The Police Command in Ogun State said it has killed two suspected kidnappers terrorising travellers on the Sagamu-Ijebu Ode-Benin expressway in a gun duel. This is contained in a statement on Tuesday, in Abeokuta, by Omolola Odutola, the command’s spokesperson. Ms Odutola, a suprintendent of police, said that the suspects were killed during a rescue … Read more
President Bola Tinubu has again said his government will put an end to the payment of ransom to kidnappers in the country, vowing, “they will receive not a dime”. The president stated in an opinion he authored and published in the currentt edition of Newsweek magazine. It is titled, ” Ten Years Since Chibok—Nigeria Will … Read more
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ebonyi State, has confirmed the abduction of two of its officers by gunmen along the Abakaliki-Enugu federal highway. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the road has recently become nightmarish for commuters due to incessant abductions by gunmen. The most affected axis is the Nkalagu (Ebonyi) … Read more
Six schoolchildren, three teachers and a bus driver have been kidnapped in Emure Ekiti, Ekiti State. The incident occured on Monday evening while the school bus was conveying the children to Eporo-Ekiti. It was gathered that the incident occured at the same time bandits attacked a vehicle conveying three traditional rulers between Oke-Ako and Ipao … Read more
The police in Abuja have announced the release of some residents of Bwari Area Council kidnapped on 2 January. In a Sunday morning statement, Abuja police spokesperson Josephine Adeh said the victims were freed at about 11:30 p.m. on Saturday. She, however, did not disclose the exact number of people who were freed but said … Read more
A youth leader in Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Yusuf Yunusa, has lamented growing cases of kidnapping across communities in the council area and in Bwari, a local government area in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. Communities in Bwari Local Government Area of the FCT share boundaries with communities in Kagarko Local … Read more
The police have promised to rescue six members of a family who were kidnapped in their house located in the Bwari Area Council of Abuja on 2 January. Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made the promise in a statement on its X handle on Saturday. The assurance comes as it emerged that one of … Read more
Northern Nigeria governors, on Friday, met in Kaduna State to discuss issues relating to the security and economy of the region. The meeting was the first since the 2023 general elections. The meeting, which held at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, Kaduna, was chaired by the Gombe State Governor, Inuwa Yahaya, who is also the … Read more
