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…
The Kaduna State Government has announced the release of five out of the 39 students kidnapped from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization in Kaduna. The students, 23 female and 16 male, were abducted from their hostel on March 11,…
Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta A notorious kidnap kingpin, Usman Hassan who escaped from Oyo State after killing one of their victims has been apprehended by operatives of Ogun State police command. According to statement from the Spokesman of the state police…
The Police in Aba in Abia have arrested two kidnap suspects, Ikechi Monday and Onyekachi Orji from Owerrinta, Isiala Ngwa South LGA, Abia state. The suspects kidnapped a 70 years old woman, Mrs Patricia Nwogu from her residence at Okpolu-Umuobo…
The Police Command in Rivers on Wednesday confirmed the abduction of a reporter attached to the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) in Port Harcourt, Mrs Chidiebere Onyia. SP Nnamdi Omoni, the Police Public Relations Officer in Rivers, said the command had…
