Nigerian pupils taken by gunmen in a mass abduction in the north-western town of Kuriga earlier this month have been freed "unharmed", officials say. Kaduna state governor Uba Sani said they had been rescued thanks to the courage of the security forces. The school authorities had said more than 280 children were taken, but the army said 137 hostages had been freed. It said the operation took place in the […]
In a shocking turn of events, the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Police Command has apprehended a domestic worker, Ulagu Philemon Chukwuma, aged 29 for orchestrating the abduction of his employer's 12-year-old son, Justin Nwakwo. According to a statement by the Public Relations Officer of the Command, Josephine Adeh the incident, occurred on February 10, in Jabi, Abuja. The statement explains that Philemon, employed as a Chef by the Nwakwo family, […]
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 print told PUNCH Online that the vehicle conveying the victims was accosted by the armed men who fired sporadically, abducted seven passengers, and escaped with the kidnapped victims into the […]
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Osun State Command has confirmed the kidnapping of six persons in Oyan town by unknown gunmen. The spokesperson for the Command, Kehinde Adeleke disclosed that already search and rescue operations were ongoing. “Security agencies and local hunters in the community and its environs have been deployed for search and rescue missions,” he said.A source, who preffered anonymity, said the victims were returning […]
Gunmen, on Monday, kidnapped a Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Joseph Azubuike, and three yet-to-be-identified persons in Ebonyi State. Azubuike is the Parish priest of St. Charles Parish, Mgbaleze village, Isu community, in the Onicha Local Government Area of the state. The Chancellor of the Abakaliki Diocese, Rev Father Mathew Opoke, while confirming the incident in a statement on Tuesday, said Azubuike was kidnapped close to his parish while returning from […]
