Tag: abduction

She was handed over to Governor Umar Namadi and several top officials of the Jigawa State Government late on Wednesday ...

The passengers were travelling from the Igede axis of Oju and Obi local government areas to the South-west on Monday ...

Sources confirmed on Thursday that the victims, who were kidnapped on 18 January, were released last midnight and driven to ...

According to Mr Jimoh, a deputy superintendent of police, a distress call was received at the Police Command’s Control Room ...

CAN's chairperson in Kajuru LGA, Enoch Kaura, earlier confirmed to PREMIUM TIMES during a telephone interview on Monday that armed ...

Abduction for ransom has become one of the top crimes in Nigeria, with just anyone being a target.

PREMIUM TIMES reported how a magistrate's court in Jigawa State issued an arrest warrant for Ifeanyi Onyewuenyi.

“We will continue to withhold services until our colleagues are released and adequate security measures are implemented.”

The attack occurred in the early hours along the highway linking communities in Kwara South to Ilorin, the state capital.

"The incident happened around 8 p.m. when they were heading to Sabon Layi for the event,”

SaharaReporters, which first reported the incident, quoted a local source as saying the workers were seized on Tuesday while carrying ...

The father of the abducted bride, Umaru Chacho, confirmed that 13 residents were abducted: 11 females and two males, including ...

The secretary of the church, Josiah Agbabiaka, said the abductors divided the captives into clusters.

PREMIUM TIMES reported that terrorists, armed with sophisticated weapons, stormed the school on motorcycles, abducted the students from their dormitory, ...

The corps members—36 males and 38 females—were stranded around 9:05 p.m. on Tuesday after the three buses conveying them broke ...

NAN recalls that the victims were traveling from Calabar to Oron in Akwa Ibom State when their ferry was hijacked ...

A similar incident occurred in April, when pirates abducted 20 passengers who were travelling in a boat from Oron to ...

The crisis intensified days ago when local vigilantes received intelligence that bandits were preparing to invade the Isanlu Isin community.

Sources said gunmen ambushed commercial buses on the road and dragged the victims into the bush.

The police spokesperson said the command was working with security experts and sister agencies to deploy advanced technical intelligence and ...

Residents said about 70 people are feared abducted in the continued attacks on vulnerable farming communities in the state.

Gunmen, reportedly dressed in police uniform, abducted the judge in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, on Saturday evening.

One person was reportedly killed while attempting to escape the abduction.

The students had departed Onitsha on Friday for their rescheduled UTME examinations at the Computer-Based Test (CBT) centre in Okigwe ...

The passengers have spent seven days in captivity.