By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Kaduna State Police Command has arrested three members of a notorious kidnap syndicate in the state. The command’s spokesman, ASP Mansir Hassan, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, said the suspected kidnappers were nabbed on Tuesday and that one AK-47 rifle with...
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By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna Kaduna State Police Command has rescued two kidnapped victims, recovered 203 suspected rustled livestock and detained five suspected rustlers. The Command’s spokesman, ASP Mansir Hassan confirmed the development in a statement issued on Sunday in Kaduna. Hassan said, “On Oct. 31, acting on credible intelligence...
Delta Police Command says it has arrested a former legislative member of Ndokwa West Local Government of Delta for an alleged attempted kidnap of a prominent woman in Abbi community The command Spokesperson, SP Bright Edafe said, in a statement on Sunday in Asaba, that the former councillor was...
The Police Command in Rivers has rescued a teenager, who was kidnapped in Enugu and transported to Port Harcourt in a ‘Ghana-Must-Go’ bag. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Olatunji Disu, announced this during a news conference in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. Disu said that the teenager,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun has ordered the rescue of the 20 medical students who were abducted in Otukpo, Benue State. IGP Egbetokun, who gave the directive in a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumiyiwa Adejobi on Saturday in...
The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH) chapter is demanding the immediate release of a kidnapped colleague, Dr Ganiyat Popoola. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Popoola, a medical doctor at National Eye Centre, Kaduna, was abducted with her husband and...
Gunmen kidnap Anambra commissioner, wife, kill aide en route to Soludo’s daughter’s wedding in Abuja
Gunmen kidnap Anambra commissioner, wife, kill aide en route to Soludo’s daughter’s wedding in Abuja
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the Anambra State Commissioner for Youths Development, Patrick Aghamba, and his wife. Sources said an aide of the commissioner, whose name was given as Kpajie ABK Offiah, an Onitsha youth and a stalwart of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), who...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – In a brazen affront on the existence of Sokoto Community Guard and the conventional security agencies in the state, some heartless group of bandits have whisked away Sarkin Gobir of Gatawa district , Alhaji Isa Muhammad Bawa, his son and 6 others and are...
Suspected gunmen, on Friday, attacked Mbache Ward in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State reportedly killing 18 persons. Confirming the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday by telephone, the Caretaker Chairman of the LG council, Mr Justine Shaku, said that a father and...
The Police command in Akwa Ibom has confirmed the Kidnapping of a naval rating and seven others in Ibaka Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Timfon John, confirmed the abduction in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday...
The Kaduna State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), on Saturday announced the release of the journalists and their families who were kidnapped on July 6 . The council’s Chairman, Asma”u Halilu ,made the announcement in a statement issued in Kaduna. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN),...
A former Deputy Vice Chancellor of the Ekiti State University Ado-Ekiti, (EKSU), Prof. Femi Olaofe, has been reportedly kidnapped by unknown gunmen, and whisked to undisclosed location. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Olaofe, a native of Are-Ekiti, Irepodun/Ifelodun local government area of Ekiti, was a...
A former President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Takai Shamang has been abducted in his hometown, Biniki, in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna state. Shamang, 78, was also a former President General of the National Union of Electricity and Gas Workers, now National Union of...
The Police Command in Ogun has confirmed that one person was shot and another kidnapped by suspected gunmen at Delabo axis on the Sagamu-Ijebu Ode-Benin expressway. SP Omolola Odutola, the Command’s Spokesperson, who disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Monday, said that the incident occurred...
Sen. Shehu Sani has decried the poor state of public schools in the north of Nigeria and expressed fears of an imminent collapse if the situation continued. He spoke during the 40th anniversary of Government Science College, Kagara, organised by the Kagara Old Boys Association (KAGOBA), Class of...
Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have abducted a High Court Judge, Justice Haruna Mshelia together with his wife, driver and orderly on Biu to Maiduguri road In Borno State. The judge was abducted on Monday, while he was travelling in his vehicle, with his driver, a security...
The police in Akwa Ibom State have rescued a 63-year man and retiree of Shell Petroleum Company who was recently kidnapped by unknown gunmen. The command’s Spokesperson, ASP Timfon John, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Uyo. ASP John said that he victim, who was abducted...
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Monday sentenced a 24-year-old commercial driver, Abdul Hudu to life imprisonment for defiling and abducting a 10-year-old girl. Justice Rahman Oshodi held that the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubts the two-count charge of adduction and defilement against Hudu. The...
The Police Command in Delta has neutralised a suspected member of a kidnap gang during a shootout in Ughelli North Local Government area. The command’s spokesman, SP Bright Edafe told newsmen on Friday in Warri that the other members of the gang escaped during the shootout. Edafe said...