The Joint Health Sector Unions and Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations (JOHESU/AHPA) has denounced the prolonged kidnapping of Dr Ganiyat Popoola, a Registrar at the National Eye Centre in Kaduna. In a statement signed by National Chairman Kabir Minjibir and National Secretary Martin Egbanubi, JOHESU/AHPA expressed outrage over the...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A united call for action echoes across Nigeria as the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) joined forces to urge the Federal Government to tackle the alarming surge in killings, kidnapping, and banditry. The Nigeria Inter-Religious...
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has started a 7-day warning Strike across all its centres nationwide. The resident doctors’ strike is to clamour for the release of their kidnapped colleague, Dr Ganiyat Popoola, who has been in captivity for over eight months. NARD President, Dr Dele Abdullahi,...
Benue State Police Command has confirmed the release of 20 students of the University of Maiduguri and University of Jos kidnapped by gunmen in the north-central State on August 15. Its Public Relations Officer, Mrs Sewuese Anene, confirmed their rescue to the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) at 11.15 p.m....
The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Yusha’u Ahmed, has said the last of the eight Prospective Corps Members (PCM) kidnapped in Zamfara in August 2023 has been rescued. The NYSC DG made the disclosure at a news conference on Friday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria...
The Enugu State Government has said it would pull down property, whether private residence or business premises, used for kidnapping for ransom in any part of the state. The Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, disclosed the government’s threat in a statement issued on Tuesday in Enugu...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has tasked security agencies to urgently intensify efforts and ensure the immediate and safe release of medical student abducted in the state. Governor Alia in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary, Tersoo Kula condemned in strong terms,...
No fewer than 20 medical students from University of Jos (UNIJOS) have been kidnapped in Otukpo on Thursday evening. Benue State Police Public Relations Officer, Sewuese Anene told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday by telephone that the incident happened at 5.30 p.m. Anene said that...
The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Federal Neuro-psychiatric Hospital Yaba, has joined the nationwide solidarity march of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) over prolonged captivity of one of its member, Dr Popoola Ganiyat. The doctors, during the protest on Friday in Lagos, called on the Federal...
The Police Command in Katsina State says it has foiled a kidnapping attempt at Yan Shantuma village in Danmusa lLocal Government Area and rescued seven victims. The spokesman of the command, ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, disclosed this in a statement issued in Katsina on Wednesday. He said,...
Some aggrieved women in the Uba-Oka Akoko community in Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State have staged a peaceful protest to condemn the incessant killings by suspected Herdsmen in the area, calling on the government to salvage them from the invaders. Their clamour follows the...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State House of Assembly, has raised alarm over high rate of kidnapping in communities across the State. Rt. Hon. Danladi Jatau, the Speaker of the House stated this while reading the House resolution on a matter of Public Interest raised by...
The Chaplain of the All Saints Police Protestant Church, Mopol 42 Mobile-Based in Gusau, Pastor Isa Andrew and his 13-year old daughter identified as Grace, who were whisked away by suspected terrorists, have urged the First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, and other Nigerians to come to their aid to...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – The abductors of two students of Kogi State University, Kabba (KSUK) has reduced their demand from N50 to N10 million ransom for the release of the two students. However, the students were kidnapped last week Friday, August 2, 2024; at the same spot...
The village head of the Gefe community of Kufana chiefdom in the Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State has been killed by bandits along with two other people. Although police authorities in Kaduna State are yet to confirm the attack, a community leader Silas Musa told Channels...
The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has rewarded a vigilante group in Kwali Area Council for rescuing four kidnapped victims. The reward included an operational vehicle and an undisclosed cash, to encourage the group to do more. The rescued victims were presented to Wike at...
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu on Tuesday, handed over another family of five who were rescued from kidnappers’ den by the security operatives coordinated by his office. Ribadu said all family members of Mr Sanda Bitrus comprising his wife, one young man and three children,...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Gunmen have kidnapped two journalists and their families in Kaduna State on Saturday night. The victims were identified as Abdulgafar Alabelewe, Chairman of the Correspondents’ Chapel, Kaduna State NUJ Council, and his three family members, and Abdulraheem Aodo, a correspondent for Blueprint Newspaper,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has reassured students and management of the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara of improved security on the university campus. The Governor stated this during a meeting with 29 students from the university who had...
Rivers State Police Command has reviewed how it recovered human parts from Felix Nwaobakata, the Leader, ONELGA Security Planning and Advisory Committee (OSPAC), who is currently in its detention. SP Grace Iringe-Koko, the command’s spokesperson, told journalists in Port Harcourt on Wednesday that the vigilance group leader was arrested...