The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday adopted sweeping security resolutions, officially designating kidnapping and banditry as acts of terrorism and approving the maximum death penalty for all kidnapping-related offences. The resolutions followed an intense debate during plenary, presided over by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, after a motion of urgent national importance raised by Senator Ashiru Oyelola…
At least 11 residents of Isapa, a community close to Eruku in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, have been abducted. The attack happened barely 24 hours after victims abducted during a church service were released. A Christ Apostolic Church in Ekuru was holding a thanksgiving service to celebrate the freedom of 18 worshippers…
The number of students and teachers abducted from St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools in Papiri, Agwarra Local Government Area of Niger State has risen to 315, up from the initial count of 227. The updated figure was confirmed by the Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Niger State chapter, Most Rev….
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Niger State has confirmed that 215 pupils and 12 teachers were abducted during Friday’s bandit attack on a Catholic school in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area. CAN Chairman in Nigeria State, Most Rev. Bulus Dauwa Yohanna, gave the confirmation on Friday, stating that the incident is one of…
The National Association of Nigerian Students has called for proactive measures to secure schools nationwide after kidnapping of students in Kebbi and Niger states. In a press release by NANS Public Relations Officer, Comrade Adeyemi Samson Ajasa, he disclosed that the association is saddened by high level of insecurity in the nation. He furthered the…
The Catholic Diocese of Kontagora has confirmed that armed bandits invaded St Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary School in Papiri, Agwara local government area of Niger state. A memo titled “Attack and kidnapping of pupils, students and teachers of St Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools, Papiri” was signed by the Diocesan Secretary, Jatau Luka…
The Niger State Government has condemned the kidnapping of pupils from St Mary’s School in the Papiri area of Agwara Local Government Area. It said the incident occurred despite an earlier security directive issued to schools in parts of Niger North. In a statement on Friday, the Secretary to the State Government, Abubakar Usman, said…
Barely 24 hours after an attack on a church in Eruku, Ekiti Local Government Area, another incident has occurred in Bokungi Village, Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State. Armed men, on Wednesday, evening attacked rice farmers working on their fields, killing two and abducting four others. The incident happened during peak harvest hours, with…
The bandits that abducted some 38 worshippers at the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Eruku in Ekiti local government area of Kwara State have placed N100 ransom on the head of each abductees. Our correspondent gathered that the kidnappers have started contacting the families of the victims who were abducted during a church service on Tuesday….
President Bola Tinubu has directed security agencies to immediately rescue the 25 female students abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Maga, in the Danko-Wasagu area of Kebbi State. The gunmen attacked the school in the early hours of Monday, killing the Vice Principal, Hassan Makuku, and injuring a security guard, Ali Shehu. He sustained gunshot…