The combined efforts of the military, Police and other security forces led to the killing of 8,034 terrorists, the arrest of 11,623 suspected terrorists and the rescue of 7,967 kidnap victims in 2024. Director, Legal Service and Coordinator, Strategic Communications Interagency Policy Committee (SCIPC), Office of the National Security...
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By HARUNA AHMED, Birnin-Kebbi – Kebbi State Police Command has rescued 36 kidnapped victims in Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of the state. The Spokesperson of the command, SP Nafi’u Abubakar, made this known in a statement issued to newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Monday. “In its sustained onslaught against...
The Police Command in Katsina State, has foiled kidnap attempts and rescued 20 passengers in Jibia and Faskari Local Government Areas of the state. This is contained in a statement issued by the command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Abubakar Aliyu, on Sunday in Katsina. “The first incident occurred...
An Assistant Editor-in-Chief with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Mr Gregory Maduakolam, who was kidnapped on Thursday, has regained his freedom. Maduakolam announced his release through phone calls to some of his colleagues at about 11:51 p.m. on Saturday. He explained that he was released after his family...
An editor with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Gregory Maduakolam, has been kidnapped. A statement issued by the management of the agency in Abuja said Maduakolam was kidnapped in Owerri on Thursday night. NAN reports that the specific location of the incident in the Imo capital, however, could...
The GOC 1 Division Nigerian Army, Maj.-Gen. Mayirenso Lander Saraso, said sequel to the application of non-kinetic measures, over 150 kidnapped victims have been unconditionally rescued from captivity since November 1. The GOC made the disclosure when the Chairman, Kachia Local Government Council of Kaduna State, Dr Manzo Maigari...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Unidentified terrorists, believed to be affiliated with the notorious Bello Turji group, launched a deadly attack on a village in Sokoto, killing at least 9 people and abducting several others, according to local reports. The cruel attack which happened in the early hours of...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Unknown gunmen have kidnapped a former member of the House of Representatives from Nasarawa State, Dr. Joseph Haruna Kigbu, popularly known as (Likitan Talakawa). Kigbu, was kidnapped on Sunday, alongside his wife in Akwanga Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, on his way from...
The Kwara Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Monday in Ilorin said it has recovered a 19-year-old student, Fauziya Muhammed who was dumped by suspected ritualists. The Kwara NSCDC Commandant, Umar Mohammed, told newsmen on Monday that the student of Kogi State University in Ayingba...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – Anambra State Police Command has rescued two female kidnapped victims and arrested four suspects in connection with the incident in Idemili South Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesman, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, who disclosed this in a statement in Awka on Wednesday,...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka– Anambra State Police Command and the security Joint Task Force (JTF) have launched a rescue operation for the three persons abducted on Tuesday at the Innoson showroom, Anambra. In a statement on Wednesday in Onitsha, the command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, who confirmed...
The Kogi Police Command has confirmed the kidnap of three relations of former Daily Trust Editor, Malam Ahmed Ajobe. The victims included Mr Ajobe’s immediate younger sister, Halimtu-Sadiya Tahir. They were reportedly kidnapped on Thursday on the deplorable Ankpa-Adoka-Markudi Road, while returning from a market in the nearby community...
The wife of a prominent Ugandan opposition politician, Kizza Besigye on Wednesday alleged that her husband has been kidnapped during a book launch in Kenya. According to the wife, Winnie Byanyima, the husband was kidnaped over the weekend, transferred to Uganda and is being held at a military jail...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A 42-year old nurse, Alice Loksha, who was abducted by Boko Haram sometime in March 2018 while working at UNICEF Office in Rann town of Kaka Balge Local Government Area of Borno State, has escaped from terrorist’s captivity in Sambisa Forest after six years....
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Kaduna State Police Command has arrested three members of a notorious kidnap syndicate in the state. The command’s spokesman, ASP Mansir Hassan, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, said the suspected kidnappers were nabbed on Tuesday and that one AK-47 rifle with...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna Kaduna State Police Command has rescued two kidnapped victims, recovered 203 suspected rustled livestock and detained five suspected rustlers. The Command’s spokesman, ASP Mansir Hassan confirmed the development in a statement issued on Sunday in Kaduna. Hassan said, “On Oct. 31, acting on credible intelligence...
Delta Police Command says it has arrested a former legislative member of Ndokwa West Local Government of Delta for an alleged attempted kidnap of a prominent woman in Abbi community The command Spokesperson, SP Bright Edafe said, in a statement on Sunday in Asaba, that the former councillor was...
The Police Command in Rivers has rescued a teenager, who was kidnapped in Enugu and transported to Port Harcourt in a ‘Ghana-Must-Go’ bag. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Olatunji Disu, announced this during a news conference in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. Disu said that the teenager,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun has ordered the rescue of the 20 medical students who were abducted in Otukpo, Benue State. IGP Egbetokun, who gave the directive in a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumiyiwa Adejobi on Saturday in...