On Wednesday, 18 people who had been kidnapped from their houses in Kanya, Danko Wasagu Local Government Area, Kebbi State, were freed by security personnel. Alhaji Ahmed Idris, media aide to Kebbi State Governor, Nasir
Gunmen on the East-West route near the Evwreni junction abducted an Anglican priest, Rev. Agbadamashi Emmanuel, together with his wife and children. According to information obtained by Gistlover, the event happened on Friday when the
Katsina State Police Command on Wednesday confirmed the abduction of five female students of the Federal University, Dutsinma. Also confirmed by the police was the arrest of a man who was thought to be a
Gunmen have abducted a charcoal dealer, Kola Bosere and his assistant simply identified as Philemon in Jebba, Moro local government area of Kwara State. GISTLOVER learned that the victims were kidnapped early on Monday. At
In Toro town, Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi state, it has been claimed that suspected gunmen have abducted an assistant superintendent of police. The gunmen allegedly stormed the town on Friday night and began
Sokoto police Command has confirmed the banditry attack in Giyawa village of Goronyo local government area in the eastern senatorial district where four persons were confirmed dead. Assistant Superintendent of Police Ahmed Rufai, the public
Two fully loaded buses owned by the Benue state government‘s Benue Links Transport Company have reportedly been taken hostage by suspected armed men. The buses, which left Makurdi for Lagos, were carrying over 10 passengers.
Unknown gunmen killed Justice Margaret Igbetar, a former president of the Customary Court of Appeal in Makurdi, Benue State,. Her son reportedly found her remains at her home on Wantor Kwange Street, across from the
Unknown gunmen on Monday attacked the Anambra Broadcasting Service (ABS), Awada, Onitsha station. The assailants stormed ABS in the wee hours of Monday and set ablaze a building, a company bus, and another vehicle belonging
Nigerian Military has captured a dreaded bandits’ leader and cattle rustler, Alhaji Goma Sama’ila. Eyewitnesses’ reports indicated that Sama’ila was responsible for organising several thefts of cows in Zamfara, Kaduna, Katsina and other North-West states
Intending Nigerian couple Mr. Olayinka Peter Oloketuyi and his fiancée, Miss Jimoh Adejoke Sidikat, have been abducted by gunmen along Ilasa-Ayebode road in Ekiti State. The intending couple were abducted at about 4:30pm on Sunday,
There has been reports that gunmen have abducted the younger sister of the Deputy Speaker of the Katsina State House of Assembly, Shehu Dalhatu Tafoki. The victim, identified as Asma’u Dalhatu, was kidnapped in the
There are reports that some daredevil armed robbers have invaded a community in Ibadan, Oyo state, equipped with a POS machine to rob their victims. Some of the victims told The Nation that the hoodlums
Unknown gunmen dressed in army uniforms have reportedly kidnapped the Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in Kogi State, Alhaji Wakili Damina. Naija News reports that this was confirmed to
A Professor and former Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Ambrose Ale University (AAU) Ekpoma, has been reportedly kidnapped by unidentified gunmen. Reports have it that Prof. Osadolor Odia was heading to