Operatives of the Ogun Police Command, yesterday, engaged suspected kidnappers terrorising travellers on Sagamu Ijebu-Ode-Benin expressway in a gun battle, killing two of them. The police also rescued three Indians and recovered a total sum of N7.9m and 1500 Indian Rupees, suspected to have been part of the ransom collected from victims, repor...
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...
•Troops Nigerian Defence Headquarters has confirmed that 137 of the kidnapped Kaduna school children, comprising 76 females and 61 males, were successfully rescued. The Defence headquarters in a statement by the Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, said the students were rescued in Zamfara State and will be transpor...
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...
•Bulama Bukarti Bulama Bukarti, a security analyst, has said that the best way to rescue the abducted schoolchildren in Kaduna and Sokoto states is to deploy ground troops. On March 8, bandits invaded the LEA Primary and Junior Secondary School, Kuriga in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State and abducted at least 312 students […...
•Terrorists Despite threat by bandits to kill the 286 students and staff of Government SecÂondary School and LEA Primary School, Kuriga, Kaduna State kidnapped recentÂly, the Defence Headquarters, yesterday vowed to rescue them unhurt. The terrorists have also demanded a total of N1 billion ($620,432) for their release, reports Daily Independe...
•Rescue workers at Ibadan explosion Rescue operations are intensifying their search for survivors at the scene of the explosion that occurred in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, yesterday evening, leaving two people dead and 77 others injured. The Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, who visited the scene of the explosion, confirmed the casualties,...
•Obi, Tinubu, Atiku, Utomi The leaders of the major opposition parties in the country are making plans to form a mega political party. This, they said, is “to rescue Nigeria from APC misrule”. This was made known in a statement issued last night by the National Consultative Front, NCFront, and made available to The Frontier. [&hell...
Residents have rescued a newborn baby, abandoned inside a roadside drainage in Yola town, Adamawa State. The baby girl was discovered at the Kofar Bayi district of Yola during the early hours of today, reports Nigerian Tribune. Upon finding the baby, a compassionate individual gave her a bath and wrapped her up. Shitu Abdulqadir Yola, [&hellip...