The Police Command in Sokoto State has arrested no fewer than eight suspects over alleged criminal conspiracy, armed robbery, theft and kidnapping in the state. Mr Muhammed Gumel, the Commissioner of Police, made the disclosure when he addressed newsmen on Tuesday in Sokoto. Gumel said one of the suspected...
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Oba Clement Olokotun, the Oloso of Oso, in Ajowa-Akoko, Akoko North-West Local Government Area (LGA) of Ondo State, has regained freedom from his abductors after being held captive for seven days. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 66-year-old traditional ruler was kidnapped from his residence on...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom says the Federal Government is not sincere to ending insecurity in the country. Governor Ortom spoke on Thursday, when he paid a sympathy visit on his Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Chief Ekpe Ogbu who was recently kidnapped...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar Gunmen has kidnapped the former Accountant General of Cross River State Mrs Rose Bassey, and three other persons along Uyanga-Ikomita axis of the Calabar-Ikom Highway. National Accord gathered that the victims were abducted by gunmen on Tuesday evening, who laid siege on that axis of the...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Commuters in Cross River State have expressed worry over the worsening insecurity along Calabar-Ikom Highway following an attack on the former Cross River SUBEB boss, Hon Omaga Odo along the Uyanga axis at the weekend. Park operators, mangers, drivers as well as commuters expressed...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – The Nigerian Army has described as false an allegation from a South-East-based non-government organisation, International Society for Civil Liberty and Rule of Law (INTERSOCIETY), against its internal security operations in the South-East”. The Acting Deputy Director, 82 Division Army Public Relations, Lt.-Col. Jonah Unuakhalu,...
The Commissioner of Police in Kebbi, Ahmed Magaji-Kontagora, has confirmed the rescue of five persons who were abducted in two separate incidents in the state. Magaji-Kontagora told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Birnin Kebbi that two women and a man abducted along Bena-Mairairai road were...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A team of hunters and local vigilantes have intercepted a group of suspected kidnappers around Gorgor and Liya villages in Hawul LGA of Borno State. The team also recovered a sophisticated rifle and the sum of N945,000 as exhibits from the kidnappers and handed...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi The United Nations Children’s Fund has called on the Federal Government to immediately secure the release the of the 21 children recently abducted in Faskari local government area of Katsina State This was contained in a press release made available to journalists in Bauchi on Friday,...
The Oyo State Police Command, on Monday confirmed the release of Prof. Adigun Agbaje, a former Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Ibadan, from dens of his abductors. Its Public Relations Officer, SP. Adewale Osifeso, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan. NAN recalls that Agbaje,...
Dr Adebola Agbaje, wife of Prof. Adigun Agbaje, the kidnapped University of Ibadan (UI) don, has pleaded for the release of her husband, saying her expected gratuity was not enough to pay the N50 million ransom demanded. In an exclusive interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
The Osun State Police Command have discovered the decomposing body of an aged landlord, Oladepo Asaolu, after about four days of disappearance. It was gathered that Asaolu, an indigene of Ora-Igbomina, Ifedayo Local Government Area of Osun State, was the Babaloja of the ancient town. It was gathered that...
The police command in Edo on Wednesday said it rescued a one-year-old baby and killed three alleged kidnappers on the Benin-Auchi Road. This is contained in a statement by ASP Jennifer Iwegbu, Deputy Police Public Relations Officer of the command. “Distress call was raised by distraught residents of Achigbor...
The Police Command in Bauchi State has arrested four suspected kidnappers in the state. The command also said it arrested three persons suspected of printing and circulating fake naira notes. The Spokesman of the command, SP Ahmed Wakil made the disclosure while briefing newsmen on Wednesday in Bauchi. Wakil...
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...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – No fewer than two suspected kidnappers have been killed in a gun battle with a team of Policemen and a vigilante group in Toro local government area of Bauchi State. A vigilante member was also killed during the encounter while an unknown number of...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A joint team of police operatives from the Bauchi State Police Command and a local vigilante group have killed two suspected kidnappers and injured one other. The team also arrested nine others during a raid of the suspected kidnappers’ hideouts terrorizing residents of Alkaleri...
Mr Yakubu Lawal, Nasarawa State Commissioner of Information, Culture and Tourism that was abducted by gunmen has regained freedom. DSP Ramhan Nansel, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), in the state confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lafia. NAN recalls that the Commissioner was...
The Ondo State Government has placed fifty thousand naira (N50, 000) as a reward for anyone who exposes or reports incidents leading to the arrest of kidnappers or other criminals in the state. The Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mrs Bamidele Ademola-Olateju, who stated this on Wednesday after the...
The Osun Government has alerted residents in the state to be security conscious following reports of attacks by suspected kidnappers disguised as commercial transporters. The State Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mrs Funke Egbemode, on Wednesday in Osogbo, said the state government had gotten intelligence reports that kidnappers...