•Dr Ganiyat Popoola Kaduna-based medical doctor, Dr Ganiyat Popoola, has regained freedom from captivity 10 months after she was kidnapped. Popoola, a registrar in the Department of Ophthalmology at the National Eye Centre, Kaduna State, was abducted on December 27, 2023, along with her husband, Nurudeen Popoola, who is a Squadron leader, and ...
•Late Damilola A 20-year-old man, Paul Jeremiah, has been arrested for the murder of a 100-level female student at the Federal University, Lokoja, Kogi State. The state police command’s spokesman, SP William Aya, confirmed the suspect’s arrest today, reports Daily Trust. Aya said the suspect was arrested on Wednesday in Lokoja and he is curren...
The Kano State Police Command has rescued a four-year-old boy, Muhammad Nasir Jamilu, who was kidnapped, and arrested three suspects in connection with the abduction. According to a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, made available to the press in Kano today, Jamilu was abducted from Sharada Qu...
•Ayomide Adeleye and late Christiana Idowu The Nigerian Army has confirmed the arrest of one Adeleye Ayomide, as the suspect responsible for the death of a 300-level student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Idowu Christiana. The deceased was abducted by suspected kidnappers along the Ikorodu-Yaba Road, Lagos Stat...
•Gunmen At least 10 maritime travellers are feared to have been abducted by sea pirates along the Bonny – Port Harcourt waterway. Though details are still sketchy, it was gathered that the incident which occurred in the early hours of today is believed to involve 10 persons travelling between Bonny and Port Harcourt, reports Channels […...
Suspected kidnappers are demanding a ransom for the release of Christiana Idowu, a 300-level student at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, who was abducted on August 19 along the Ikorodu-Yaba Road. Christiana was on her way from her home in Itaoluwo, Ikorodu, to the University of Lagos, Yaba, where she was undergoing industrial t...
•Abducted Akwa Ibom Youth Corps members Thr last of the Eight prospective National Youth Service, NYSC, member, from Akwa Ibom State, Solomon Bassey Daniel, kidnapped in Zamfara state has finally regained his freedom. A family member, Mr Umoh who confirmed this to our correspondent, said he received the good news today morning in Eket Local [&...
The mobile police officer, who was abducted around Kampani community in Bashar District of Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State, has been found dead. The policeman was reportedly part of a security team fighting bandits in the area when he was ambushed and taken away, reports The Nation. A soldier, who was also part […]
•NYSC members Kidnappers who abducted five youth corps members travelling along Ifon/ Owo road on Friday evening have demanded a sum of N15m ransom, threatening to kill the victims if the families failed to pay the ransom. The kidnappers were said to have contacted the families of the victims over the weekend, demanding N30m per […]
Operatives of the Ogun Police Command, yesterday, engaged suspected kidnappers terrorising travellers on Sagamu Ijebu-Ode-Benin expressway in a gun battle, killing two of them. The police also rescued three Indians and recovered a total sum of N7.9m and 1500 Indian Rupees, suspected to have been part of the ransom collected from victims, repor...
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