CALABAR – About 20 passengers have been reportedly abducted along the Calabar–Akwa Ibom waterways after their vessel was intercepted by armed kidnappers. According to CrossRiverWatch, the travellers boarded the “Heavenly Grace” boat in Calabar on the morning of 23 April 2025, bound for several riverine communities in Akwa Ibom State. Eyewitnesses say the vessel was…
The Lagos State Police Command on Sunday announced that its operatives had rescued two kidnap victims and launched a manhunt for their abductors. The command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this in a statement issued in Lagos. Hundeyin stated that the suspected kidnappers abducted the victims on Wednesday at Ijede, in the Ikorodu…
The Edo State Police Command on Friday paraded 23 suspects for alleged involvement in crimes including cultism and child abduction. According to the Commissioner of Police, Umoru Ozigi, 19 of the suspects were arrested for cult-related activities, while four were linked to child abduction. He explained that the arrests took place in various locations across…
The Association of Resident Doctors, National Orthopaedic Hospital Igbobi, Lagos, (ARD-NOHIL) on Monday staged a solidarity walk over the abduction of Ganiyat Popoola, a resident doctor at the National Eye Centre in Kaduna, who was abducted eight months ago. The solidarity protest held under the auspices of the Nigerian Association of Residents Doctors (NARD) started…
