The Oyo State government has demolished a building used as a hideout by the kidnappers of Mrs. Olaide Busayo Adegoke John-Paul, sister of former Minister of Power, Bayo Adelabu, and her twin sons. The government said the demolition was aimed at reinforcing its zero-tolerance stance against criminality, reports Channels TV. The exercise, carrie...
The Oyo State Police Command has alleged that one of the personal assistants to a family member of former Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, conspired with the abductors of the ex-minister’s sister and her two sons. The Public Relations Officer of the Command, Olayinka Ayanlade, disclosed this during an interview on Channels Television today....
•Peter Obi The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Party (NDC), Peter Obi, has condemned ethnic profiling and the tendency to associate criminality with entire ethnic groups, insisting that crime has no tribe. In a post on his X handle today, Obi said many Nigerians have at different times been judged based on their ethnic [&helli...
•The rescued women and children kidnapped from Ngoshe community in Gwoza LGA of Borno State on March 3, 2026 Boko Haram terrorists are still holding onto some teenage boys and girls in their enclave, even as 360 elderly men, women, and young children abducted from Ngoshe in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State, regained […]
•General Rabe Abubakar (rtd) and his wife The Katsina State government has intensified its multi-dimensional security operations to secure the release of former Director of Defence Information, Major General Rabe Abubakar (Rtd), his wife, and other victims in captivity, expressing optimism that ongoing efforts will soon yield positive results....
Major General Abubakar Rabe (rtd) and his wife who were abducted along the Karaduwa–Matazu Road in Katsina State exactly a week ago have begged the government to come to their aid. Their abductors released a video showing the couple in captivity, reports Sunday Trust. In the four-minute, two-second video circulated on social media, the couple ...
A violent confrontation at the Balogun Business Association (BBA) Market inside the Lagos International Trade Fair Complex has left one person dead and three others injured, with fresh details now emerging about the events that led to the bloodshed. The incident, which took place on Sunday, May 3, 2026, is understood to have arisen from [&hell...
•Mrs Olaide Busayo Adegoke John-Paul and her 12-year-old twin sons The Nigeria Police Force has rescued Mrs Olaide Busayo Adegoke John-Paul and her 12-year-old twin sons, Peter and Paul, alive during a rescue operation carried out around 7:30 p.m. yesterday. According to a source in the Force, two suspected kidnappers were neutralised in a gun...
•Terrorist inside forest For about two decades, the northern part of the country has been ravaged by terrorism characterised by sacking of entire communities, mass killings, looting, destruction and kidnappings for ransom. The terrorists later upped their evil acts by attacking schools and abducting students and teachers. What was witnessed in...
•Tinubu and bandits Ahead of the 2027 general elections, Nigeria appears to be under siege with alarming rise in kidnapping and killing incidents. Amid the waiting for the safe release of schoolchildren and teachers abducted from their schools in Oyo and Ondo states on May 15, 2026, five soldiers and three members of the Civilian […]
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