(Seminarian. Photo Credit: Benue Today) In the Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State, a Catholic seminarian named Mr. Kelvin Ochai was abducted by persons who were suspected of being bandits. According to reports, the armed men attacked the Bishop’s home in Otukpo’s Asa III neighborhood on Wednesday. In a statement released on Friday,…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, have applauded the successful rescue of the pupils and teachers abducted in Orire Local Government Area of Oyo State, describing their release after weeks in captivity as encouraging news for the country. In a statement issued on Friday by…
Operatives of the Oyo State Police Command have rescued two children kidnapped in Ibarapa East Local Government Area, arrested four suspected members of an interstate kidnapping syndicate and recovered a cache of sophisticated firearms during separate intelligence-driven operations. The Command disclosed the development in a statement issued on Monday by its Public Relations Officer, DSP…
The Oyo State Police Command has dismissed reports circulating online that schoolchildren and teachers abducted from communities in Orire Local Government Area were transported to Kaduna State by helicopter, describing the claim as false and unsupported by any credible evidence. The command said the viral social media video spreading the allegation was misleading and capable…
Featured Vendors Handpicked from OiO OiO Picks Nigerian music star Davido used his appearance at the FIFA World Cup Countdown Concert in Los Angeles to draw global attention to the abduction of schoolchildren and teachers in Oyo State. The Afrobeats singer performed wearing a custom-made jacket with the inscription “Bring Them Home,” alongside the names…
Heavy security was deployed around the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday ahead of a planned protest demanding the immediate release of abducted schoolchildren and teachers still being held by terrorists in Oyo, Borno and other parts of Nigeria. Armed soldiers, police officers, and operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), the Nigeria Security…
The Emir of Yashikira, Alhaji Umaru Usman Seriki Saabi Kpassi II, whose wives and children were recently abducted by suspected terrorists, has appeared in a full-page newspaper advertisement praising President Bola Tinubu and Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq over the outcome of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in the state. The monarch, alongside other…
Social media influencer and human rights activist, Justice Mark Chidiebere, popularly known as Justice Crack, has narrated how officials of the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) allegedly abducted and tortured him while disguising themselves as operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS). Justice Crack made the allegations in a post published on his X (formerly…
A faction of Boko Haram, identified as Jama’atu Ahlis-Sunna Lidda’Awati Wal-Jihad (JAS), has agreed to release 50 women and children from a group of 416 abducted victims following intense negotiations and mediation efforts by the Borno South Youth Alliance (BOSYA). However, the insurgents warned that the process may be severely hindered, claiming the captives have…
A fresh controversy has erupted in Kaduna State following allegations that a 17-year-old Christian girl, Jinkai Yusuf Simon, was abducted, forcefully converted to Islam, and married off in Kano, while authorities reportedly look the other way. Disappearance of Jinkai Jinkai, a student of St. Bartholomew’s Secondary School, Wusasa, Zaria, was declared missing on March 9,…
