•Kogi State Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo For quite some time now Kogi State, particularly Kogi West and Kogi East Senatorial districts, have been facing security problems following the invasion of killer herders and kidnappers who are on rampage in the state. The insecurity situation is in contrast to what it was during the tenure of […]...
•Bandits Communities across the North West gathered in Kaduna today to express deep concerns over emerging threats linked to conflict and violent extremism, warning of growing alliances between bandits, old insurgent groups, and kidnappers. The communities also raised alarm over the increasing radicalisation of youths in Internally Displaced P...
•Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State Edo State governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, said kidnappers caught in the state will face the death penalty, specifically by hanging, expressing readiness to sign the death warrants of convicts. Governor Okpebholo disclosed this at the stakeholders’ session at the Uromi Town Hall, where he had an inter...
•Gunmen Kidnappers have demanded a ransom of N100 million for the release of Pastor Samson Ndah Ali, a 30-year-old cleric with the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) in Mararaba Aboro, Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The pastor was abducted from his residence in the early hours of Monday by gunmen suspected to be […]
What occurred at Uromi, headquarters of Esan North East Local Government Area in Edo State on Thursday, March 27, could have befallen any other community in the heartbeat of the nation, given the prevailing circumstances, tension, and anger over the hair-raising operations of suspected herders in combination with abductors. More than 24 other ...
•General Tsiga (retrd) Brigadier General Maharazu Tsiga (retired), who was kidnapped alongside nine other residents on February 5 from Tsiga town in Bakori Local Government Area of Katsina State, remains in captivity 40 days after his abduction. Tsiga is a former Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), reports Daily Trust....
•Gunmen The abductors of female students from Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University Makurdi (JoSTUM) have demanded a ₦40 million ransom for their release. The students were kidnapped on Tuesday at about 8:30pm while heading to a lecture hall to study, reports Vanguard. Following the abduction, fellow students staged protests, demanding the immediate...
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed two police officers during a foiled kidnapping operation around Little Rayfield community in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State. The spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Alabo Alfred, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Jos, stating that four suspects had been arrested in co...
•Gunmen Kidnappers have reportedly shot dead two people in their captivity over a delay in the payment of ransom in Gwargwada, Kuje Area Council of the FCT. Our reporter learnt that the two victims, Mohammed Danladi and Nasiru Yusuf, who are natives of Gwargwada village, were abducted alongside a herder and a woman at Gwombe […]
•Gunmen Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed a health worker identified as Akinola Oyabiyi. Oyabiyi, aged 46, was shot dead inside his car near the Akure Airport at Eleyowo in Akure North Local Government Area, reports The Nation. It was around the Akure Airport area that two farmers were abducted last week. Sources said […]
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