By: Tunji Okunlola The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has handed down life sentences to three men convicted in connection with the abduction of pupils and teachers from schools in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. Presiding judge Justice Salim Ibrahim ruled that the sentences would be backdated to the defendants’ original arrest…
By: Tunji Okunlola The General Manager of Fresh FM Lagos, Taiwo Akinsola, widely known as Omobabaolowo Woli ni Ilasamaja, has praised the Ogun State Police Command for rescuing 18 National Youth Service Corps members whose vehicle broke down at night in a part of the state notorious for kidnapping. Akinsola’s commendation came in a letter…
By: Tunji Okunlola The successful rescue of 44 pupils and teachers abducted in Oyo State, after 56 days in captivity, has intensified calls on President Bola Tinubu and security agencies to launch similar operations to free hundreds of Nigerians still held by terrorists and kidnappers across the country. Families of abducted victims, socio-political groups, community…
By: Ganiyu Olayinka Fourteen worshippers abducted during an attack on a Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) crusade in Eda Oniyo-Ekiti, Ilejemeje Local Government Area of Ekiti State, have regained their freedom after spending more than two months in captivity. The development was disclosed in a report by Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency and security expert covering the…
Agency report The Ekiti State Police Command has rescued victims abducted during an attack on the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Eda-Oniyo, on April 28. Command spokesperson SP Sunday Abutu confirmed the development in a statement issued in Ado-Ekiti on Saturday, attributing the breakthrough to sustained intelligence-led operations involving the Nigeria Police Force, the military, other…
By: Tunji Okunlola Kwara State Police Commissioner Ojo Adekimi has condemned the spread of a fake bandit invasion alert that triggered mass panic at schools in the Oke-Oyi area of Ilorin on Thursday. The false alarm traced to a woman who reportedly ran into the premises of Government Girls Secondary School claiming bandits had arrived…
By: Ganiyu Olayinka The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has deployed an aerial surveillance platform to support search-and-rescue operations following the kidnapping of teachers and students from the communities of Yawota and Ahoro-Esinele in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. Governor Seyi Makinde disclosed this on Friday during a visit by senior Air Force officials,…
By Ganiyu Olayinka Nigeria’s police have rescued Mrs. Olaide Busayo Adegoke John-Paul, younger sister of former Minister of Power Chief Adebayo Adelabu, along with her 12-year-old twin sons, Peter and Paul, following a late-night operation in Oyo State on Saturday. The family had been abducted on the morning of Wednesday, June 3, around 7:30 a.m.,…
By Tunji Okunlola Nigerian military forces have rescued two men from kidnappers in Kwara State, the army announced Saturday, as security operations against armed criminal groups intensify across the North Central region. Troops of the Joint Task Force North Central, operating under Operation Savannah Shield, freed the victims during a clearance mission along the Gidan…
By Tunji Okunlola The abductors of retired Major General Rabe Abubakar, a former Director of Defence Information, have released a video showing him and his wife in captivity and setting out their conditions for the couple’s release. Major General Abubakar and his wife were seized along the Marabar Musawa-Kafinsoli road in Matazu Local Government Area…
