•Terrorists Five worshippers abducted during an attack on ECWA Church in Omugo, Oro Ago District of Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, have died in captivity. The church’s minister, Rev. Timothy Omole, informed the congregation about the tragic development in a message to the church’s WhatsApp platform. He, however, confirmed the d...
•Leah Sharibu There is something profoundly heartbreaking about the fact that Leah Sharibu turned 23 yesterday, May 14, 2026, in captivity, far away from home, family and freedom. For eight long years, her parents have lived with the torment of not knowing whether the daughter they sent to the Government Girls’ Science and Technical College, [...
The Arewa Consultative Forum has expressed concern over the continued captivity of worshippers abducted from Kurmin Wali village in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, urging authorities to act swiftly to secure their release. The worshippers were abducted about a week ago when gunmen invaded three churches in the community during wo...
•Late Reverend Edwin Achi and bandit The abducted priest in charge of Ebenezer Anglican Church, Ungwan Maijero in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Reverend Edwin Achi, has died in captivity. The priest and his wife were kidnapped by bandits from their residence in Nissi Village, near the Kaduna Refinery on October 28, 2025 [&helli...
•Tinubu The Gender Educators Initiative (GEI) has urged the Tinubu-led federal government to move swiftly to secure the safe release of schoolgirls abducted from Government Secondary School, Maga, in Danko-Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State. The organisation described the incident as a tragic reminder of the worsening insecurity that ...
The Kebbi State Government has clarified the number of abducted schoolgirls still in captivity, saying two of the kidnapped students have escaped from their abductors. The Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Halima Bande, made the clarification while speaking to Channels Television in Zuru yesterday. Bande explained that bandits ab...
•Gunmen One of the students of Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary, Ivianokpodi, Estako East Local Government Area, Emmanuel Alabi, who was abducted on July 10, 2025, has been killed. Gunmen struck at the minor seminary and abducted three students, Japhet Jesse, Joshua Aleobua, and late Alabi, reports The Nation. Jesse managed to escape while...
•Former militant commander, Asari Dokubo The eight candidates of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) abducted by pirates along the Bille waterways in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers States have been rescued after spending 21 days in captivity. The victims were rescued yesterday evening by a local security out...
•Leah Sharibu and her mother Rebecca Sharibu, mother of Christian schoolgirl Leah Sharibu abducted by Boko Haram in 2018, has marked her 22nd birthday in captivity, seven years after being taken from her school in Dapchi, Yobe State. Rebecca released a heartfelt video message on the occasion, expressing the overwhelming pain of their prolonged...
•Leah Sharibu The Leah Sharibu Foundation has described Leah Sharibu’s continued stay in captivity as a sad development. President of the Foundation, Dr. Gloria Puldu, stated this at a briefing, in Jos, yesterday, reports Vanguard. She said Sharibu had spent exactly seven years away from her home since she was captured alongside 100 other scho...
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