abduction

Armed men, on Monday, abducted Jumoke Oludele, the younger sister to Sunkanmi Babalola, the Deputy Majority Leader in the Oyo State House of Assembly.The abduction occurred around Oniguguri junction, beside Lion of Judah, Iyana…

Armed men have reportedly abducted Hannah Alasomuka, a female councillor from Ogu-Bolo in Rivers State.The abductors are said to have set her ransom at N50 million.The councillor representing Ward 6 in Ikpokiri town, in the…

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed joy following the release of 340 schoolboys abducted from the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina state.The President communicated this through his Senior Special Assistant…

Following the abduction of over 300 students from the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina state, terrorist sect, Boko Haram has released a video footage showing the schoolboys.The abduction occurred a few hours after…

The Governor of Katsina state, Bello Masari, has confirmed that the whereabouts of the abducted school students of the Government Secondary School, Kankara, are been kept, has been discovered.The Senior Special Assistant to the…

Protests broke out today (Sunday) in Katsina following the abduction of a number of school students of the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in Kankara Local Government (L.G.A).The protest was staged close to the school…

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Cross River State Council has condemned the abduction of Mrs. Uduak Okoro, wife of Sun Newspaper Correspondent in the state by gunmen.Addressing newsmen on Wednesday in Calabar, Mr. Victor Udu,…

Kaduna state has been embroiled in violence, with mass killings and abductions taken place across communities on a weekly basis.

Ten persons abducted from their farms in Chikun local government area of Kaduna State on Saturday have yet to regain their freedom 24 hours later, Senator for Kaduna Central in the 8th Senate, Shehu Sani has said.He disclosed this in a…

The other two abductees are yet to be identified while the spokesperson for the Katsina State Police Command, Gambo Isah is also yet to confirm the abduction

Two men were abducted in Ondo state on Saturday, one week after the Amotekun regional security network was launched in the state by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu.Both victims were abducted on the road to Oba Akoko, Akoko South West Local…

A member of the Bauchi State House of Assembly representing Baraza/Dass constituency, Alhaji Musa Mante, has been killed by suspected gunmen.A source, who pleaded anonymity, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bauchi that Mante was…

A Lugbe Grade I Area Court, Abuja on Tuesday, ordered that a security guard, Isaac Johnson, who allegedly abducted a 17-year-old girl, be remanded in a correctional facility. SEE ALSO: 325 more Nigerians leave US, head home in FG's 6th…

Three brothers have been apprehended over the abduction of Janet Nnenna Ogbonnaya, a 55-year-old widow in Abuja who was killed after accepting the invitation of one of them who was her friend on Facebook.Police operatives…

The Police Command in Nasarawa on Saturday confirmed the abduction of Abdullahi Magaji, the “Aron Akye” of Ugah, a Second-Class traditional ruler in the state.Mr Bola Longe, Commissioner of Police (CP) in the state who…

Gombe State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed into law a bill for the prohibition of kidnapping, abduction of persons and other related matters.News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the legislation followed the adoption of a…

The Police Command in Benue has confirmed the abduction of an owner of a Supermarket, simply identified as Oga John, in Igumale, Ado Local Government Area of the state.The command’s Public Relations Officer, Catherine Anene, told…

Senator representing Plateau North at the National Assembly, Sen. Istifanus Gyang,  has decried the abduction of a 100 level Zoology student of the University of Maiduguri, Lilian Gyang.Gyang, in a statement by his Special Assistant…

A teenager, Yusuf Obaka, who allegedly kidnapped a 17-year-old girl, on Wednesday appeared in a Grade I Area Court in Mpape, Abuja.The police charged Obaka, 18, who lives in Mpape area, Abuja, with criminal conspiracy, and…

Police Command in Enugu State on Tuesday said that it was on the trail of masked men that allegedly abducted a former member of Enugu State House of Assembly, Mr Ude Okoye.The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Ebere Amaraizu, who…

Activist Reno Omokri has reacted to claims that Leah Sharibu, the aid worker abducted by Boko Haram members, has been killed.According to him, he has been contacted by some journalists who have access to the terrorists and was told that…

An Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State on Thursday remanded a 35-year-old man, Olayiwola Oguntola, who  allegedly abducted and defiled his neighbour’s five-year-old daughter.The Magistrate, Mrs K. O. Doja-Ojo,  ordered that the…

Residents of Moriki community in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State are now living in apprehension following the attack on  Government Girls’ Secondary School,  by suspected bandits.The attack, which took place on Wednesday…

Unknown gunmen in the early hours of Tuesday kidnapped Mr. Sanusi Sa’ad, the Deputy Registrar Administration of the Taraba State University, Jalingo.Dr Samuel Shikaa the Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU),…