By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The Director of Information and Public Orientation in Cross River State Civil Service, Mrs. Roseline Irek has narrated how some armed soldiers on Sunday morning allegedly kidnapped her twin grand children in Calabar. Mrs. Irek, who narrated her ordeal in a interview with journalists...
Kidnapping
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke have arrested four kidnappers, killed three bandits and rescued a kidnapped victim in recent operations in parts of Benue. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Onyeuko said the...
A Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Kaduna, Reverend Father Vitus Borogo, has been killed by bandits in Chikun Local Government Area of the state. The victim until his murder was the Chaplain of the Catholic Community of the Kaduna State Polytechnic, and the Chairman of the Nigerian Catholic...
Mary Dauda and Hauwa Joseph, the two rescued girls abducted from the GGSS Chibok in Borno in 2014, have revealed that more than 20 missing others are still in Gazuwa camp in Sambisa Forest, eight years after being kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents. NAN Reports that Gazuwa camp was...
By AISHA NANA, Bauchi – Gunmen suspected to be Kidnappers have attacked and abducted the Village Head of Zira, Alhaji Yahya Abubakar and his son, Habibu Saleh in Toro Local Government Area in the state. It was learnt that the gunmen attacked the village, a border village with Plateau...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – The Abducted Bishop, Rt. Rev. Aderogba Adeyinka of Jebba Anglican Diocese, his wife and driver, have regained freedom from their abductors. Recalled that Aderogba, his wife and driver were kidnapped on Sunday at about 9.00 p.m., after their vehicle broke down at an isolated...
No fewer than eight passengers in Yenagoa bound speedboats have been abducted by suspected sea pirates along Brass-Yenagoa waterways in Bayelsa State. About 15 passengers were on board the boat and it was also learnt that they were returning from a burial they had attended over the weekend. Eight...
Gunmen have abducted Rev. Fr. James Kantoma, the Parish priest of St. Anthony Catholic Church, Angware, Jos East Local Government Area of Plateau. DSP Alabo Alfred, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, confirmed the abduction to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Jos....
The Imo Police command has clarified that Prof. Adiele Jachimike, a staff member of Boss FM radio, was arrested by policemen from Owerri Area Command, not abducted by gunmen as being claimed. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) CSP Mike Abattam disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. The...
Abducted Abuja-Kaduna train passengers have regained their freedom, according to information just reaching News Express. “Alhamdulillah my mum and elder sister have just being released at the moment in a medical facilities receiving medication in Kaduna. “Thank you for your prayers,” Yusuf Atta, whose relations were among the abducted...
Mr Muawiyah Gambo, the Customs officer abducted in Zaria, Kaduna State, has regained freedom after payment of N25m ransom. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Gambo has been in captivity for over two months after his kidnap from his residence at Kofar Gayan Lowcost, Zaria city. NAN...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Nigerian Army has dismissed the social media reports alleging complicity of its troops in the recent kidnap of the Prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, Samuel Kanu-Uche. The Army spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, made the clarification in a statement issued to newsmen on...
The kidnapped Prelate of the Methodist Church, His Eminence Samuel Uche, and two other abducted clerics have regained freedom. They were released at 6.30 pm on Monday but details are still sketchy as of the time of filing this report. It is also unclear if any ransom was paid...
Gunmen have reportedly kidnapped The Prelate of the Methodist Church Nigeria, His Eminence, Samuel Kanu Uche, along Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, in Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia. It was learnt that the Prelate was kidnapped on Sunday alongside Rt. Rev. Dennis Mark, the Methodist Bishop of Owerri and the...
The abducted Chairman of Keffi Local Government Area (LGA) in Nasarawa State, Muhammad Shehu-Baba and his aide Dr. Tanimu Mohammed, have regained freedom from their abductors. ASP Ramhan Nansel, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday...
Gunmen who abducted a member of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Okey Okoye, have beheaded him. After beheading him, his head was reportedly displayed at a motor park in Nnobi, Idemili South Local Government Area of the state. The incident, which happened on Saturday, created panic in the...
Gunmen on Friday night killed police orderly and abducted Muhammad Baba-Shehu, Chairman of Keffi Local Government Area (LGA) of Nasarawa State. ASP Ramhan Nansel, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lafia . He said...
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) on Friday suspended the resumption of train services on the Abuja-Kaduna route amid pressure from families of victims abducted by terrorists. Terrorists had on March 28 used explosives to kill nine passengers and injured others while kidnapping about 50 victims, the NRC suspended operations...
A Police woman has been captured on camera crying out for help inside the car of a man she reportedly arrested. In a video making the rounds online, the man had apparently threatened to drive her to an undisclosed destination and he seems to have been keeping to his...
The Police on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of two suspects over the kidnap of Greenfield University students in Kaduna State.Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said this during a media briefing in Abuja. He said the suspects had confessed to the mindless murder of five of the...