Some travellers abducted on Emure-ile Road in Emure Local Government Area of Ekiti State have regained their freedom from the kidnappers’ den. The victims, who were traveling in an 18-seater bus, were abducted on Sunday night by gunmen while returning from Onitsha in Anambra State to Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, reports The Nation. The ...
•Azuka Gunmen last night abducted the member, representing Onitsha 1 North Constituency in the Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon. Justice Azuka. It was gathered that Hon. Azuka, was abducted while returning home at Ugwunaobankpa road, Inland Town Onitsha, reports Vanguard. The abducted lawmaker is a chieftain of Labour Party, LP, who regain...
•Jude Nnam Renowned Igbo gospel artist and National Music Director for the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Jude Nnam, popularly known as “Ancestor,” has reportedly been kidnapped. The incident occurred on Thursday at about 6 p.m. in Umunnachi, Anambra State, where the music icon had travelled for a church event. The news of his abducti...
•Rev. Fr. Thomas Oyode The Catholic Diocese of Auchi announced today the release of Rev. Fr. Thomas Oyode from his abductors. The Director of Communications for the Diocese, Rev. Fr. Peter Egielewa, in a statement, said that Oyode was freed at approximately 7:00 pm yesterday, Wednesday, November 6, 2024, in a village near Ajaokuta, Kogi [&hell...
The Joint Security Forces (JSF) has rescued six of the eleven sports reporters who were kidnapped by gunmen in Anambra State in the early hours of today, Thursday, October 10. The media crew was en route from Lagos to Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, to cover the Super Eagles match scheduled for tomorrow when the abduction […]
•Gunmen At least 28 undergraduate students have been killed and 78 others kidnapped from various tertiary institutions across Nigeria in the last 20 months, data from reported cases in the media have shown. The data, which is specific to attacks on students within the campuses, does not include attacks or kidnappings of students on highways, [...
•Late Christiana Idowu A student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Christiana Idowu, who was kidnapped between Ikorodu and Yaba in Lagos State has been reportedly murdered by her abductor. The Student Union Government President of FUNAAB, Ibrahim Adeyemi, confirmed this to our correspondent in a telephone conversa...
The Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the release of 20 medical students and others abducted in Benue State. A statement signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi today, said the victims who were held in the Ntunkon forest, ADO Local Government Area of Benue state, were rescued yesterday by the office of the […]
Security sources say 20 medical students who were kidnapped in Benue State have just been rescued. The operation was coordinated by the office of the National Security Adviser, reports Channels TV. •Three of the abducted medical students Security agencies – the police, DSS and military personnel and equipment were involved in the operation, wi...
•Gunmen Eight days after 20 medical students from the University of Maiduguri and the University of Jos were kidnapped in the Otukpo area of Benue State, their whereabouts remain unknown. The students were abducted last Thursday evening while travelling along the Otukpo-Enugu highway en route to the Federation of Catholic Medical and Dental St...
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