Troops of 6 Brigade Garrison, Nigerian Army, have captured two suspected kidnappers and rescued two kidnap victims in Taraba. The suspects were arrested on Sunday during an anti kidnapping patrol by the troops in Jalingo, the Brigade spokesman, Lt. Ayodeji Abiodun, said in a statement on Monday....
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By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Kidnappers of Mr Isaac Bature Gbaja, an assistant manager with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Lafia branch, who was kidnapped on Monday night, are demanding for the sum of 10 million naira. Also kidnapped alongside the CBN staff were two others,...
Akwa Ibom State Police Command has confirmed the release of a businessman, Mr Akpan Essien, abducted at his business premises at Etebi Street, Eket, on Oct . 19. The Command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO) SP Odiko MacDon confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Eket...
The Nigerian Army, on Monday, restated its resolve to flush out kidnappers, bandits and other criminal elements from Ondo State. The Commander, 32 Artillery Brigade in Ondo State, Brig.-Gen.Muktar Adamu, said this during the flag-off of a Field Training Exercise codenamed Exercise Still Water III, 2023...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Police Command said it has arrested scores of suspected bandits, kidnappers, rescued victims and recovered both locally fabricated fire arms and AK47 riffle between May and October this year. Addressing newsmen Tuesday at the Command’s Headquarters, the State Commissioner of Police,...
By MARK JANG, Jos – Special Military Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), maintaining peace in Plateau and parts of Kaduna and Bauchi States, have arrested 13 suspects over alleged kidnapping, banditry, rustling and other criminal offences. The Media Officer of OPSH, Captain James Oya, who...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – No fewer than four students of Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK), have been kidnapped by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers. The incident, according to a source occurred outside the school campus around Angwan Kare area of Keffi on Monday night exactly 10:30...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Vigilantes and local hunters in Lere village in Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of Bauchi State have killed no fewer than 67 suspected kidnappers and successfully rescued 28 kidnapped victims. The Sarkin Lere (traditional ruler of Lere), Jamilu Bawa, disclosed this when the Bauchi...
Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has orders all criminals currently operating in Benue State to leave or risk arrest. This is contained in a press statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Sir Tersoo Kula, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi...
The Police Command in Kaduna State, says it has arrested 10 suspected kidnapers between September and Oct. 3, 2023. The Command’s Acting Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, stated this at a news conference on Saturday in Kaduna. He said that operatives of the Command recovered three...
The unknown gunmen, who kidnapped the Benue Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr Mathew Aboa, have allegedly demanded a ransom of N60 million from his family. A family source told newsmen on Friday in Makurdi that the abductors made the demand in a phone call to...
The Police Command in Nasarawa has arrested 18 suspected kidnappers at different locations of the state. Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ramhan Nansel, made the disclosure while parading the suspects in Lafia on Friday. He said that two of the suspects were arrested while trying to purchase more...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Gunmen on Friday night attacked Toro town in Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State and reportedly kidnapped a serving Assistant Superintendent of Police. According to reports, immediately the gunmen stormed the town, they started shooting sporadically, throwing the whole town into...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Security operatives have rescued no fewer than 33 people who were kidnapped in Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State. They were kidnapped few days ago by gunmen who took them into the forest awaiting payment of ransom from the families. ...
The Defence Headquarters says troops of Armed Forces of Nigeria, have in the last two weeks eliminated a total of 151 terrorists and apprehended 456 others in different operations across the country. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, stated this while giving update of military operations across...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – No fewer than 16 victims who were kidnapped have been rescued by a team of security agents comprising personnel of the Nigeria Police Force, the Nigerian Army and other quasi security outfits. The team also killed scores of suspected kidnappers, who have...
The Police Command in Katsina State, has arrested 10 suspected fraudsters in possession of fake N144,000 notes. The command Spokesperson, ASP Aliyu Abubakar-Sadiq said this in Katsina on Friday. According to him, the suspects were arrested by detectives on Aug. 28, at Bakin Kasuwa quarters in Kankia, following...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Command says its operatives have killed five suspected kidnappers during a shootout in Jama’are town Jama’are Local Government Area of the State. The Commissioner of Police in the State, Auwal Muhammed, disclosed this through the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Ahmed...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Government has placed a reward of N5 million for anyone with information that can lead to the arrest of the kidnappers of Prof. Ekanem Ephraim, a Neurologist with the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), who was abducted from her...