappers that struck the Zuma 1 area in the Bwari Area Council on the 2nd...