A fresh batch of 15 students of the Bethel Baptist High School, Kaduna, were freed on Saturday, after they had spent 48 days in captivity. Baptist Convention President, Rev. Israel Akanji, supervised the reuniting of the freed students with their families on Sunday in Kaduna. Photographs show the students on arrival at the Baptist secretariat, […]

Fifteen of the remaining 80 abducted students of Bethel Baptist High School, Damishi, Kaduna have been released from captivity. Joseph Hayab, chairman of the Kaduna state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), confirmed their release to TheCable on Sunday. According to Hayab, the students were released on Saturday night by the bandits. On […]

Armed bandits have again invaded Adabka community under Bukkuyum Local government area of Zamfara State. A source from the community told Channels Television that the bandits attacked the community on Saturday about 12pm and operated till around 4pm before whisking away the district head of the community, Alhaji Nafiu Shehu. He said nobody was killed […]

A resident of Aboru in the Ipaja area of Lagos, Desmond Okoroafor, has been arrested for the alleged kidnap of his neighbour’s eight-year-old son, Daniel Chukwudi. Okoroafor, 21, was apprehended alongside one Egwuonwu Iyke, whom he reportedly connived with to abduct the boy and hold him captive. From their hideout in the Ajangbadi area of […]

Scores of residents in Zamfara have been reportedly kidnapped, following an attack on Rimi village in Bakura LGA, on Friday. Ibrahim Dosara, Zamfara commissioner for information, confirmed the attack on Friday. According to him, about 60 residents were said to have been kidnapped, but security agencies are yet to confirm the figure. “This morning, we […]

The Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Abia State University (ABSU), Uturu, Victor. U. Nkemdirim has explained how two Professors of the university and others were late Thursday robbed and kidnapped by gunmen suspected to be herdsmen along ABSU-Isuikwuato road. According to him, the lecturers involved are Rev. Professor S.O Eze of the Department […]

The abductors of the students and staff of the College of Agriculture and Animal Science, Bakura in Zamfara State are demanding N350 million for their release. The provost of the college Habibu Mainasara confirmed this to Channels Television on Tuesday. He said a total of 20 people were abducted, including 15 students, 4 staff, and […]

Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has promised to secure the release of the victims of the latest abduction by bandits in the state. In a statement by his spokesman, Yusuf Gusau, on Monday, he condemned the attack on the College of Agriculture and Animal Science, Bakura. The government had earlier confirmed that 15 students and […]

Three people who were among those abducted by bandits at the College of Agriculture and Animal Science, Bakura, Zamfara state, have escaped. Ali Atiku, deputy provost of the college, while speaking with journalists on Monday, said two staff and one student have escaped and returned to the college. The deputy provost said the bandits kidnapped […]

A former councilor of Tundunwada ward of Gusau local government of Zamfara State, Babangida Haruna, stands with his wife after they regained freedom from kidnappers on August 13, 2021. A former councilor of Tundunwada ward of Gusau local government of Zamfara State, Babangida Haruna, stands with his wife after they regained freedom from kidnappers on […]