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 …

A gang of kidnappers on Wednesday abducted one Zainab Abbas said to be a wife of an Adamawa State High Court Judge in the Jimeta area of Yola, the state capital. According to the information gathered, the incident occurred between 1 am and 2 am at Nyibango, Army Barracks Road in Jimeta Yola. Armed men had stormed the same community about …

Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have foiled an attempted kidnap by a suspected kidnapper. Police sources told our correspondent that around 11 am on Thursday, while operatives of the Eagle-Net were on a patrol along Oreorokpe-Sapele Road, they intercepted a commercial minibus for a routine search. During the search, the operatives reportedly recovered a locally-made single-barrelled gun with …

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has rescued 58 kidnapped victims held hostage at Udulu Forest, Gegu Local Government Area of Kogi State, bordering Sardauna Forest, Nasarawa State, and other identified kidnappers’ den in communities contiguous to the FCT. Spokesperson of the command, Superintendent Josephine Adeh said: “The kidnappers, on sighting the security team coordinated by the Police, fired …

Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have rescued unhurt two kidnapped victims from their abductors at the ECN junction along Agbarho-Ughelli Road. The police also recovered from the abductors 26 pieces of Android phones, one cut-to-size locally-made single barrel gun, 38 rounds of live cartridges, two expended cartridges, two Moniepoint Point of Sales (PoS) machines, four power banks as …

Gunmen who kidnapped children and women in Wanzamai village, Zamfara State have demanded N30 million ransom according to reports. At least 100 persons were kidnapped on Thursday from farmlands in Zamfara and Katsina states. Eighty children from Wanzamai village were reportedly kidnapped and more than 20 other persons from neighbouring villages were abducted. “Negotiations have started in earnest and kidnappers …

Residents of Kori-Oja and Bisodun villages, as well as neighbouring communities in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State are living in fear over increasing cases of kidnapping in their area. Some of the residents expressed fear, lamenting that reported cases of kidnapping made it difficult for people to go about their daily business. A community leader in the …

Police operatives have shot dead, a member of a suspected kidnap gang at Ozoro, Isoko North Local Government Area, Delta State, rescuing a victim. Police Public Relations Officer of the State command, Deputy Superintendent Bright Edafe who disclosed this in a statement, said the deceased died after a gun duel with police officers The statement read: “On the 06/03/2023 at …

The Cross River State governorship candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party (PDP), Pastor Usani Usani has reportedly escaped being killed by suspected kidnappers along the Calabar-Ikom highway. Two occupants of another vehicle were said to have been killed, while many other passengers were abducted and taken away alongside one Mr Egbe Eworo Essiet. Usani, a former Minister of Niger Delta …

The Divisional Police Officer of Pankshin, Superintendent Nwapi Augustus, who was kidnapped by armed persons, has reportedly been freed, according to the Plateau Police Command. According to a statement by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Deputy Superintendent Alfred Alabo, in Jos on Sunday, “the officer has been taken to the hospital for medical examination and treatment, and will soon be …