To avert a recurrence of the January 16, 2024 explosion that rocked Bodija area of Ibadan as a result of the storage of explosives, Oyo State government has ordered the 33 local government areas’ chairmen and traditional rulers to flush…
Soldiers rescue 4 kidnap victims in Taraba, destroy bandits’ hideouts
Soldiers of 114 Battalion (Rear) of 6 Brigade, Nigerian Army, in conjunction with other security forces, on Saturday destroyed multiple bandits’ hideouts and rescued four kidnapped victims in Yorro Local Government Area of Taraba. This is contained in a statement…
I was threatened for linking powerful Nigerians to illegal mining -Alake
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, has confirmed that he has been receiving life-threatening messages over his comment on banditry associated with illegal mining in Nigeria. He confirmed this during a visit to the explosion site in Ibadan,…
1 officer killed, another injured as bandits attack Police Post in Katsina
A police officer has been killed and one other injured after some bandits attacked police officers at their duty post located at Saki Jiki village in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State. Locals told Channels Television in a telephone…
Worsening poverty, hunger escalating kidnapping, insecurity – Atiku
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has blamed the escalating kidnappings and insecurity in the country on what he described as worsening poverty and hunger in the land. On January 5, gunmen abducted six young girls in the Bwari Area Council…
Abducted girls: Police deploy tactical units, comb forests, shanties
Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command have continued to comb bushes and shanties in border areas between the FCT, Niger, Kaduna, and Nasarawa States, in a bid to rescue the remaining 23 victims that were abducted by bandits…
149 days in kidnappers’ den:Bring back our children alive, parents of NYSC 7 beg FG
Distraught parents of seven Akwa Ibom prospective National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, members kidnapped in Zamfara State are losing hope on the fate of their children still in kidnappers’ den over four months after they were abducted. Recall that on…
Bandits are beasts in human skin, says Kaduna gov
Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani yesterday lamented the attack by bandits on Southern Kaduna communities that led to the loss of many lives and the kidnapping of many residents, describing the attackers as beasts in human skin. A former…
Zamfara police rescue abducted security guard
The police in Zamfara have rescued a 52-year-old security guard, Hassan Abdullahi, who was abducted on December 29 in Gusau. According to the police spokesperson, Yazid Abubakar, the man was abducted around 1.30am on Friday when gunmen raided a house…
Gunmen kill 1, kidnap 7 on Lagos-Ibadan highway
Some gunmen dressed in military uniform allegedly kidnapped seven persons along the Fidiwo axis of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Monday just as one person was shot dead while escaping the attack. A source who does not want his name in…