A serving member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Alamin Saleh Bature has been rescued from Abuja kidnappers by good Samaritans. PRNigeria gathered that the swift intervention and efforts of an Igbo Christian, identified as Godspower Chinaechrem and two Northern Muslims, helped in the rescue of the victim...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Police command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has rescued 11 kidnap victims in Gwargwada community in Kuje Area Council of the territory. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the FCT, DSP Josephine Adeh, made this known in a statement on Saturday...
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri – The Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal, Justice Rita Pemu has escaped an assassination attempt by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers while traveling to Owerri from Benin City. NATIONAL ACCORD learnt that the incident occured along Azia-Orsumoghu-Ihiala Road about 11am on Sunday. A...
The Nigerian Navy Ship Victory (NNSV) said it has destroyed no fewer than six camps used by various notorious kidnap gangs in Cross River and recovered various weapons. The former Commander, NNSV, Commodore Chiedozie Okehie, during his handover ceremony in Calabar on Friday said they destroyed six camps used...
Mr Japhtah Yekorogha, a cousin of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, abducted on Jan. 24, has regained his freedom from his kidnappers. The announcement was contained in a statement by Mr Azibaola Robert, the younger brother to the kidnapped victim in Yenagoa on Monday. The statement signed by Mr Austin Ekeinde,...
By MARK JANG, Jos – Troops of the Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), acting on credible intelligence have killed three notorious kidnappers in Jos, the Plateau State capital. The Media Officer of OPSH, Maj. Ishaku Takwa, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Jos, said...
By MARK JANG, Jos – Military troops of Operation Safe Haven have rescued no fewer than three students of Plateau State Polytechnic Barkin Ladi, who were abducted by Gunmen on Wednesday. NATIONAL ACCORD had reported that the students were kidnapped on Wednesday night at Ban, a community behind the...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – No fewer than 305 suspected bandits, armed robbers and kidnappers have been arrested by the operatives of Kaduna State Police Command between January and November 2021. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, ASP Mohammed Jalige, who disclosed this in a statement...
Bandits have killed a member of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Rilwanu Gadagau, along the Kaduna-Zaria Highway. Gadagau, who represented Giwa Constituency of the state, was the Chairman of the Committee on Local Government and Rural Development in the Assembly. He was reported to have been killed on...
Operatives of the Imo State Police Command alongside other security agents have arrested no fewer than 30 suspected kidnappers and criminals in the state. The criminals were arrested during a Monday raid, by a joint security team, on camps in Orsu local government and Uli community in Ihiala local...
The Imo State Police Command have rescued the kidnapped Eze Damian Nwaigwe, the traditional ruler of Mbutu in Aboh-Mbaise council area unhurt. The Police Public Relations Officer in the State, CSP Michael Abattam, who disclosed this in a statement issued in Owerri on Saturday, said that the traditional ruler...
Three suspected kidnappers have been arrested by a group of hunters led by Hon. Joseph Salami, Chief Security Officer of Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi. Mr Onogwu Muhammed, the Chief Press Secretary to Kogi Gov. Yahaya Bello, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Thursday....
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The efforts of the Armed Forces of Nigeria and other security agencies across the country have continued to pay-off, with the neutralization of 158 terrorist elements, armed bandits, kidnappers and criminals, as well as the arrest of 100 others in the past two weeks....
Gunmen numbering about 10 have kidnapped the traditional ruler of Mbutu ancient kingdom in the Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State, A community source said the traditional ruler, identified as Eze Damian Nwaigwe, was abducted at his palace around 2:30 am, “Those who kidnapped him were many....
Four students of Delta State University (DELSU) and five others abducted on Saturday, have regained their freedom. Spokesman of the Police Command in the state, DSP Bright Edafe, who confirmed the release of the abductees to newsmen in Warri on Wednesday, said they were kidnapped on the Abraka-Eku Road...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna- Following credible intelligence, fighter jets from the Nigerian Airforce ( NAF) have bombed key enclaves of kidnapping and banditry in Rijana, Kaduna State. It was gathered that the airstrikes also destroyed an armoury and a building occupied by a kidnapping kingpin, Ali Kwaja, and eliminated...
Suspected kidnappers have shot the Commissioner for Environment in Kogi State, Adewale Omofaiye. According to sources, the attackers had laid an ambush for the commissioner before he was shot while some other persons were abducted from the scene. The incident occurred on Sunday evening between Ikoyi and Iyara in...
The Kaduna State Police Command have confirmed the release of 10 out of the 13 abducted staff of the Zaria Local Government, Kaduna state. ASP Mohammed Jalige, Police Public Relations Officer, told newsmen on Sunday in Zaria that the kidnapped staff were released on Saturday, adding that efforts are...
In a very strategic move, Special Forces deployed to tackle the incessant kidnapping of travellers along Kaduna-Abuja highways have eliminated scores of bandits suspected to be behind recent abductions. Video footage obtained by PRNigeria show the corpses of more than a dozen kidnappers that were killed this week.Some of...