President Bola Tinubu has assured Nigerians that his administration will ensure that schools become safer and secure for teaching and learning. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja. Ngelale said that the President...
Kidnapping
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says the abducted Kuriga students were rescued through coordinated search and rescue operation conducted by the military in collaboration with local authorities and government agencies. The primary and secondary school students abducted on March 7, were rescued in the early hour of Sunday. The...
Police operatives in Kaduna State have foiled a kidnap attempt on Buruku-Kaduna highway on Thursday. Police spokesman, ASP Mansir Hassan said in a statement on Friday in Kaduna, that the bandits were forced to retreat by the firepower of the personnel. He said: “On March 21, at 1300hrs,...
The Northern Senators’ Forum, has called on the Federal Government to come up with resolute action to tackle cases of kidnappings in the country. Chairman of the Forum, Sen. Abdulaziz Yar’adua made the call in a statement, in Abuja on Thursday. He said that the recent wave of...
Ogun State Police Command has assured that abductors of Mr Tunde Osifowokan, Manager of the Flourishing Poultry Farm in Odogbolu, would soon be apprehended. Commissioner of Police in Ogun, Mr Abiodun Alamutu, who disclosed this while briefing newsmen in Abeokuta on Wednesday, said the state Police Command would...
A combined team of security operatives on Wednesday rescued 20 victims of kidnapping in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area (LGA) of Edo. The team, comprising the police, military, and a vigilance group, rescued the victims from the kidnappers’ den in a bush along Lakpese Road at the LGA. The...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Army says its troops have foiled multiple kidnap attempts in Plateau and Zamfara, and neutralized IPOB/ESN terrorists in Imo State. The Army spokesman, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said the troops on Tuesday...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, says the military is working tirelessly to free the students abducted in Kuriga, Kaduna State, and other victims across the country. The CDS assured Nigerians that the security forces would expose those behind the evil machinations and bring them...
By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin- Edo State Government has stepped up surveillance and is currently collaborating with security agencies for the safe release of the kidnapped chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Dr Tony Aziegbemi. The state Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare, disclosed...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The National President of Kulen Allah Cattle Rearers Association of Nigeria (KACRAN), Hon. Khalil Mohammed Bello has appealed to the federal government to use its association in fostering peace, unity and to resolve farmers/herders conflicts through non kinetic approach . Hon. Bello also...
Police in Akwa Ibom State have rescued four kidnap victims in the last one month. One of them is a woman who faked her own kidnap. They also arrested 52 suspects for various crimes. Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Waheed Ayilara, told a news conference in...
By ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The General Officer Commanding, (GOC) of 8 Division, Nigeria Army and Commander Joint Task Force Operation Hadarin Daji, Major General Godwin Mutkut, has urged troops of the Division to sustain the tempo in ensuring that bad elements terrorising innocent Nigerians are eliminated. General Mutkut,...
The Northern Governors’ Forum said it has agreed to new options at a meeting with service chiefs to address the recent spate of kidnappings in the region. Chairman of the forum and Governor of Gombe State, Inuwa Yahaya, made this known to newsmen after the close door meeting...
The Defence Headquarters has said the 112 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), who were abducted by terrorists in Borno recently, reportedly went beyond the permissible distance from their camp without informing the camp officials. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known while giving update...
Members of the Northern Governors’ Forum have gone into closed door meeting with the National Security Adviser and Service Chiefs in Abuja. The meeting, holding in the Office of the National Security Adviser, opened at about 2pm, and may not be unconnected with the recent mass abduction of...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said that most incidents of kidnapping in the nation’s capital were stage-managed by people. Wike stated this during a chat with journalists after a closed-door meeting with the Senate alongside the FCT Commissioner of Police, Benneth Igweh,...
President Bola Tinubu has further directed the immediate release of the abducted children in Kaduna State and Borno. He insisted that the Federal Government would not succumb to the payment of ransom to kidnappers and terrorists in the country. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, made...
Gunmen, suspected to be abductors, on Tuesday kidnapped a senior matron serving with the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) Ituku-Ozalla in Enugu State. Dr Augustine Duru, Chairman, Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) UNTH Chapter, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
By OLA MODUPE, Osogbo – Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has raised alarm over planned attacks on schools and rural farm communities in the state. Governor Adeleke raised the alarm in a statement by his spokesperson, Malam Olawale Rasheed, on Tuesday in Osogbo. He said that intelligence snippets,...
A 22- year old man, Aliyu Muhamadu, who was accused of participating in hostage taking on Tuesday denied ever confessing to being a kidnapper in a Federal High Court Ibadan. Muhamadu, was testifying before Justice Ekerete Akpan at the resumed trial in a case of alleged hostage taking...