•Bandits Parents and relatives of the kidnapped pupils and teachers of the Apostolic Faith Group of Schools, Emure-Ekiti, Ekiti State, have cried out for government to help in rescuing the victims being held hostage by gunmen. The gunmen had on Monday ambushed the school bus conveying the pupils and staff to Eporo-Ekiti, a suburb of […]...
•Gunmen The spate of kidnappings by bandits and other criminals across the country is alarming, and this has caused panic among Nigerians. Some weeks ago, the nation’s capital, Abuja was hijacked by daredevil bandits who abducted six girls of the same family and killed one in the process of demanding ransom, reports Vanguard. The incident [&he...
•Tinubu Appalled by the worsening insecurity and ongoing kidnapping epidemic in the country, a coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) under the auspices of the Civil Society Joint Action Group has called on President Bola Tinubu to declare a state of emergency on the current security situation in the country, claiming at least 2,423 p...
•Bandits Bandits stormed Madabanciya village in Bungudu local government area of Zamfara State, last night, where they kidnapped a newlywed husband and wife. An indigene of the area, Ibrahim Sani, said the bandits arrived in the village on foot around 11.45pm yesterday, leaving their motorcycles outside the village, reports The PUNCH. Sani sai...
•Gunmen The Deputy Vice Chancellor of the Abia State University, Uturu, Professor Godwin Emezue, was yesterday abducted by hoodlums in Umuekwu Amachara, Umuahia South Local Government Area of the state. Disclosing this in a statement, the Public Relations Officer of the Abia State Police Command, ASP Maureen Chinaka, said the DVC was in compan...
The chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Lagos chapter, Philip Aivoji has been abducted. Aivoji was abducted yesterday Thursday, January 25, along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway while returning from a stakeholders meeting in Oyo state convened by Governors Seyi Makinde and Ademola Adeleke, reports The Nation. His abduction was confirmed by the...
•Abuja sisters Security agencies were busy with a slew of rescue operations over the weekend. Among those freed were five of the six sisters of the Al-Kadriyar family who were kidnapped by bandits in the Bwari area of Abuja, reports The Nation. They regained freedom on Saturday after the payment of ransom, according to one […]
•Tinubu and bandits Over 200 violent attacks have been recorded across all six area councils of the Federal Capital Territory since President Bola Tinubu assumed office on May 29, 2023. The incidents led to the death of no fewer than 87 residents of the FCT, while 176 were kidnapped within the period, reports Saturday PUNCH. […]
•CP Tunji Disu Rivers State Police Command has rescued a kidnapped victim who was shot thrice by his abductors when he was attacked on December 19, 2023. State Commissioner of Police, CP Olatunji Disu, while briefing newsmen at Police the Headquarters, Moscow Road, Port Harcourt today, said the victim kidnapped was a popular hotelier who [&hel...
•Safiyanu Isa Andaha The chairman of Akwanga Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Hon Safiyanu Isa Andaha and his political godfather Adamu Umar Custom who were kidnapped on New Year day have regained their freedom. Our correspondent gathered reliably that the sum of N10m was paid to the kidnappers after the initial demand of N50m [&hellip...
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