A 16-year-old SS2 student at a private secondary school in Abakaliki has faked her own kidnapping, says the police command in Ebonyi State. The girl allegedly contacted a family member claiming she had been kidnapped and demanded a ransom of ₦2 million for her release. Police Public Relations Officer,...
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Police Command in Anambra has apprehended four suspects, including a lady, belonging to a kidnapping gang in Uke, Idemili North Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Tochukwu Ikenga disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Awka. Ikenga said...
Police Command in Anambra has apprehended four suspects, including a lady, belonging to a kidnapping gang in Uke, Idemili North Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Tochukwu Ikenga disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Awka. Ikenga said...
BASSEY EFFIONG, Uyo – Akwa-Ibom State Police Comman has arrested six suspected kidnappers terrorising Eket Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Timfon John, revealed this in a statement issued in Uyo on Thursday. “Following credible information regarding a planned kidnapping targeting key...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted the parish priest of St. Gerald Quasi Parish, Kurmin Risga, in Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Rev. Fr. Ibrahim Amos was on Thursday abducted by armed bandits. The priest identified as Rev. Fr. Ibrahim Amos...
The Defence Headquarters said on Thursday that for the past three years, the Nigerian Armed Forces eliminated no fewer than 1,770 terrorists and arrested 3,070 across the five Northwest states. The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa made the disclosure at a sensitisation exercise, organised for Katsina...
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) is currently holding a closed-door meeting with the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, to discuss the ongoing insecurity challenges in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting, presided over by the Chairman of the NGF, Gov....
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has denied any involvement in the reported kidnap of a 12-year-old girl in Rivers, describing the allegation as false and malicious. Service Public Relations Officer, (SPRO), Deputy Controller of Corrections (DCC), Abubakar Umar, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Umar said...
The Niger government has received 17 kidnapped victims handed over to the government by the police command in the state. Deputy Governor of the state, Mr Yakubu Garba received the victims on behalf of Gov. Umaru Bago at the police headquarters in Minna on Friday. He disclosed that the...
Mr Ishaya Kukah, brother to the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rev. Fr. Matthew Kukah, on Tuesday recounted his harrowing experience in the hands of bandits who had held him and others captive. Kukah spoke with newsmen on Tuesday when the National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu and...
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, has again handed over 60 kidnapped victims rescued by security agencies to their families and warned against ransom payment to kidnappers. Ribadu said that paying ransom to kidnappers would only encourage them to continue in the crime, adding that it was...
The Federal University, Birnin Kebbi, has said one of its students has been abducted by suspected bandits at an off-campus hostel in Kalgo Local Government of Kebbi. Confirming the incident, the Public Relations Officer of the university, Malam Jamilu Magaji, said the abductors stormed the campus at about 3:00...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has faulted the claims that military generals contributed money to secure the release of retired Brig.-Gen. Mahrazu Tsiga, who was held captive for 56 days. The Director of Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Tukur Gusau, in a statement on Monday said the claims by retired Brig. -Gen....
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Benue State Police Command has revealed that the abducted passengers of Benue Links company who were kidnapped at Burnt Bricks Otukpo have regained their freedom. A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Benue State Command, Sewuese Catherine Anene revealed that...
Police Command in Benue, on Friday rescued 14 passengers of Benue Links, kidnapped by unknown gunmen on Thursday evening in Otukpo LGA of the state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Sewuese Anene, made this known in a statement, in Makurdi. Anene said that the bus was attacked on...
Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintri, has lauded the Department of State Services (DSS) for rescuing two Catholic priests kidnapped in Numan Local Government Area. Fintri made the commendation in a statement issued by Humwashi Wonosikou, his Chief Press Secretary, on Friday in Yola. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
By BARBARA KALU, Abakaliki – Police operatives have launched a rescue mission for the Coordinator of Ngbo Central Development Centre, Mrs Blessing Adagba, who was abducyby gunmen in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi. Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Police Command in. Ebonyi, SP Joshua Ukandu, confirmed the...
A chief suspect (names withheld) in the kidnapping and killing of Rev. Fr. Sylvester Okechukwu, has provided reasons for his actions in an exclusive interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). The suspect , who said he needed N200,000 to solve a personal problem, spoke to NAN at...
The Owerri Archdiocesan Catholic Secretariat has confirmed the release of Rev. Fr. John Ubaechu, the kidnapped Parish Priest of the Holy Family Catholic Church, Izombe. A statement by Rev. Fr. Patrick Mbara, the Archdiocesan Chancellor/Secretary early Thursday morning, disclosed that Ubaechu was released on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. The...