•Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State has given criminals operating in the state’s forest reserves 14 days to vacate the forests. The Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Forestry, Mr Bidemi Obayangban, made this known in an interview with newsmen today in Akure. According to Obayangban, the go...
A rescued National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, David Ayodele, has recounted the harrowing experience he and other abductees endured after being kidnapped and taken into a forest in Kogi State. Ayodele said the kidnappers threatened to keep the victims in captivity for one month before killing them, while also warning that anyone who mov...
•Security operatives and Commissioner Obed Nuhu The Niger State government has not received any communication from the terrorists who abducted worshippers at a mosque in Borgu Local Government Area last Friday, the state Commissioner for Information, Obed Nuhu, has said. Nuhu disclosed this today during an interview on Channels Television, sa...
•Jezco Residents of Anambra State have raised fresh concerns following an alleged demand for N1.5 billion ransom by the kidnappers of billionaire businessman, Chief Sir Joseph Ezeokafor. Ezeokafor, owner of Jezco Group of Companies, was abducted last week and is still being held by his abductors; security agencies have yet to make an official ...
•Bandits One of the 16 kidnap victims rescued in Kogi State, Victor Anyichie, has recounted how his abductors allegedly beat him almost to death after he told them his family could only afford N500,000 ransom. Anyichie and the other victims were abducted last Sunday when armed men attacked commuters along the Ojuwo-Ajengo-Memarebo and Ojiwo-It...
•Tinubu and Olawunmi Retired Commodore and Senior Fellow of the Africa Security Forum, Dr. Kunle Olawunmi, has cautioned that the federal government’s decision to expand the Nigerian Army from eight to twelve divisions will yield little impact unless it is backed by comprehensive reforms capable of translating military presence into effective ...
•Oba of Benin Ewuare II In a dramatic traditional response to the worsening security situation in Edo State, the Benin Kingdom yesterday launched a spiritual offensive against violent crime, invoking ancestral curses on kidnappers, ritual killers, cultists and other criminal elements while performing sacred rites to fortify the ancient kingdom...
Security operatives from Lagos and Ogun states have launched a joint offensive against criminal networks operating along the border corridor between the two states, leading to the arrest of 88 suspects, the rescue of five kidnapped victims, the recovery of arms and ammunition, and the death of four suspected criminals during encounters with se...
•Sunday Igboho (right) One week after theYoruba Nation activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho vowed to rescue victims of kidnapping in his hometown in Oyo State and led his team into the forest of Old Oyo National Park, the operation has been dogged by frustration and controversy, reports The Nation. In the […]...
•Sunday Igboho Residents of Igboho in Oyo State were thrown into celebration after a kidnapped family, including a pregnant woman, her children and a sibling, were reportedly released following a two-hour ultimatum issued by Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho. A video circulating on social media showed large crow...
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