The police authorities in Nasarawa State have rescued a lecturer with the state university in Keffi, Isaac Igbawua, from his abductors. Igbawua, of the Department of Microbiology, was kidnapped by gunmen from his residence along Old Barracks, Kokona Local Government Area on December 27, 2023. A day after his abduction, the Nasarawa State Police […]
The police authorities in Enugu State have debunked a video clip currently in circulation, alleging that a part of the state is not safe due to a series of kidnappings. There have been reported cases of kidnapping in the past week despite having the manning of security checkpoints as well as a mobile police […]
Gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, clad in military fatigue have kidnapped the Operations Manager of a new generation bank, Mrs. Nneka Ugonochie in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The incident, it was learned, occurred at 7 a.m., on Friday at the Yenizue-Gene suburb of the state capital. The victim, an indigene of Owerri in Imo State, […]
At least fifteen persons have been kidnapped by gunmen in the Pegi neighborhood of the Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The gunmen were alleged to have assaulted the 1,000 Housing Estate at 11.30 pm on Sunday, May 14th, 2023 and fired intermittently into the air, taking some people returning from […]
After eight days in captivity, kidnappers of the Cross River State Commissioner of Women Affairs, Prof Gertrude Njar, have demanded N150 million for her release. This is according to an update shared by the publisher of Cross Rivers Watch, Agba Jalingo, on his official Facebook page. The commissioner was abducted within the Mayne Avenue-Atamunu […]
Again, terrorists have attacked two communities in Zamfara State where they kidnapped 10 locals and demanded for N20 million ransom. Spokesperson of the Zamfara Police Command, SP Mohammed Shehu, said they would investigate the reported kidnap in the communities of Dogondaji and Kazauda villages in Wanke district of Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara […]
The Nigeria Police Force, Oyo State Command, on Monday confirmed the release of Adigun Agbaje, a former Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Ibadan, by his abductors. Adewale Osifeso, the police spokesperson in the state, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan. NAN recalls that Mr Agbaje, along with other travellers, […]
Ahmad Gumi, an Islamic cleric, says the naira redesign policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will make kidnappers resort to dollars for ransom. On October 26, the CBN announced that it has redesigned some new naira notes. The apex bank said the new notes include N200, N500 and N1000, adding that the […]
Officers of the Osun State Police Command have discovered the decomposing body of an aged landlord, Oladepo Asaolu, after about four days of disappearance. It was gathered that Asaolu, an indigene of Ora-Igbomina, Ifedayo Local Government Area of Osun State, was the Babaloja of the ancient town. It was gathered that one of the […]
The University of Calabar, on Wednesday said that the alleged kidnapper, John Ewa, popularly called “John Lyon” was not a graduate of the institution. A statement issued in Calabar by the Registrar of the institution, Mr Gabriel Egbe, said that the university’s management stumbled on the media report with dissatisfaction and described it as […]
