Bayelsa State High Court Judge, Justice Ebiyerin Omukoro, has regained his freedom after 12 harrowing days in captivity. Omukoro was abducted by armed gunmen on June 21, 2025, in front of an eatery in the Ekeki area of Yenagoa. He was released on Thursday evening without any ransom payment,...
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By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – A chilling incident of kidnapping unfolded on Sunday evening in Benue State, when gunmen hijacked a Benue Links Nigeria Ltd bus and abducted its passengers. The bus, with registration number 14B-143BN, was traveling from Abeokuta to Makurdi when it was ambushed by armed kidnappers...
By BARBARA KALU, Yenagoa – A high-ranking judge in Bayelsa State, Justice E.J. Umokoro, has been kidnapped in Yenagoa, the state capital. According to eyewitnesses, gunmen fired sporadically at the car park of a fast food outlet in Ekeki area, before forcing the judge out of his vehicle and...
Ondo State Government has announced that kidnappers found guilty in the state will face the death penalty by hanging. The government also declared that buildings and facilities used by kidnappers will be demolished after following due process in court. The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Kayode Ajulo,...
By EZEKIEL OBi, Abuja- A civil society organization (CSO) Civil–Military Cooperation (CIMICO), has commended the Department of State Services (DSS) for arresting several suspected gunrunners, kidnappers, and for recovering several weapons in the process. A statement by the group’s coordinator, Adams Otakwu, said “recent sweeping operations by DSS operatives...
Kogi State Government has arrested 16 alleged kidnappers and eight informants in a two-week clean-up operation in Bunu Forest, Kogi West Local Government of Area of the state.. The State Security Adviser, Commander Jerry Omodara (rtd), disclosed this while parading the suspects to newsmen. Omodara said, “It is not...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka– Anambra industrialist, Chief Ebuka Onunkwo, has commended the Nigerian immigration Service (NIS) officer, Mr. Ugochukwu Orji, who arrested a fleeing suspected ritualist at Seme border. Chief Onunkwo, who is the Managing Director of Seahorse Lubricant Limited and aspirant for the Anambra South Senatorial District bye-election,...
By PETER OJOMA, Lokoja – A heartbreaking incident has occurred in Kogi State, where a retired Army Major, Joe Ajayi, was killed by his abductors after his family paid a N10 million ransom. The 76-year-old was kidnapped from his residence in Odo-Ape, Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area, on May 21....
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Police in Rivers State have eliminated a suspected notorious kidnap kingpin believed to be responsible for several abductions and killings across the state. The command’s spokes person, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, who confirmed this in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Friday, said the...
A wanted Enugu State based native doctor, Obi Obieze, was arrested at Gbaji checkpoint along Badagry Seme expressway on Wednesday, by men of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS). More details have emerged on how the wanted and alleged ritualist and kidnapper was arrested. Witnesses told the News Agency of Nigeria...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia– Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a traditional ruler, Mr Emmanuel Omanji, the Sangarin Dari in Kokona Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.. The traditional ruler was whisked away by his abductors who stormed his personal residence in Dari, near Garaku, the headquarters of...
Alhaji Abubakar Abdullahi, a Muslim pilgrim from Temeshi village in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State, on Tuesday, led fellow pilgrims in prayer to seek divine intervention and protection from kidnapping and banditry in their area. After prayers, held at the Holy Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah, Abdullahi told the News Agency...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja- Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in collaboration with the Nigerian Army and other security agencies have inaugurated an operation to rescue a kidnap victim in Abuja. The Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, SP Josephine Adeh said this in a statement...
The Police Command in Enugu has rescued 28 kidnap victims and detained 10 suspects in Enugu State. The command also recovered firearms, ammunition, cash, vehicles, motorcycles and other exhibits in separate coordinated operations within the past 10 days. This is contained in a statement issued by the Command’s Spokesman,...
Eagle-eyed operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS) in a well-coordinated covert operation on Sunday arrested two high-profile suspected kidnap kingpins as they made to depart Nigeria for Saudi Arabia to observe the holy pilgrimage. Security sources disclosed that the suspected kidnap kingpins had been on the DSS...
The kidnapped Chairman of the All Progressives Congress(APC) in Ward 5, Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State, Mr Nelson Adepoyigi, has been reportedly killed by his abductors. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that Adepoyigi was abducted on Monday, May 13, while parking his vehicle at his residence...
By OLA MODUPE, Akure – Gunmen suspected to kidnappers have abducted a chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Mr Nelson Adepoyigi in Ondo State. Mr. Adepoyigi, who is the chairman of Ifon Ward 5 in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State, was abducted on Monday evening at...
The Police Command in Edo has rescued 37 kidnapped victims, including the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Esan West Local Government Area, in series of daring operations across the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Monday Agbonika, disclosed this in Benin on Wednesday during a press...
A middle-aged man with a chopped-off left arm in a video that has gone viral has dispelled rumours that it was Islamists who cut off his hand. He said it was the handiwork of kidnappers. The man, Lanlege Samuel Adewale, who spoke to security men after he was rescued...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Tragedy struck in Aloshi town of Keana local government area of Nasarawa State, when gunmen invaded the community, killed one Mr. Stephen Kwaghtomun a.k.a (Action), aged 37 and abducted his 27 years old wife. The sad incident happened around 11:30 pm Tuesday night when...