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Female Nigerian doctor, Ganiyat Popoola, who was kidnapped on December 27, 2023, has regained her freedom after 10 months in captivity. Dr. Popoola, a registrar in the Department of Ophthalmology at the National Eye Centre (DONEC), Kaduna State, Nigeria, was abducted alongside her husband, Nurudeen Popoola, who is a Squadron leader, and her nephew, Folaranmi […]
Continue ReadingGunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed a 22-year-old Idowu Oguntuase and abducted four other persons in Ekiti State. The gunmen abducted the four victims along Isan-Iludun Ekiti road in Ilejemeje local government area of the state on Sunday, September 22, 2024. The victims were said to be traveling along the road on Sunday evening […]
Continue ReadingNewly graduated young Nigerian lady identified as Gladys Jonathan Yemi, whose father was kidnapped and killed after payment of ransom, has herself passed away. A family member, Prince Bawa, who resides in Abuja, disclosed this in a Facebook post on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. “Sister, why do you choose to left us with such pains, […]
Continue ReadingThe porcupine is a large rodent that is clothed with a thick coat of sharp quills. These spines protect it from rampaging predators. When it feels threatened, the porcupine shoots the arrows of its spines at its assailants. These deadly quills pierce the intending attacker, thereby allowing the animal to escape harm. As such, in […]
Continue ReadingGunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Monday evening killed two traditional rulers in Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti State. The traditional rulers were the Elesun of Esun, Oba Babatunde Ogunsakin and Olumojo of Imojo, Oba Samuel Olatunji. The third Alara of Ara-Ekiti, Oba Adebayo Fatoba managed to escape from the kidnappers. He was said […]
Continue ReadingOfficers from the Oyo State Police Command have arrested ten suspected members of a kidnapping syndicate terrorising the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Kidnappers have been attacking and kidnapping commuters travelling along the busy highway. Prof. Adigun Agbaje, a former Deputy Vice-chancellor (academics) of the University of Ibadan (UI), two students of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, and […]
Continue ReadingOperatives of the Ekiti State Police Command, Nigeria, have arrested nine suspected kidnappers allegedly terrorising the state. Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, CP Moronkeji Adesina, who disclosed this in a statement issued by spokesperson of the command, ASP Sunday Abutu, on Tuesday, May 2, said the suspects were arrested in a forest at Ago Aduloju […]
Continue ReadingA lecturer with the Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka, Nigeria, Professor Ovaborhene Idamoyibo, who was kidnapped last week has died. The Head of Music Department was abducted on April 9, at Eku, Ethiope East Local Government Area of the state, while on his way back to Abraka after a family meeting. The abductors had demanded […]
Continue ReadingA community in the Ajoni Local Council Development Area of Ekiti State, Oke Ako, erupted in joy on Tuesday as a cleric, Michael Adeyeye of Christ Apostolic Church in the community escaped unhurt from the four gunmen who abducted him on Saturday. The people of the community could not believe their ears when news filtered […]
Continue ReadingYoruba Nation agitation’s arrowhead, Prof Banji Akintoye, has unveiled a mobile application, ‘Pajawiri’, designed to track kidnappers and kidnapped victims in the South-West zone of Nigeria. The history Professor Emeritus and leader of the umbrella body of Yoruba self-determination group, Ilana Omo Oodua, made this known at an event in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. The […]
Continue ReadingSuspected kidnappers have abducted a pastor of Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Sunday Adeniran and a female teacher in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. It was gathered that the duo were abducted from their residence at 8 miles, Ikot Eneobong Community, hilltop estate, outskirt of Calabar metropolis at about 1:30 am on Saturday, November […]
Continue ReadingLittle boy, Muhammad Kabir, who was kidnapped from his parents’ home in Kaduna state, has been found dead, seven days after he was taken and N5 million ransom was paid for his release. DailyTrust reports that Kabir was taken from the Badarawa suburb of Kaduna North local government area and is believed to have been killed […]
Continue ReadingKidnappers have released a video of a pregnant student and the others abducted from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in Afaka, Kaduna State, Nigeria in March. The kidnappers who had initially demanded a N500 million ransom from the government, reached out to some parents of the abducted students after the Kaduna state government failed […]
Continue ReadingPlaywright and Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has advised Nigeria President, Muhammadu Buhari to seek help on how to tackle the different security challenges confronting the country at the moment. In a statement issued by the stateman on Saturday, April 24, in reaction to the killing of three students of Greenwich University by bandits in […]
Continue ReadingThe Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has cried out over the abduction of two of its members sent to deliver ransom to kidnappers keeping the two children of a Kaduna-based bishop hostage. The Kaduna CAN Chairman, Rev. Joseph Hayab, while speaking in Kaduna, alleged that the kidnappers abducted its members and also failed to release […]
Continue ReadingAn alleged gang of notorious kidnappers has been smashed by security operatives in Imo state. The notorious gang members were said to have been terrorizing residents of Arondizuogu and environs for months now, before they were apprehended on Tuesday, December 8 (yesterday). They were caught by the police and youths along Nkwo-achi area in Arondizuogu, […]
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