GSSS abduction: Northern Govs. plead with locals to volunteer information on abductors
The Northern Governors Forum (NGF) has condemned the attack on Government Science Secondary School, GSSS, Â Kankara in Katsina State by bandits who abducted some of the students Friday night.. The…
Gunmen abduct ex-minister’s brother, wife; kill sister
Unknown gunmen on Tuesday killed one and abducted one Salisu Usman-Maku, elder brother to Labaran Maku, a former Minister of Information and his wife. A family member, who preferred anonymity,…
Police kill 2 bandits, rescue three Airtel staff, 17 others
Eight passengers abducted on Wednesday afternoon along Kaduna-Zaria highway have been rescued by the police. Also rescued were three workers of Airtel Communications Company abducted on Tuesday, and nine others…
Police arrest 5 kidnap suspects all from same community
The Abia police command has confirmed the arrest of five men in connection with the alleged kidnap of a boy from Umuoba, the headquarters of Isiala Ngwa South Local Government…
Abducted NLC chairman regains freedom after six days
The Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Cross River chapter, Mr Ben Ukpepi, has regained freedom from his abductors after six days. Ukpepi, who was released on Sunday evening  was…
Kaduna lawmaker abducted along Kaduna-Zaria highway
Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of Mr Suleiman Dabo, a member of the State House of Assembly representing Zaria Constituency. The Command’s Public Relation Officer (PPRO), DSP…
Five abducted Redeemed pastors regain freedom
The Ogun Police Command has  confirmed the release of five Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, pastors kidnapped by gunmen at J3/J4 Area, Ogbere, on the Benin-Ijebu-Ode-Sagamu expressway. According to…
Boko Haram kills one, abducts six in convoy attack
Islamist militants have kidnapped at least one person working for an international aid organization, Action Against Hunger, in northeast Nigeria, sources said on Friday. The attackers killed a driver and…
Boko Haram abducts Winners’ Chapel pastor, corps member
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Monday confirmed the abduction of a male corps member, Abraham Amuta, by Boko Haram insurgents in Borno. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports…
Gunmen abduct 5 oil workers in 7 days, fear returns in the creeks
Gunmen kidnapped three oil workers from Canada, Scotland and Nigeria at a rig in Nigeria’s Delta region on Saturday, officials said – the second abduction in the area in less…