News reports gathered that the boat was travelling from Bonny to Port Harcourt at about 10 am when the incident occurred. The state Chairman of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, Rivers Commercial District, Israel Pepple, who confirmed the incident, said the abducted boat passengers were travelling from Bonny Island to Port Harcourt when the […]
The medical students were abducted last Thursday along the Otukpo/Otukpa/Enugu federal highway while they were travelling to Enugu State for the Federation of Catholic Medical and Dental Students’ annual convention. The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, had at the weekend deployed a tactical team to ensure that the abducted students were rescued. It was learnt […]
Delta State police foiled a kidnapping attempt at the graduation ceremony of the Delta State Polytechnic, Oghara. Police operatives received a tip-off about a planned abduction and swiftly responded by targeting the suspected kidnappers’ hideout. According to the police spokesperson, Bright Edafe, the kidnappers had devised a plan to target guests attending the graduation ceremony. […]
This becomes imperative as the Police Command has noticed a disturbing trend of bike/motorcycle to inconspicuous and isolated areas where cyclists will be attacked and their bikes snatched, in some cases, the motorcyclists have been severely injured or even killed. In a statement from the state Police Public relations officer, Opalola Yemisi, The Commissioner of Police, […]
The Lagos State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has uncovered a suspected staged kidnapping involving a 20-year old student, Collins Ikwebe, and five of his schoolmates. The case came to light on Saturday after a distressing social media post by a friend of one of the suspects went viral. According to the post, the […]
Seliat, who is a sister to Mr Ahmed Raji,SAN, had her residence invaded by kidnappers at Iseyin and was whisked away after disarming her security guard.Unfortunately, the security guard was later killed by the gun-trotting abductors. His remains were later recovered.While breaking the news of her release, Baale Koso of Iseyinland, High Chief Sikiru Adeniji, […]
This was confirmed in a statement by NSCDC Public Relations Officer, Babawale Afolabi, on Monday in Abuja.Afolabi said based on the Corps’ dedication to wage war against illegal bunkering, the Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad, CGsSIS, laid intelligence surveillance at the site which aided in the successful arrest.According to him, the suspects arrested are Oghene […]
While justifying his action before announcing the imposition of the curfew the chairman of the LGA, Henry Agba, said he was left with no other option but to impose the curfew to thwart further escalation of the bloody war.There was a clash between rival cultists in the local government during which two persons from both […]