Nigerian authorities have given a detailed explanation of how 58 kidnapped victims were rescued from the terrorist den in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Federal Government has since, handed over the rescued victims to the Kaduna State Government, after examining their health condition. The 58 rescued victims, according to BBC Hausa Service, include 23 females and …

The Nigerian Army’s 17 Brigade on Saturday handed over nine rescued kidnap victims, including two nursing mothers, to the Katsina State Government. The victims, who are Katsina State residents, were rescued from captivity in Kaduna State after spending three harrowing months in kidnappers’ den. Sources told PUNCH that the victims, initially abducted from Sabuwa Local Government Area of Katsina, were …

The Nigerian Army said on Sunday that it rescued no fewer than 386 people, mostly women and children, from the Boko Haram insurgents’ stronghold, Sambisa forest in Borno State. The acting General Officer Commanding (GOC) 7 Division,  Brig. Gen. AGL Haruna said the abductees were rescued during a just-concluded 10-day clearing operation in Sambisa. According to him, some of the …

The National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, on Monday, said the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government has so far rescued over 1,000 kidnap victims without paying a ransom. Ribadu said this when he received 22 students and staff of the Federal University of Gusau, Zamfara State, rescued on Sunday. The bandits had, on 22 September 2023, invaded the institution and …

Troops of the 114 Battalion (Rear), 6 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Jalingo, have rescued another four kidnapped victims in Yorro Local Government Area of Taraba State. The operation with other security agencies also led to the destruction of the bandits camps in Gambu Hills and Ban Yorro. In a statement, Acting Assistant Director, 6 Brigade Army Public Relations, Lt. …

Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed that its operatives have rescued five kidnapped victims and arrested a suspected kidnapper, after an operation where bandits killed four and injured others. In a statement, the command’s Spokesperson, Assistant Superintendent Mansur Hassan, explained that the Commissioner of Police, Kaduna State Command, Musa Yusuf Garba, commiserated with the families of those who lost their …

A combined team of security operatives, comprising the Anti-Cult unit, State Intelligence Bureau unit, and the local vigilante groups, led by the Divisional Police Officer, Oghara Division in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State, Chief Superintendent Olasunkanmi Musiliu have rescued two kidnap victims unhurt in Oghara-Ugbenu link road in Ethiope-West Local Government Area of the state. The incident …