Tag: Kidnapped
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BREAKING: Kidnapped FRSC officials regain freedom
Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has revealed that all the remaining kidnapped officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), out of the initial 26 recently kidnapped along Maraban-Udege, have regained their freedom. He disclosed this Tuesday while playing host to the Market Enterprise Development Advisor, Fatima Mukthar Buhari at the government house Lafia. While…
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JUST IN: Kidnapped Delta LG boss, Aduge Okorodudu regains freedom
Abducted chairman of Warri North council area of Delta State, Hon. Aduge Okorodudu, has regained his freedom. The Nation gathered that Okorodudu was released in the early hours of Tuesday. Circumstances surrounding the release were still sketchy as of the time of filing this report, but a source claimed that some money was paid as…
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Abducted wife of former Edo Speaker released
Hassana, the wife of former Edo Speaker, Zakawanu Garuba, who was abducted along the Lokoja-Abuja highway on Saturday, has been released. She was kidnapped with the driver on her way to Auchi to bury Garuba, who died of undisclosed ailment in the early hours of Saturday in Abuja. Hassana, her three children and aged mother…
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Army rescues kidnapped victims, recovers weapons in 3 states
Troops of the Nigerian Army under Operation Sahel Sanity have rescued eight kidnapped victims and recovered weapons in Sokoto, Zamfara and Kastina States. The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Defence Headquarters, Abuja, Brig.-Gen. Benard Onyeuko, disclosed this at a press briefing on Sunday in Faskari, Kastina State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that…
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Just in: Amaechi’s mother released by kidnappers
Reports reaching TheNewsGuru (TNG) reveals that Mrs. Appolonia, the mother of Ikechukwu Amaechi, the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of TheNiche Newspapers, who was kidnapped by unknown gunmen has regained her freedom. According to reports from close associates of the Nigerian publisher, the 79-year-old grandmother and a retired teacher, who was abducted on Tuesday, March 3 has been…
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Four NSCDC officers abducted in Kogi
At least four officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have been kidnapped. William Aya, a deputy superintendent of police, revealed that the officers were kidnapped at a spot in Alo-Offoke community on the Itobe-Ayingba road. The officials were said to be travelling to Makurdi for promotion examination when their vehicles were…
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Kidnapped Staff: Unizik SSANU stages rally in Anambra
Members of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Anambra State, on Friday staged a protest to the state government house, over the kidnap of their colleague, Engr. Emeka Chiaghana The Unizik Staff, was kidnaped in his house in Nibo, Awka South council area of the state on October 25, 2019 and…