The Police Command in Benue has confirmed the release of three kidnapped students of Joseph Sarwuam Tarka University Makurdi (JOSTUM). This was contained in a statement by the Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Sewuese Anene, made available to newsmen in Makurdi on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria...
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The Defence Headquarters has announced that 92 terrorists were neutralised, 111 suspected terrorists apprehended, and 75 kidnapped hostages rescued in the past week. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Markus Kangye, disclosed this during a press briefing on Thursday in Abuja. Kangye stated that troops also recovered a...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan in Kaduna has confirmed the death of its priest, Rev. Fr Sylvester Okechukwu, just a day after he was kidnapped by gunmen suspected to be bandits. Okechukwu was the parish priest of St Mary Catholic Church, Tachira, Kaura Local...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has clarified the circumstances surrounding the death of retired Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), David Shikfu Parradang. Contrary to online speculation, the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, in a statement on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Armed terrorists suspected to be members of Boko Haram/ISWAP on Sunday kdinaped a Professor Abubakar Eljuma of the Nigeria Army University Biu (NAUB) and other passengers. The incident took place along the troubled Damaturu -Biu road near Kamuya- village. Sources said Professor Eljuma, a...
Police Command in Plateau has foiled a kidnap attempt and arrested four suspects at Little Rayfield Community in Jos South Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The Police Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr Alfred Alabo, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday in...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – No fewer than 3 students of Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi (JOSTUM) have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen on Tuesday night. The Registrar of the university, Dr John David confirmed this in a circular issued to newsmen on Wednesday in Makurdi. David said that...
By HARUNA AHMED, Yola – Adamawa State Police Command has condemned the kidnapping of Reverend father Mathew David Dusami of Yola Catholic Diocese and Reverend father Abraham Samman of Jalingo Diocese. The victims were kidnapped at the early hours of Feb. 22. The Commissioner of Police in Adamawa, CP...
The Police Command in Ogun said it neutralised four suspected kidnappers in a gun duel at Warewa axis on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Thursday. This is contained in a statement issued by CSP Omolola Odutola, the Command’s Spokesperson, on Saturday in Abeokuta. Odutola said that a white Paragon commercial...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka– Anamba State Police Command has denied any complicity in the escape of two suspects allegedly linked to the murder of Hon. Justice Azuka, lawmaker at the State Assembly. Hon. Azuka, was a Labour Party (LP) lawmaker representing Onitsha-1 Constituency before his life was cut short...
Ebonyi Police Command has rebutted the reported abduction of the President of Ohanaeze Youth Council, Mr Igboayaka Igboayaka, saying that he was in police custody. The rebuttal is contained in a statement issued in Abakiliki by the command’s Spokesman, SP Joshua Ukandu, and made available to newsmen on Monday....
Kidnappers of a former Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), retired General Maharazu Tsiga, have demanded a N250 million ransom for his release. A source close to the family who doesn’t want his name to be mentioned, told our correspondent on Saturday that the family of the...
Operatives of the Police Command in Edo have rescued the Onogie of Udo-Eguare, a traditional ruler in Edo Central, who was kidnapped on Feb. 3. The command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Moses Yamu, said in a statement on Saturday in Benin that the rescue operation took place on Friday...
The Obidient Movement has called on the Federal Government and security agencies to fish out and prosecute the killers of Mr Justice Azuka, a former lawmaker representing Onitsha North I Constituency in Anambra House of Assembly. National Coordinator of the movement, Dr Yunusa Tanko, in a statement issued on...
The Police Command in Kaduna State, said its operatives have rescued 23 kidnapped victims in joint operations with the military. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the development in a statement on Sunday in Kaduna. Hassan said that Security operatives led by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of...
An Ikeja High Court on Thursday adjourned till March 20 to hear a plea bargain agreement filed by the convicted kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike (alias Evans). Justice Adenike Coker adjourned the case after Evans and his co-defendant, Joseph Emeka, were re-arraigned. The duo were re-arraigned on an amended five-count charge...
The corpse of one of the five abducted residents of Chikakore community in Kubwa area of the Federal Capital Territory has been found. The dead body of Mrs Esther Adesiyan was reportedly recovered in a bush near Itagbajii community in Niger state on Monday night. The deceased, her husband,...
Security operatives on Wednesday rescued three pastors and 13 other victims who had been kidnapped by hoodlums in the Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 16 victims, including the three pastors, were abducted after a crusade in Ejule, Ofu...
The Police Command in Anambra has confirmed the kidnap of Dr Cornelius Onuigbo, an urologist with Department of Surgery, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, while confirming the incident to newsmen in Onitsha on Wednesday, said that Onuigbo was kidnapped...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka– Unknown gunmen have kidnapped two Catholic nuns along Ufuma Road, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State. It was learnt that the incident happened on Tuesday evening when the nuns were returning from a vocational service meeting in Ogboji. The spokesman of Anambra State...