By BARBARA KALU, Owerri- The Imo State Police Command on Monday released the former Imo State gubernatorial candidate, Uche Nwosu from its custody. Recalled that Nwosu, a son-in-law to former Governor Rochas Okorocha, was on Sunday whisked away by the security agencies at St. Peter’s Anglican Church, Eziama-Obaire, Nkwerre...
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The Imo State Police Command has clarified that Uche Nwosu, an in-law to Senator Rochas Okorocha, was not abducted but arrested. The former governorship candidate was whisked away by heavily-armed men at St. Peter’s Anglican Church, Eziama in Obaire, Nkwerre Local Government Area of Imo State on Sunday. But...
By MARK JANG, Jos – Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the traditional ruler of Gindri, Mr Charles Mato, in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State on Sunday. Maj. Ishaku Takwa, Media Officer of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), the military task force maintaining peace in the state,...
Over 70 travellers have been reportedly kidnapped by gunmen suspected to bandits along the Kaduna-Birnin Gwari Road on Wednesday. The incident occurred around Udawa village after Buruku in Chikun Local Government Area of the state. According to an eyewitness account, the vehicles conveying the travellers, mainly traders, were attacked...
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) in a joint operation with the Police Command in Taraba have raided various criminal hideouts and rescued some kidnap victims. Force Public Relations Officer, Mr Frank Mba stated in Abuja on Sunday that kidnap victims at the various hideouts were...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Security operatives have repelled an attack by armed bandits in Sabon Tasha in Chikun Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State, in the early hours of Saturday, Dec. 11. The state police spokesman, ASP Mohammed Jalige, revealed this in a statement issued on Saturday...
Co-defendants of alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike (alias Evans) on Friday prayed an Ikeja high court to acquitted and discharge them of charges of conspiracy and kidnapping brought against them by Lagos State Government. Uche Amadi, Ogechi Uchechukwu, Chilaka Ifeanyi, Okwuchukwu Nwachukwu and Victor Aduba made the prayer via...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has dispatched a high-level delegation, made up of the heads of the nation’s intelligence and security services to Sokoto and Katsina States in response to the recent spike in bandit activities. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and...
No fewer than eight persons have been abducted by armed men in the Kwali Area Council of Abuja. Also, one person was shot dead in a two-day invasion. According to residents, the armed men operated on Tuesday and Wednesday nights in the area. A resident, who does not want...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The Pro Chancellor and Chairman of University of Abuja Governing Council, Modibbo Mohammed has disclosed that the varsity has mounted 24 hour security patrol not only within the campus but within the parameters of the university to prevent a repeat of the recent kidnapping that...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed at least two persons and abducted over 20 people in Unguwan Gimbiya community in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. It was learnt that the armed bandits stormed the community in the early hours of Friday....
The Court of Appeal Sitting in Akure has discharged and acquitted a prophet, Alfa Babatunde, who was sentenced to life imprisonment over the mysterious disappearance of a one-year-old boy, Gold Kolawole, from his church. Justice Hamma Barka delivered the judgement on Friday and set aside the judgement of an...
The police on Tuesday said it has arrested a total of 32 notorious suspects for their complicity in the crimes of kidnapping, armed robbery, arms smuggling, illegal possession of weapons, trading in illicit drugs, trans-border car theft, rape, amongst others. The Police team equally recovered 19 AK47 rifles, one...
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri- Nigeria Army troops of Exercise Golden Dawn have repelled an attempt by alleged members of the proscribed Indigenious People of Biafra (IPOB) to kidnap some medical personnel in Imo. The criminals attempted to kidnap a group of medical doctors and nurses known as “Doctors On...
By THOMAS AKASE, Lafia – Operatives from Nasarawa State Police Command have repelled an attempt to abduct Mr Umar Nasiru-Black, Nasarawa-South Zonal Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). This is according to a statement signed by Ramhan Nansel, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state and made...
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has said security forces have rescued no fewer than 544 abducted persons in the last two months in the state. Governor Matawalle made the disclosure while addressing supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who attended the swearing-in ceremony of 21 political appointees, at...
One person has been killed while 30 others have been kidnapped as armed bandits invaded the Zazzaga community in Zazzaga Ward, Munya Local Government Area of Niger State. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Bala Kuryas, confirmed the attack to Channels TV in his office on Wednesday, saying...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – More than 45,000 children have been released from detention and safely returned to family or an appropriate alternative since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, UNICEF revealed in its latest reports. The reports released on Sunday are “Detention of children in the time of...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – Men of The Katsina Stste Police Command have repelled an attack by bandits on Gidan Duka village, in Kankara Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, during which it rescued 11 kidnap victims in Safana. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Gambo Isah, who...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Men of The Kaduna State Police Command have repelled a kidnap attempt on the Kaduna-Abuja Highway. Police spokesman in the state, ASP Muhammad Jalige, stated on Wednesday that on Nov. 9, at about 7.45 p.m., the Commissioner of Police, Mr Mudassiru Abdullahi, was on...