Former Senate leader and 2023 governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Oyo, Teslim Folarin, on Thursday, expressed concern over the abduction of Hon. Adewale Oriade, a member of the party in Ibadan. Mr Folarin, in a Facebook post, described Mr Oriade’s abduction as an “unacceptable and a painful reminder of the growing insecurity…
The Senate on Tuesday passed for second reading a landmark bill seeking to designate kidnapping and hostage-taking as acts of terrorism, impose the death penalty on offenders, and empower security agencies to trace and forfeit assets linked to the crime. The bill, titled Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) (Amendment) Bill, 2025 (SB.969), was sponsored by Senate…
A woman has been arrested for orchestrating the kidnapping of her 4-year-old son and demanding ransom from husband. According to Zagazola Makama, a counter insurgency reporter, the four-year-old boy was rescued unhurt after being kidnapped in Koko Local Government Area of Kebbi State. The mother was arrested by Nigeria Police Force for allegedly orchestrating the…
Suspected bandits launched a midnight assault on Chacho village in Wurno Local Government Area of Sokoto State, abducting a bride-to-be and her bridesmaids just hours before her planned wedding ceremony. The attackers reportedly stormed the community around 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, whisking away the young woman, her friends, and eight other residents. All of the…
Gunmen have attacked a church in Kogi State, kidnapping a pastor and his wife. The attack on the newly established Cherubim and Seraphim Church in Ejiba, Yagba West Local Government Area, occurred during Sunday service. The community was said to have been thrown into chaos after armed bandits launched an attack during the church service….
Four of the six directors of the Federal Ministry of Defence abducted on 10 November along the Kabba–Lokoja highway have regained their freedom, the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) confirmed on Friday, as reported by the News Agency of Nigeria. The officials were travelling from Lagos to Abuja for a promotion exam…
Terrorists on Saturday launched a fresh attack along the Isanlu Makutu–Idofin highway in Yagba East LGA, Kogi State, throwing residents and travellers into panic. Eyewitnesses said the gunmen struck suddenly in the afternoon, forcing people to flee. The number of abducted victims remains unknown as details are still sketchy. Communities around the area have reportedly…
A fresh controversy has erupted in Katsina State after the Member representing Bakori Constituency, Hon. AbdulRahman Ahmad Kandarawa, and the Chairman of Bakori Local Government Area were seen at a hostage-release site in the company of armed men. The officials were captured in videos standing close to gunmen during the return of 37 kidnapped residents….
Yemi Adaramodu, senate spokesperson, says the federal government did not pay ransom to secure the release of abducted students and other victims in Kebbi and Niger state. Adaramodu spoke on Friday during an interview on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief. On November 23, President Bola Tinubu announced that all the 38 worshippers abducted in Eruku,…
A 16-year-old boy and six girls have been abducted from Gidan-Bijimi in Kawu ward, Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. According to Daily Trust, Gidan-Bijimi shares a boundary with Marke village near the Kaduna State border. A resident of Kawu, Suleiman Shuaibu, confirmed the incident to the Daily Trust via telephone on…
