Tag Archives: Abducted

Kidnappers of the Cross River State Commissioner of Women Affairs, Prof Gertrude Njar, have demanded N150 million for her release.   LIB reported that told the commissioner was forcefully taken out of her official car by masked young men within the Mayne Avenue-Atamunu area of Calabar South on Wednesday, February …

Residents kidnapped from Angwan Aku community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, have been released after weeks in captivity.   Recall that bandits attacked the community on Sunday morning, December 25, 2022, when residents were preparing to go to church to celebrate Christmas.   The gunmen were said …

The Nasarawa State Police Command has rescued the four remaining pupils abducted from the Local Government Education Authority (LGEA) Primary School in Alwaza, Doma Local Government Area of the state.   Six pupils were kidnapped by gunmen from a Primary School on January 20, 2023. The police rescued two of …

Mrs Olayinka Kayode, a nursing mother who is also a teacher at Union Baptist Church, Osogbo, Osun state’s capital, has been kidnapped by gunmen alongside her child.    Mrs Kayode was reportedly returning home from her shop when gunmen accosted her at Otaefun/Kobo area of Osogbo around 6pm on Tuesday, January 24.  …

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has announced that all abducted passengers at the Chief Tom Ikimi Railway Station Ekehen, in Igueben, Edo State have been released.   The announcement was made by NRC’s Deputy Director of Public Relations Mahmood Yakub.    He said the kidnapped persons have been released to their families and none of …

Twelve more kidnapped victims from last Saturday’s train station attack in Igueben, Edo State, have been rescued by a Special Force of soldiers, policemen, operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), local vigilance members and hunters among others.   Governor Godwin Obaseki, disclosed this on Sunday, January 15, while speaking …

Edo state commissioner for communication, Chris Nehikhare has made a clarification on the number of people abducted during an attack on a train station in the state.   Giving an update on the incident on Wednesday, January 11, Nehikhare said intelligence report has revealed that 20 persons and not 32 were kidnapped …

The police in Plateau state have rescued a permanent secretary in the state, Engr Alexander Plangnam, who was abducted in front of his premises on January 1, 2023.   A statement released by the spokesperson of the command, DSP Alfred Alabo, says at about 9.30pm on New Year’s day, a distress …

A young man identified simply as Ifeanyi, who was allegedly abducted in Okpuno, Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra, has been found dead.   The victim, an indigene of Awgu community in the Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State, was said to be abducted two days to …

No fewer than four students have reportedly been abducted by suspected gunmen, along the Akunnu-Ajowa road, in Akoko area of Ondo state.   According to reports, the victims who are students of the Kogi State Polytechnic, were said to have been ambushed at the Ago Jinadu Axis, in Akoko, on Friday, …