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The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Jigawa State Command has rescued 10 suspected victims of human trafficking in the state. The NIS Comptroller, Mr Tahir Musa, who disclosed this during a news briefing in Dutse on Tuesday, January 14, 2025, said that the victims were intercepted on Sunday at Tsamiyar Kwance area, Babura Local Government Area of the state. …
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Navy rescues eight police officers and one civilian as boat capsizes in Bayelsa
The Nigerian Navy has rescued eight police officers and one civilian following a boat accident near the Agbura community in Bayelsa State. The passengers were en route to Yenagoa but encountered trouble when their speedboat struck a submerged wreck and capsized. The Director of Naval Information, Commodore Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu, in a statement on Tuesday, January 7, 2025, said …
Read More »NSCDC rescues 3-year-old girl, arrests two suspected child traffickers in Abia
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Abia State Command has arrested two suspects for child-trafficking and abduction in Aba town in the state. The command’s spokesperson, ASC Doreen Udugwu, in a statement on Saturday, December 28, 2024, said that a three-year old girl, Chiamaka Ahamefula, was rescued from the suspects identified as Uche Royal and Chidera Donatus. …
Read More »Lagos Fire Service rescues 63-year-old man trapped in 120-meter-deep well
The Lagos State Fire Service has rescued a 63-year-old plumber, Akin Kuboye, from a 120-metre-deep well in the Igando area of the state. The Director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday, December 8, 2024, said the victim slipped and fell inside the well while carrying out …
Read More »Kwara NSCDC rescues kidnapped Kogi varsity student
Operatives of the Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have rescued a 400-level student of Kogi State University, Anyingba, who was reportedly kidnapped by suspected ritualists. The 19-year-old English Education undergraduate, Fauziyah Muhammed, was hypnotised and abducted outside the premises of Kogi State University, Anyigba. Speaking with journalists on Monday, December 2, …
Read More »NAPTIP rescues 8-year-old boy abducted in Port Harcourt one year ago, reunites him with parents
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has rescued an eight-year-old boy, Divine Ibanga, who was abducted one year ago in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The Uyo Zonal Commander for NAPTIP, Mr Emmanuel Awhen, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Uyo on Saturday, November 9, 2024, said that …
Read More »Two suspects arrested as NAPTIP rescues six-year old girl stolen from parents in 2018
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, has rescued a six-year old girl who was stolen from her parents in 2018 in Akwa Ibom State. The Uyo Zonal Commander of NAPTIP, Mr Emmanuel Awhen, who made this known on Thursday, October 24, 2024, said the agency achieved the feat in partnership with the Foundation …
Read More »Ondo Amotekun foils five kidnapping attempts, rescues nine victims, arrests a family of robbers
The Southwest Security Network Agency, codenamed Amotekun Corps, has successfully foiled five kidnapping attempts within the past week. The Ondo State Commander of the Corps, Akogun Adetunji Adeleye, disclosed this while parading 20 suspected criminals who were arrested for various crimes across the state at the Command’s Headquarters in Alagbaka, Akure, the state capital on Thursday. Adeleye stated …
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