Operatives of the Ogun State Police command have rescued seven persons abducted by gunmen in the Fidiwo axis on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. It was gathered that the victims were rescued after a rescue operation led by the police. The gunmen, numbering nine had on Monday attacked motorists along the highway, abducting seven passengers, killing one and injuring another. One of …

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has secured the release of two female prospective corps members kidnapped in Zamfara State on their way to the Orientation Camp in Sokoto State. The Army had secured the release of two victims. A statement by NYSC’s Director of Press and Public Relations, Eddy Megwa, said efforts are ‘on to ensure the safe release …

Parents and family members of the prospective corps members from Akwa Ibom State, who were kidnapped on 17 August 2023, while travelling to orientation camp in Sokoto State are currently gripped with fear as the abductors demand that they pay N10 million each as ransom for the release of the victims. One of the victim’s family members, Mr Mfon Friday, …

A lecturer of the Faculty of Administration at the Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Dr Comfort Adokwe, who was recently abducted, has regained freedom after her family and well-wishers paid N5 million ransom to her abductors. Heavily armed men had on Sunday night invaded her residence at Angwan Jaba in the Keffi Local Government Area of the state and whisked her …

The kidnappers of the 25 members of the Christ Apostolic Church, Oke Igan, Akure, Ondo State, have contacted their families, demanding a sum of N50 million ransom. A family member of one of the victims, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, confirmed this to newsmen in a telephone conversation. He said, “They (abductors) have contacted us on the telephone …

Kidnappers of eight Akwa Ibom State graduates, abducted in Zamfara State on their way to Sokoto State for the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Orientation Camp, have demanded an additional N200 million as ransom, after collecting N13 million earlier paid by the victims’ families. The victims, who were kidnapped on 17 August, have spent 26 days in the kidnappers den. …

The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested 13 suspected kidnappers and killed four in the past 30 days. The command’s acting Public Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent Nasir Hassan, made the disclosure at a news conference in Kaduna on Thursday. According to him, the suspects were arrested based on intelligence reports. He added that the police killed four others on different …

Medical doctors in Cross River State, yesterday, took to the streets to demand the immediate release of one of their members, Professor Ekanem Ephraim, who has been in captivity for three weeks. The doctors dressed in medical overalls marched despite the downpour led by the Chairman of Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) in Cross River State, Dr Felix Archibong. The doctors, …

Akwa Okuko Tiwara Aki (alias the Oba), a celebrity native doctor who was abducted in Anambra State, said he did not disappear when kidnappers struck because he wanted to save more lives. As reported by Daily Trust, Akwa regained freedom on Saturday after he was reportedly kidnapped by some suspected gunmen when he was having a pleasurable moment with his …

The Chief Imam of the Uso Community in the Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State, Alhaji Ibrahim Oyinlade, who was abducted along the  Owo-Akure Expressway on Saturday, has regained his freedom. The cleric was said to have been released by his abductors on Sunday evening. The cleric was said to be working on his farm when the hoodlums invaded …