The Kogi Government has announced the rescue of the remaining eight kidnapped students of Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara. The Kogi Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo, made the announcement in a statement on Sunday in Lokoja. Fanwo said that Gov. Ahmed Ododo, has...
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The Kogi Government on Sunday described as “crude and shocking”, the gruesome killing of two students kidnapped at the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara, near Okene. The students were among those kidnapped on May 9, when the abductors stormed the school around 9 p.m. and...
By HARUNA AHMED, Yola – Gunmen suspected to be Kidnappers have abducted a Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Oliver Buba. Fr. Buba was abducted on Tuesday in his residence in Numan Local Government Area of the Adamawa State. Confirming the incident, the Catholic Bishop of Yola Diocese, Most Rev....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Theater Command, Operation Hadin Kai JTF North East, has rescued over 350 persons during a 10 day clearance operation in Sambisa Forest. The rescued persons comprised of women , children and men who were handed over to the Borno State Government after...
No fewer than 386 people, mostly women and children, have been rescued by the Nigerian Army troops in Sambisa forest ten years after their abduction. The acting GOC 7 Division, Brig. Gen. AGL Haruna, made this known while speaking to newsmen at the outskirts of Sambisa forest in...
Wife of Labour party governorship candidate in Anambra – Godwin Agbasimalo, Eucharia Agbasimalo, sits with host of the viral show #WithChude, to discuss her husband’s kidnap, the trauma she faces, the support she received, and keeping hope while waiting for her husband’s return. “My husband went missing in...
Additional six kidnapped students of the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH) in Osara, Kogi, have been rescued unhurt. This increased to 20, the number of students of the university already rescued by a combined team of security operatives and local hunters. The state Commissioner for Information,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo, has vowed to secure the safe return of students of the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH) Osara, who were abducted from the university campus on Thursday. Governor Ododo made this known when he visited the...
The Police Command in Ogun said it has killed two suspected kidnappers terrorising travellers on the Sagamu-Ijebu Ode-Benin expressway in a gun duel. This is contained in a statement on Tuesday, in Abeokuta, by SP Omolola Odutola, the command’s spokesperson. Odutola said that the suspects were killed during...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Troops of the Nigerian Army deployed for Counter-terrorism operations in Zamfara and Kastina States have killed scores of terrorists, who attempted to abduct some civilians. The troops also rescued the victims, according to a post by the Nigerian Army’s authority on its official X...
Pa Edwin Clark, Leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), has urged the Federal Government to appoint a special taskforce to ensure the rescue of the remaining Chibok girls held by Boko Haram The elder statesman made the call while briefing newsmen in Abuja on Monday at...
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, on Monday received 22 abducted students and staff of Federal University, Gusau in Zamfara, who were rescued on Sunday. The 22 people, comprising 15 students and seven workers of the university, were abducted from the university in September 2023. According to...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As Nigeria marks 10 years since the mass abduction of Chibok schoolgirls in the Northeast, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for action to secure children’s education in Nigeria. It also said that 90 girls remain in captivity, and the country...
Gunmen attacked one of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirants in Benue in the 2023 race, Mr Terwase Orbunde on Friday and abducted his wife and house help, the police declared on Saturday. Orbunde, Chief of Staff to erstwhile Gov. Samuel Ortom escaped with a gunshot wound...
Channels Television reporter, Joshua Rogers, who was abducted from his residence in Rumuosi, Obio/Akpor area in Rivers, has been freed. He was released around 10p.m. on Friday unharmed, less than 24 hours after being abducted on Thursday. His colleague, Charles Oporum, confirmed the news of his release in...
Gunmen have kidnapped a reporter with Channels Television, Joshua Rogers, at his residence in Rumuosi, Obio/Akpor area of Rivers State. . The Police spokeswoman, Rivers State Command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, who confirmed the incident to newsmen in Port Harcourt on Friday, said the reporter was abducted in the late...
Police operatives in Katsina have rescued 28 girls abducted at Kasai village in the Batsari Local Government area of the state. A statement by Abubakar Aliyu, spokesman of the Police Command in the state, indicated that the children were abducted while fetching firewood in the outskirts of the...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says the level of distress created by the abducted Kuriga school children provided sufficient grounds for the troops to exploit and rescue them. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known while briefing newsmen on Thursday in Abuja on the operations...
The 287 Kuriga School children abducted by bandits on March 7 have been released, Kadua Governor Uba Sani announced on Sunday. Sani, in a statement issued in Kaduna, expressed deep gratitude to President Bola Tinubu for the great feat. He particularly thanked Tinubu for prioritising the safety and...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Troops of the 7 Division, Nigerian Army have rescued 78 hostages comprising 35 women and 43 children during an aggressive clearance patrol in terrorists’ enclaves in Borno State. The Director, Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, announced this in a statement on Saturday...