All 13 remaining passengers, including the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination candidates abducted from an 18-seater Benue Links bus last Wednesday along the Makurdi-Otukpo road by armed men, have regained their freedom. It was gathered that about eight of the released victims were candidates of the Joint Admissions and...
•Bandits The abducted Christian worshippers of the Celestial Church of Christ (CCC) in Uso community, Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State, have regained their freedom, it has just been learnt. The four worshippers were released yesterday evening at Ilado community after their families reportedly paid a ransom of N9 million to the abductors...
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have rescued two pastors and a church member abducted by suspected bandits in Kaduna State, and arrested three suspects linked to the crime in Niger State. The victims Rev. Idi Buhari, Emmanuel Jacob and Suleiman Adamu were kidnapped on January 9, 2026, at Gwagwada in Chikun Local […]
The federal government has reportedly secured the release of 100 schoolchildren abducted from St. Mary’s Private Catholic Primary and Secondary School, Papiri, in Agwara Local Government Area, Niger State. Bandits on November 21, 2025, attacked the school in the remote community of Papiri. Arriving around 2:00 a.m. on motorbikes, the gunmen st...
The 25 students kidnapped on November 17 from the Government Girls’ Comprehensive Secondary School (GGCSS) in Maga, Kebbi State, have reportedly regained their freedom. According to an unnamed source quoted by an online news platform, the schoolgirls were freed this morning. … developing storyÂ
•Inside Christ Apostolic Church in Eruku, Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has announced the release of 38 persons who were recently abducted during an attack on Christ Apostolic Church in Eruku, Ekiti Local Government Area of the state. This was disclosed in a statement by the Governor’s...
Six of the Nigerian Law School students who were abducted while travelling from Anambra State to Adamawa have regained freedom. The Benue Police Command confirmed this in a statement issued today. The Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Udeme Edet, said the six law students were heading for the Yola Campus of the Nigerian Law School [&h...
•Prison Two mothers and eight other inmates have regained freedom from the Nigerian Correctional Centre, Ibara, Abeokuta, Ogun State. The inmates – three women and seven men, were held for not meeting their bond requirements after committing various crimes, reports Daily Trust. Of the three women set free, two of them are nursing mothers. The ...
•Gunmen The two reverend sisters of Immaculate Heart of Mary of Onitsha in Anambra have regained their freedom after spending six days in the kidnappers’ den. The victims are Sister Vincentia Nwankwo and Sister Grace Okoli, reports Vanguard. Their release is contained in a statement signed by the Secretary General of the Sisters of the [&helli...
•Gunmen The kidnapped retired Archbishop of the Province of the Niger and Bishop Diocese of Nnewi, Most Rev. Prof. Godwin Okpala, has reportedly regained his freedom from his abductor. Most Prof. Okpala regained his freedom alongside his driver 25 days after his abduction in Umuchu where he had gone to attend the burial ceremony of […]...
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