Tag: Rescue
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Police rescue 207 abducted children, silence 11 bandits in Kogi, Katsina
The Nigeria Police Force said on Monday that following efforts to combat crime across the nation, its operatives foiled multiple bandits attacks across several states at the weekend resulting in the elimination of eleven bandits/terrorists in Kogi and Katsina states. The Police also said a total of 207 kidnapped children were rescued from Ondo and…
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Police reel out scorecard, say 1,581 abductees were rescued in 2024
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has reeled out its scorecard for the year, saying it recorded significant progress including the rescue of 1,581 persons in 2024. Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun said this on Tuesday at an end-of-year conference with strategic police managers. “In the year under review, the Nigeria Police Force…
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Just in: IGP deploys operatives, helicopters to rescue abducted medical students
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has ordered deployment of police tactical teams and assets, including drones, helicopters and specilised vehicles for the swift rescue of 20 medical students who abducted in Otukpo, Benue State on Thursday evening The students, from University of Jos and University of Maiduguri were on their way to…
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Just In: Tinubu demand security ops rescue abducted remaining female students of Fed varsity Gusau
President Bola Tinubu has ordered security operatives to rescue the remaining female students of the Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State, who were abducted on Friday by terrorists. Condemning the reprehensible act of abduction, the President, in a statement by presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, said there is no moral justification for such heinous crimes against innocent…
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Police rescue 6 of 7 abducted UNIJOS students
The pleateu state Police Command has rescued six out of the seven students of the University of Jos that were kidnapped by gunmen.
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92 migrants rescued off Libyan coast after failed attempt to cross Mediterranean Sea to Europe
No fewer than 92 migrants have been rescued off the Libyan coast while attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe, SOS Méditerranée charity said on Sunday (Apr. 2nd). The group included 9 women and around 40 unaccompanied minors. They were without life jackets in an overcrowded and almost completely deflated dinghy. Some of them…
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Police rescue 2 of 6 pupils abducted in Nasarawa
Police in Nasarawa State have rescued two pupils out of the six pupils abducted from Local Education Authority Primary School, Alwaza in Doma Local Government Area of the state. The six pupils were kidnapped on Friday morning by
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Residents rescue baby abandon in carton in Osun
Some passers-by have rescued a newborn baby abandoned in a carton in Osogbo, Osun capital. The Coordinating Director, Osun State Ministry of Women, Children and Social Affairs, Mr Jide Falade, said in a statement that the baby was rescued on Feb. 25.
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Zamfara Police rescues five kidnapped victims
Zamfara State Police Command has rescued five Kidnapped victims and brought them to Dansadau forest, in Maru local government area of Zamfara state