Ten years after Boko Haram’s infamous abduction of Chibok schoolgirls, Nigeria still faces a nationwide kidnapping epidemic. From hapless schoolgirls to entire villages, youth corps members…
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On Tuesday morning, armed hoodlums suspected of kidnapping stormed the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) in Ituku Ozalla, Enugu State. Earlier this year, a resident…
During a meeting yesterday, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Akure zone, which represents academic staff members at public universities in Osun, Ondo, and Ekiti…
Nine people were kidnapped while travelling along Kabba-Lokoja Road in Kogi State. They include two women, four men, and two female students. According to sources, the abduction…
The abducted students of Apostolic Faith Group of Schools Emure Ekiti, Southwest Nigeria have been released this morning. The Ekiti students and their teachers regained their…
Unknown gunmen have kidnapped six students, three teachers, and a bus driver in the town of Emure in south-western Nigeria. The victims were reportedly attacked while…
The Nigerian government has issued a stern warning to the public, advising against engaging in crowdfunding to pay ransoms for kidnapped victims, citing concerns that it…
To tackle kidnapping and other criminal activities, the Nigeria Police has introduced the Special Intervention Squad (SIS), focusing on enhancing security, particularly in the Federal Capital…
Residents of the Ikom local government area in Cross River State are urgently calling upon Governor Bassey Otu to deploy a detachment of “Operation Akpaku” (armed…
News Central can reliably confirm that renowned Nigerian poet and spoken word artiste, Oruz Kennedy, has been released from captivity. He was among the victims of…