The general secretary of Christ’s School alumni association, Ado Ekiti, Mr. Rufus Oladele, who was kidnapped on Friday along Aramoko-Efon Road in Ekiti State, regained freedom on Tuesday night after allegedly parting with N5 million. But the twins, Taiwo and Kehinde Olowoafara seni, who was abducted on the same route on Saturday are still in…

The Edo State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mohammed DanMallam, yesterday confirmed the killing of a lecturer at the Igbinedion University, Okada, near Benin, by suspected kidnappers. DanMallam said the lecturer, Kelvin Izevbekhai, was killed in an attempted escape bid when the victims were being marched into the forest by the kidnappers. It was gathered that…

Mr Gasser Nasser, an expatriate worker with the Zenith Construction Company, Mbiaya, in Uruan Local Government Area (LGA) of Akwa Ibom has been rescued from kidnappers. Nasser was rescued by officers of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the state police command. Police Public Relations’ Officer, SP Odiko Macdon, disclosed this while briefing newsmen at…

In a bid to empower citizens and help government reduce unemployment, the Global Evangelical and Prayer Ministry recently trained over 150 people on entrepreneurial skills. Held in Lagos, the entrepreneurs were mentored on mini importation, makeup, website design, photography and event decoration. After the three-day programme scheduled to end today, the graduates would be given…

Unknown gunmen in the early hours of yesterday captured the Permanent Secretary, Taraba Ministry of Water Resources, Mrs. Suzzy Nathan, from her Jalingo home. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the state command, DSP David Misal, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), confirmed the development to newsmen in the capital He said…

The Nigeria Police Thursday confirmed five persons missing as gunmen stormed Government Girls Secondary School Moriki, Zurmi LGA of Zamfara State. "No student was abducted as earlier reported by some media. However, two (2) caterers and three (3) of their children were later discovered missing," the police public relations officer, Mohammed Shehu, said in a…

Kano-based Islamic scholar and Chairman, Kano state Council of Prerogative of Mercy, Sheikh Ahmad Sulaiman, has been released from captivity. The famous Quranic reciter and member of Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’ah Wa’ikamatis Sunnah, a Northern-based Islamic propagation movement, was kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Katsina and demanded N300million before his release. Sheikh Ahmad was abducted along five other…

Suspected kidnappers were reported to have abducted Hajiya Hauwa Yusuf, mother-in-law of Katsina State Governor Aminu Bello Masari. Hajiya Hauwa, 80, is mother of Binta Masari, one of the governor’s three wives. Before her kidnap, she was reported to be living at Dandume Crescent in Katsina Layout in the state capital. It was gathered that…

Mr Charles Udoh, the Akwa Ibom Commissioner for Information and Orientation, has confirmed the abduction of Mr Iniobong Ekong, the Senior Special Adviser on Security Matters to Gov. Udom Emmanuel. Udoh told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview in Nsit Ubium Local Government Area of the state that Ekong was kidnapped…

Two kidnap suspects, Agu Izuchukwu, 19 and Tunde Olaewo, 21, who had planned to abduct their boss have told detectives that they would have collected N60 million as ransom for his release. The police said that the victim, an oil and gas merchant identified as Solomon Orungo, who resides at Bucknor area of Ejigbo in…

Unidentified Gunmen have abducted a twelve-year boy at staff quarters of the Hiegpang campus of Plateau State Polytechnic in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of the state. DSP Terna Tyopev, Spokesman of the Plateau Police Command, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Jos. According to Tyopev, the incident,…

Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to Taraba State Governor, Hassan Mijinyawa, who was kidnapped last week has been released by his abductors. An expatriate and driver in whose vehicle the CPS was kidnapped were also released. It was learnt that the abductors, who earlier demanded N100 million ransom settled for N26 million before releasing him. The…