The abducted former Senator, representing Taraba North in the National Assembly, Senator Zik Sunday has regained his freedom. Family sources said Sunday was released from his abductors in the early hours of Thursday from a bush in Awai, Nasarawa state at about 1:20am. An immediate relative to the ex-Senator who pleaded anonymity said, N20m was paid as ransom to the abductors before his release. ” Praise be to God for the release, a huge sum...

The Adamawa State Police has arrested one Obiora Patrick, 39, and resident of Hospital road for defiling his 9-year-old stepdaughter. Confirming the arrest in a statement,  Police Public Relations Officer, (PPRO) Suleiman Nguroje  on Tuesday said: “The suspect is volunteering confessional statement and the victim is undergoing medical screening.” Nguroje, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP)  stressed that the arrest followed the command’s fight against sexual assault against women and children. “The command calls on...

No fewer than 33 Kidnappers and 10 robbery suspects as well as 16 others allegedly involved in inciting communal conflict in the state were on Monday paraded by the Adamawa state police command. Mr Olugbenga Adeyanju, Commissioner of Police in the state,  said that the arrests were made from July 1, to date, as a result of relentless efforts of police personnel. “The Command arrested 33 suspected kidnappers, two cult members, 10 robbery suspects and...