By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the Chairman of the Akwanga Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Safiyanu Isa Andaha. The victim was whisked away on Monday night at Ningo village along Andaha – Akwanga Road, alongside a native of the...
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The Police in Cross River have confirmed the abduction of some passengers around Nde 3 Corners Akparabong Junction in Ikom Local Government Area of the state. The passengers, who were on a transit, were said to have been ambushed by gunmen who shot at their vehicles, injuring three...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A group operating in Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River State under the aegis of Social Group has charged Gov. Bassey Otu of the state to deploy a detachment of Operation Akpaku (armed police men) who will tackle rising wave...
Security operatives in Kogi have rescued 21 kidnap victims, 48 hours after their abduction on Thursday along Ajaokuta – Itobe road in the state. Gov Yahaya Bello, who lauded the efforts of the security operatives, reiterated zero tolerance for criminal activities in the state. A statement by the...
The Police Command in Kaduna, says it has foiled a kidnap attempt of a man and his wife in Rigasa area of Igabi Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on...
No fewer than seven children from Bauchi State have been reunited with their parents by Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Police in Kano burst an inter-state child abduction and trafficking syndicate and arrested nine suspects after...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Troops of the Nigerian Army have killed 14 insurgents and rescued 13 kidnapped victims in Niger and Kaduna States. The Acting Deputy Director, Army Relations, 1 Division Nigerian Army, Lt.-Col. Musa Yahaya, said this in a statement on Sunday in Kaduna. Lt. Col....
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Leader of the All Progressive Party (APC) in Sokoto State and Senator representing Sokoto North Senatorial District, Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, has donated ten million naira to the 66 rescued abducted persons from the state. Wamakko, who also donated a Hilux to each of the...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – Troops of the Joint Task Force North-West Operation Hadarin Daji (OPHD) have rescued 52 kidnapped victims in an operation in the Isa Local Government Area (LGA) of Sokoto State. The spokesperson for Operation Hadarin Daji, Captain Yahaya Ibrahim, revealed this in a...
Justice Joy Unwana of Oron High Court, Akwa Ibom and her driver who were abducted by unknown gunmen on Monday have regained their freedom. The Commissioner for Information, Mr Ini Ememobong, disclosed this in a statement in Uyo on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that...
Gunmen on Monday night abducted Mr Sunday Bage, a prominent farmer in Pari village in the Chawai chiefdom of Kauru Local Government of Kaduna State. Also picked along with Sunday was his wife, Listu. A source from the village told the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) that the...
Kaduna State Police Command has rescued a kidnapped victim, after six months’ in captivity. The state Public Relations’ Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Kaduna. ‘’On Monday at about 1600hours, our anticrime patrol mission on...
he Cross River chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has decried the non release of its member and a Professor of medicine, Ekanem Ephraim, after 148 days in captivity. The chapter Chairman, Dr Felix Archibong, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar on...
The Management of the Federal University Dutsinma (FUDMA), in Katsina State, has said the remaining four abducted female students of the University have regained their freedom. The Vice Chancellor (VC) of the University, Prof. Armaya’u Hamisu-Bichi, confirmed this to newsmen in Katsina on Friday, indicating that the freed...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said no ransom was paid to secure the release of some of the Sokoto-bound Prospective Corps Members (PCM) kidnapped in Zamfara who regained freedom recently. The Director, Press and Public Relations, Mr Eddy Megwa, said...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Yet to be apprehended bandits on Wednesday unleashed terror on Takakume village of Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State, killing 6 persons, abducted 15 others while many sustained injuries. The bandits who were said to have stormed the farming settlement on...
Troops of 1 Division Nigerian Army have rescued nine kidnapped victims and recovered weapons in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. According to the Division’s Acting Deputy Director, Public Relations, Lt-Col Musa Yahaya, the hostages were rescued on Dec. 8. Yahaya said in a statement on Monday...
The eight kidnapped students of the Federal University of Lafia (FULafia), Nasarawa State, have regained their freedom from abductors. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that gunmen had on the night of Dec. 6, kidnapped some students of the institution, resident off -campus in Gandu community. However,...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – One person was killed while three others sustained various degrees of injuries when gunmen suspected kidnappers attacked Bakutumbe village in Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State on Saturday evening. A source in the area told journalists that the gunmen also abducted four...
The Police Command in Katsina State says it has foiled a kidnap attempt along Dutsinma-Kankara highway, killing three suspects in the process. ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, the command’s spokesman, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Katsina on Sunday. “On Dec. 10, 2023, at...