The district Head of Birbyang, Alh Zubairu Usman Garba and two other women were on Sunday night kidnapped in Kanam local government area of Plateau state by gunmen in the area. The gunmen, who stormed the community, shooting sporadically, abducted wife of the District Head but she later managed to escape from captivity. Our Correspondent […]
Mrs Christiana Ekanem, a staff of University of Calabar Teaching Hospital who was kidnapped in her home in Calabar on March 10, has regained freedom. Mr Ani Esin, State Security Adviser, Southern Senatorial District to Gov. Ben Ayade, confirmed her release in a telephone interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Calabar. […]
The Primate of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh on Friday in Lokoja, Kogi state confirmed the release of the wife of the Anglican Bishop of Bari Diocese in Kano state, who was kidnapped last week. Archbishop Okoh announced this during the consecration service of five new bishops and presentation of […]
The police in Kogi have confirmed the kidnap of four officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) by unknown gunmen. The spokesman of the police in the state, DSP William Aya, said in Lokoja that the officers were kidnapped at a spot in Alo-Offoke community on the Itobe-Ayingba road. The officials were […]
Lokoja – The police in Kogi said that one of the JAMB staff kidnapped on Kabba – Lokoja in road last Sunday had been rescued. The state police command spokesman , DSP William Aya, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the man was rescued inside the bush where he was abandoned by the […]
Comrade Ben Ukpepi the Chairman Nigeria Labour Congress ,NLC, in Cross River has been kidnapped from his residence. The Cross River Police Command confirmed the kidnap of the state Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress at his residence in Akpabuyo local government area of the state. The State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Irene Ugbo, disclosed […]
Kano – The Kano state police command’s Anti-Kidnapping Team of Operation Puff Adder has rescued another 11-year-old boy kidnapped in Kano, Muhammed Ya’u and sold in Onitsha, Anambra. This is contained in a statement sighed by the command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Abdullahi Haruna and issued to newsmen in Kano on Tuesday. According to the […]
A judge of the Federal High Court, Akure, Ondo State, Justice Abdul Dogo, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen. The judge was kidnapped on Tuesday while he was returning to Akure from Abuja, according to the Nation. The kidnappers are said to have also made contact and demanded N50 million to release the judge. The […]
Reports reaching DailyTimesNGR have revealed that at least five persons have been abducted in the last 24 hours in Abuja. Anjuguri Manzah, spokesman of FCT police command whom confirmed the incident to newsmen said that the victims, including Abubakar Alkali, a lecturer at Base University, Abuja, as well as two teenagers who were returning from Quranic lecture at […]
Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on Sunday called for concerted efforts by governments, security agencies, religious and community leaders, to rescue the remaining 112 Chibok Girls and the Dapchi school girl, Leah Sharibu, from Boko Haram’s captivity. He noted with sadness the plight of the parents of the abducted girls whose wards are not back […]
Unidentified gun men have killed two people in Tsohuwar Gwari village in Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna state. A source from the village said the gunmen invaded the village around 12 midnight on Saturday and kidnapped nine people, including a newly-wedded bride. He added that three of those abducted managed to escape. “They […]
A member of the Taraba State House of Assembly, Hon Hosea Ibi, who was earlier kidnapped by unknown gunmen, has been found dead. The lifeless body of the lawmaker was found on Monday, 16 days after he was kidnapped by his abductors. The lawmaker, who represented Takum 1 Constituency in the State Assembly, was reportedly […]
The alleged abductors of Rev. Fr. Joseph Ojakorotu, the Parish Priest of St Patrick’s Catholic Church, Eku in Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta, have demanded a sum of N10 million to secure his release, according to sources. The clergy was kidnapped on Jan. 27 along the Eku-Sapele Road on his way to Sapele. […]
The man accused of abducting and raping a 12-year-old girl for three months in Pretoria, South Africa has been identified as a Nigerian national. See photo and previous post here: The 37-year-old man, who cannot be named until he pleads to charges of kidnapping, rape and contravening sections 4, 7 and 5 of the Prevention […]
The Special Task Force (STF), saddled with the responsibility of maintaining peace in Plateau and some parts of the neighbouring Bauchi state, said at the weekend that it rescued six Fulani teenagers kidnapped by a gang of hoodlums in Tafawa Balewa of southern part of Bauchi state.The victims, three boys and three girls, are Adama […]