[responsivevoice] At least four persons had been killed at the last count in a new wave of killings and assassinations sweeping through Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State. Four people were gunned down in different parts of the city since Thursday last week when residents of the city began to notice the strange killings.…
Two Suspected Kidnappers Burnt in Osun (Photo)
[responsivevoice] Two unidentified women suspected to be kidnappers working for ritualists were on Thursday afternoon caught in the act and set ablaze in Iwo, Iwo Local Council of Osun state. This came on the heels of investigation into the upsurge in missing persons in the town by the police. According to the police spokesperson in…
Security Operatives Turn The Heat on Criminals in Edo
In order to restore sanity, law and order to Edo State which had been under siege by criminal elements, the Edo State Joint Security Taskforce has embarked on raid of criminal hideouts to smoke out kidnappers who had been terrorizing the state, especially in the notorious Upper Sakponba area and coastal communities. The raid which…
Hassana, Abducted Widow of Ex-Edo Speaker, Driver Regain Freedom
Report just coming in say the wife of late former Speaker of Edo State House of Assembly, Zakawanu Garuba has been freed by her captors. Hassana Garuba, a lawyer, was abducted on Saturday afternoon by kidnappers in Kabba area of Kogi State while conveying her husband’s remains to Auchi in Edo State for burial. The…
The Invisible President And Our Killing Fields
The statistics are getting grimmer and there is no end in sight to the rampant violence and mindless killings that blight the landscape. So many parts of the country have become killing fields. And nobody is safe anymore, anywhere. From the terrorism of Boko Haram and rampaging armed bandits to the killer herdsmen and kidnappers,…
Falae Gains Freedom
Oluyemisi Falae, former secretary to the government of the federation, SGF kidnapped on Monday has been released by his captors. It however not immediately clear whether his family paid ransom, as demanded by the kidnappers before the release.
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