Adamawa State Coordinator of the National Land Development Authority (NALDA), Zakaria Kraha, has been kidnapped. It came as the second known instance of kidnapping within the Yola capital metropolis on Tuesday as wife of a district head and her three…
An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered the remand of a 42-year-old farmer, Seyi Osanipin at the correctional centre in Ado-Ekiti over alleged kidnap. Police prosecutor, Insp. Oriyomi Akinwale, told the court that a small boy, suspected to have…
There is rising tension in Mbutu, Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State, after gunmen, numbering over 10, kidnapped the traditional ruler, Damian Nwaigwe. The unfortunate incident reportedly happened on Thursday morning at his palace around 2:30 am. A…
The Zamfara State Police command said it has rescued twenty four kidnapped victims from the bandits enclaves. The rescue was carried out through the police tactical operatives in various locations of the State. According to the State Police Commissioner, Mr.…
Gunmen, suspected to be sea pirates, in the early hours of Sunday attacked two oil installations, killing three and abducting seven oil workers in Bayelsa. The pirates ambushed their unsuspecting victims in Okoroma and Ogbokiri-Akassa communities of Nembe and Brass…
Police in Kaduna State have foiled 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…
Some residents of Ado-Ekiti, on Wednesday protested in the state capital and lkere-Ekiti over the kidnapping of another set of four travelers on the axis by unknown gunmen. The kidnap incident allegedly took place late on Tuesday evening, in Goshen…
By Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta Ogun State Police command said itsoperatives succeeded in killing two members of bandit group who shot dead a farm worker, Michael Kujore, and abducted a Swiss national, one Andred Beita and his driver along Ibese-Itori road…
Abimbola Abatta, Osogbo There was palpable tension in Koka Village in Obokun Local Government Area of Osun State when some gunmen, suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, invaded the neighbourhood in an attempt to kidnap some residents. Three residents of the…
By Akintunde Jacobs, Akure Unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have kidnapped a family of five from Ajowa Akoko Northwest Local Government Area of Ondo State while returning to Abuja after Easter break. It was gathered that the victims, Ibrahim…
