By Zagazola Makama Gunmen have abducted a staff member of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) along the Ebenebe axis of Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State, while a businessman narrowly escaped a separate attack on the same road after sustaining a gunshot wound. Police sources toldContinue Reading
The Africa Judges and Jurists Forum (AJJF) has expressed “profound concern and unequivocal condemnation” of the reported abduction of Justice Faruku Hassan Bunza of the High Court of Kebbi State in Northern Nigeria. The Forum on Monday, 27 July, said the judge “was taken by armed men from his residence in BunzaContinue Reading
Nasarawa State Police Command has commenced an intensive manhunt for suspected kidnappers following the abduction of three students of the Federal University of Lafia. The Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, SP Ramhan Nansel, who disclosed the unfortunate incident in a statement on Wednesday, said theContinue Reading
The Katsina State Government has announced the death of retired Major General Rabe Abubakar while in the custody of bandits, describing the incident as a tragic loss to his family, the state, and the nation. LEADERSHIP reports that retired General Rabe was one-time Director of Defence Information (DDI) atContinue Reading
By Flowerbudnews Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Abimbola Olugbenga, has aptly identified a key challenge security agents face in combating bandits, kidnappers, and terrorists: citizens often witness suspicious activities but fail to report them. The commissioner led journalists to a residential property in Araromi Quarters, Ayegun North, Oluyole LocalContinue Reading
By AFP News Agency There has been another kidnapping incident in Oyo State, as gunmen abducted the younger sister of former Minister of Power and 2027 All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in the state, Bayo Adelabu, along with her twin children. The incident occurred on Wednesday in theContinue Reading
The killing of Malam Bashar Sani, a senior administrator at the College of Education, Maru, by suspected bandits has once again exposed the grim reality of insecurity in parts of Northern Nigeria, where families that pay huge ransoms to rescue loved ones often remain trapped in a viciousContinue Reading
Residents of Peze and Kungabokun communities at Byazhin-Across area of Kubwa, a satellite town in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Teritory (FCT), on Sunday, narrated the ordeal experienced as the rate of kidnapping surges in the evironment. Suspected armed terrorits, in their numbers, had continued to attackContinue Reading
By Christian Ogbonna Abakaliki: The Police Command in Ebonyi has confirmed the death of the kidnapped former Ebonyi Deputy Governor, Mr Kelechi Igwe’s father, Chief Francis Igwe at his abductors den. This is contained in a statement issued to journalists in Abakaliki on Friday by the Command’s PublicContinue Reading
