•Gunmen Two staff members of the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN) have reportedly been kidnapped in Ibadan, Oyo State. This comes as the state police command dismissed viral reports of a mass abduction in Abanla community and other parts of Ibadan, the state capital, reports Daily Trust. In a statement issued yesterday, police spokes...
•Nigerian Senate Leader of the Senate, Opeyemi Bamidele, yesterday condemned the abduction of 87 students and teachers in Borno and Oyo states within 24 hours. Bamidele, also Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, added that the recent abduction accentuated the need to expedite the establishment of state ...
• Terrorists No fewer than 45 pupils have been reported abducted during the Friday attack on three schools in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. The schools attacked were Baptist Nursery and Primary School, Yawota; Community Grammar School, Esiele; and L.A. Primary School. It was gathered that tension is rising in the state following [...
•Gunmen Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Monday stormed a residential estate in the Ijebu-Ode area of Ogun State and abducted three persons said to be members of the same family. The Police Public Relations Officer, Oluseyi Babaseyi, confirmed the incident. It was gathered that the suspected gunmen, numbering about 15, invaded Ipojo Golden Es...
The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) has confirmed the abduction of two of its staff members in its Ogun region. The company expressed deep concern over the whereabouts of the abducted employees and the condition of their families during the period of uncertainty, reports The Nation. In a statement issued today, IBEDC management...
A 31-year-old Nigerian man has been arrested for allegedly plotting to kidnap his aunt, the woman who raised him for a decade, police said yesterday. The suspect, identified as Chukwemeka Destiny, was apprehended by operatives of the Delta State Police Command after he paid ₦900,000 to individuals he believed were kidnappers, according to poli...
Security operatives in Benue State have arrested seven suspects in connection with the kidnapping incident in Otukpo Local Government Area. The development was confirmed in a statement issued yesterday by the Police Public Relations Officer for the Benue State Command, Udeme Edet. The abduction occurred on Wednesday when gunmen attacked a comm...
The Ondo State Police Command has said a woman foiled a suspected child theft attempt as community members arrested two suspects in Ogbagi Akoko. In a statement today signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abayomi Jimoh, the command said the incident occurred on March 22, 2026, following a report by one Mrs. Olanireti […]
•The terror group A yet-to-be-identified group has claimed responsibility for the attack on Ngoshe, a community in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State, where scores of soldiers and civilians were killed and over 300 abducted on Wednesday night. It was earlier reported that on Wednesday night, the terrorists stormed and burned down a mil...
•Gunmen Kidnappers have abducted a couple in Ilu-Abo, a community in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State. The incident happened yesterday when the man named Jamiu Olawale and his wife, who had just returned from their shop, were attacked in front of their residence by some gunmen who emerged from the nearby bush, […]
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