Gunmen have reportedly abducted passengers commuting on the Ikom-Ogoja Highway in Cross River on Tuesday. State Commissioner of Police in Cross River, Mr Sule Balarabe, confirmed the abduction, but said the number of victims had not been ascertained. He added that while awaiting the number of victims from the...
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Gunmen have abducted Mr Seun Emmanuel, a driver at the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) and demanded for the sum of N10 million as ransom. Emmanuel was abducted on Tuesday on Owo-Ifon Road in Ondo State while on an official assignment to Akure with the company’s manager in Ondo...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – The Katsina State Police Command has announced the released of 21 children abducted from a farm in Mairuwa in Faskari LGA of the state. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the 21 children – 17 girls and 4 boys – aged between 15 and 18, were...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – Unknown gunmen have abducted a priest of Onitsha Catholic Archdiocese, Rev. Fr. Joseph Igweagu, in Anambra State. Igweagu, Parish Priest of St. Joseph Parish, Abata Nsugbe, Anambra East LGA was kidnapped on Wednesday, Oct. 12 on his way home after a vigil Mass at...
Barely 12 hours after a report by PRNigeria, the Divisional Police Officer, (DPO) of Birnin Gwari Division, CSP Sani Mohammed Gyadi-Gyadi, abducted about three months ago, has finally been released. This followed a sophisticated intelligence-coordinated operation led by the joint security service, PRNigeria gathered. Gyadi-Gyadi, kidnapped by terrorists in...
The Police Command in Lagos State has confirmed the arrest of four middle-aged persons, including three women, over an alleged attempt to abduct a 10-year-old girl. The command’s spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest on his verified twitter handle monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
The Police Command in Borno has confirmed the escape of the six security personnel abducted by ISWAP terrorists in Benishek on Monday. The Commissioner of Police (CP) in the state, Abdu Umar disclosed this during a conference with Devisional Police Officers on Wednesday in Maiduguri. “The terrorists abducted the...
The abductors of travellers at Omi-Alafa village, along Owo-Ifon road, in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State have demanded N90 million ransom from the families of the victims. The victims were abducted on Saturday while they were returning from a burial ceremony in Edo State. Commissioner for Information...
A magistrate court sitting in the Ajah area of Lagos has ordered the remand of hip-hop recording artist, Ice Prince Zamani at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre. Ice Prince was arrested earlier today for allegedly assaulting an officer and threatening to throw him in the river after he was arrested...
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – No fewer than four persons have been kidnapped by gunmen along Owo/Ikare Road on Thursday in Ondo State. The abducted victims who were identified to be Ikare-Akoko chiefs were on a return trip to their home from Akure, when they were attacked by the...
Bandits have reportedly abducted two Catholic priest in Jere Local Government Area of Kaduna State. It was learnt that the two priests, identified as Reverend Father John Cheitnum and Reverend Father Donatus Cleopas were abducted on Friday evening in Jere LGA. Their abduction comes less than two weeks after...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has commended the Nigerian Police Force over the recent rescue of 50 abducted children, who were being held by a church at its premises in Ondo Town. The UNICEF Nigeria Representative, Peter Hawkins, who gave the commendation in...
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a former Secretary-General of the Nigeria Football Association (NFA), Ahmed Sani Toro. Toro was abducted on Saturday night, June 18, on Abuja-Jos road alongside a former Golden Eaglets assistant coach, Garba Iliya. It was gathered that the the victims were said to be travelling...
No fewer than eight passengers in Yenagoa bound speedboats have been abducted by suspected sea pirates along Brass-Yenagoa waterways in Bayelsa State. About 15 passengers were on board the boat and it was also learnt that they were returning from a burial they had attended over the weekend. Eight...
Borno Commissioner of Police Abdu Umar says Boko Haram insurgents abducted two women in Mairari village in Konduga Local Government Area. CP Umar, who made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri, said the incident occurred on June 7. ”At about 7.30,...
Gunmen have abducted Rev. Fr. James Kantoma, the Parish priest of St. Anthony Catholic Church, Angware, Jos East Local Government Area of Plateau. DSP Alabo Alfred, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, confirmed the abduction to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Jos....
Boko Haram insurgents on Monday attacked Lawan Mainari village near Mainok along Damaturu-Maiduguri Road in Borno State. According to an eyewitness, the incident happened in a community less than 40 kilometers away from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The terrorists were said to have abducted several passengers while setting...
Terrorists along Birnin-Gwari- Kaduna highway on Tuesday intercepted a convoy of motorists with security escorts between Kuriga and Manini near Udawa and prey on unspecified number of people that were abducted into the bush. In the last four days terrorists had lay siege on motorists on Birnin-Gwari-Kaduna highway, abducting...
This handout picture taken and released by the Ukrainian State Emergency Service on March 7, 2022, shows rescuers dismantling the rubble of a destroyed school after Russian troops shelled the city of Chernihiv. PHOTO: STR / Ukrainian State Emergency Service / AFP The mayor of southern Ukraine’s Melitopol has...
Heavily armed bandits have reportedly invaded a mosque in Tudun Amada village in Giwa LGA of Kaduna State, abducting about 14 persons and rustling an unspecified number of cattle. However, it is unclear if there were any casualties in the attack. Eyewitness reports, according to SaharaReporters revealed that the...