•The victims Fifty-one victims of human trafficking have been rescued by officers of the Kano State Hisbah Board. The victims who comprised 49 females and two males between 18 to 50 were subsequently handed over to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) for further action, reports Daily Sun. NAPTIP Zonal [&h...
•Dosunmu, Lagos market fire Alhaja Mainat Bakare’s voice broke at intervals as she struggled to hold back tears from her reddened eyes while speaking with our correspondent. The businesswoman could hardly find words to describe how her warehouse on Dosunmu Street, in the Lagos Island area of Lagos State, which was recently restocked with goods...
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 It was a huge relief for the families of some abducted Delta residents yesterday, as the Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta, Operation Delta Safe rescued nine kidnap victims abducted by armed gunmen on March 29 along Ugheli-Patani axis of the East-West road. Rear Admiral John Okeke, Commander of the joint military […]
•Tinubu Amnesty International (AI) has called on the federal government to secure the safe release of over 687 people who were abducted by gunmen in Borno and Kaduna states. In Borno, suspected Boko Haram terrorists kidnapped over 400 persons including women and children from the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in Gamboru Ngala, Babba...
•Kaduna victims Following their new found freedom, victims of the Kaduna attack share their survival story in the hands of bandits. Jibril Abdallah and Ibrahim Halilu were among the 30 villagers abducted at Unguwar Liman, Gwada community of Igabi Local Government Area on December 10, 2023. They narrated their horrific experience in the deep fo...
The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare announced that it is implementing new strategies to ensure compliance with the Compulsory Treatment and Care for Victims of Gunshot Act 2017. The Gunshot Act 2017 mandates all hospitals in Nigeria to accept or receive immediate and adequate treatment with or without police clearance, reports Th...
•Gunmen Despite the presence of 17 arms-bearing security agencies domiciled in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT), kidnappers have, in the last one year, unleashed mayhem on hapless residents. According to credible data made available to this paper, over 300 FCT residents were kidnapped between January and December, 2023. Out of ...
A mass burial has been held for the people who were killed in recent bandit attacks in Plateau State. The bandits had attacked different communities in Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi Local Government Areas of the state, killing scores, reports The Nation. The attacks that took place on Christmas Eve, Sunday, December 24, in the Barkin Ladi […]
•Iwuanyanwu President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu has called on federal government, through the Housing Authority (FHA) and other agencies involved in demolition exercise at Abule-Ado in Amuwo-Odofin, Lagos State, to pay compensation to the victims. The area where the demolition exercises were carried out was...