The Police Command in Zamfara said gunmen had kidnapped the wife and seven-month-old son of an ex-councilor in the state, Mr Babangida Ibrahim. Confirming the development, the spokesman for the command, SP Muhammad Shehu, told newsmen that the gunmen attacked…
…demand for N5m ransom By Mike Adebayo, Ado-Ekiti Report just reaching Nigerian NewsDirect says a farmer Suyi Bamisaye has been kidnapped by gunmen in Ikole area of Ekiti State. This was confirmed to Nigerian NewsDirect by family members of the…
The Zamfara Police Command on Thursday confirmed the abduction of the father and step mother of Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Alhaji Nasiru Magarya. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Muhammad Shehu, confirmed the incident to the newsmen…
Unknown gunmen attacked Sokoto Mass Transit and kidnapped over 60 travellers along the Sokoto-Gusau highway and killed two in another location same day. An official of the Sokoto Mass Transit confirmed to journalists that one of their buses was attacked…
Gunmen dressed in military camouflage have stormed the residence of Betinah Benson and kidnapped her to an unknown destination. The victim, aged 80, is the mother of Kombowei Benson, Secretary to the Bayelsa State government. The attack was carried out…
Gunmen have killed a former Provost Marshall of the Nigerian Army, Major Gen Hassan Ahmed. Major Gen Hassan was killed on Thursday night along the Lokoja – Abuja when his vehicle was attacked by the assailants. “With a heavy heart,…
Gunmen kidnapped a traditional ruler, the Adogu of Eganyi in Ajaokuta Local Government Area of Kogi, Alhaji Mohammed Adembe, on Tuesday. Newsmen gathered in Lokoja on Wednesday that the traditional ruler was returning to his community from Okene, also in…
The four farmers abducted from a farm settlement at Ikosu Ekiti in the Moba Local Government Area of Ekiti State on Monday evening have regained their freedom. The gunmen had on Tuesday, according to sources, contacted the authorities of the…
…Police escort killed, service disrupted By Bankole Taiwo & Seun Ibiyemi The abduction of four Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) Chinese expatriates on the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge railway stopped work on Thursday, our correspondent gathered. Gunmen on Wednesday abducted four expatriates working…
Gunmen on Wednesday abducted four workers of a Chinese company handling the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge railway project and killed a policeman in Ogun. Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi, the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), confirmed the incident in a statement on…
