•Gunmen No fewer than 20 travellers along the Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode Expressway were reportedly abducted by some gunmen at about 8 pm yesterday while one of the victims was shot in the knee. The gunmen were said to have ambushed the travellers between Sagamu Area Command of the Nigeria Police and Ilisan township, reports The PUNCH. The […]
•Singer Dauda Kahutu Rarara and mother, Hauwa’u Adamu The Police Command in Katsina State has confirmed the kidnapping of a 75-year-old, Hauwa’u Adamu, mother of the renowned Hausa singer, “Dauda Kahutu Rarara”. A statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, ASP Abubakar Aliyu, said the elderly mother was kidnapped at her residence in Kahut...
•Rev. Fr. Suleiman Fr. Mikah Suleiman, abducted Parish Priest of St. Raymond Catholic Church, Damba, Gusau, Zamfara State, has pleaded for help to regain freedom. The priest was abducted in the early hours of June 22 at the rectory located within the church premises in Gusau, the state capital, reports Daily Trust. In a trending […]
The retired staff of Shell Petroleum Company who was kidnapped by four unknown gunmen dressed in military camouflage has been rescued. The sting operation to rescue the 63 years old man (name withheld) was carried out on Saturday, June 22, 2024 by SWAT operatives on the orders of the Akwa Ibom State Commissioner of Police, […]
•Joshua Rogers Channels Television reporter, Joshua Rogers, who was kidnapped from his home in Rumuosi, Obio/Akpor area of Rivers State, has regained his freedom. He regained his freedom unharmed around 10 p.m. yesterday, less than 24 hours after his abduction on Thursday, reports NAN. Charles Oporum, his colleague, confirmed the news of his r...
•Gunmen Gunmen have kidnapped Channels Television reporter in Rivers State, Mr. Joshua Rogers. Rogers was reportedly whisked away to an unknown place by the gunmen around 9pm yesterday close to his residence at Rumuosi in Port Harcourt. The reporter was driving his official Channels Television branded car when the hoodlums accosted, pointed a ...
Operatives of the Enugu State Police Command and the Neighbourhood Watch Group have rescued kidnapped victims following a gun duel with the abductors along Eke/Ebe Road in Udi Local Government Area. This was made known in a statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, today. The statement reads, “Enugu State Polic...
The Edo State Police Command, yesterday, commenced rescue operations following the kidnap of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman in the state, Tony Aziegbemi. Gunmen had on Friday abducted Aziegbemi shortly after a meeting with the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, at the Government House in Benin City, reports Channels TV. After con...
The two abducted Claretian missionaries at the Parish Rectory of Saint Vincent De Paul Parish in Fier, Catholic Diocese of Pankshin, have regained freedom from their abductors. According to the chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Plateau State Chapter, Reverend Father Polycarp Lubo, the priests were released in the early ho...
•Bandits The bandits who kidnapped a bride and over 60 women accompanying her to her matrimonial home in Damari, Sabuwa LGA of Katsina State, last Thursday have released a video showing the captives. A video that has gained significant attention on social media shows the group of bandits making threats, demanding ransom from the captor’s [&hel...
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