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...

The Former Senator, Representing Taraba North in the National Assembly,  Senator Zik Sunday was reported to have been kidnapped by gunmen. Senator, Zik Sunday served   Taraba North between 2 in the upper chambers between  2003 to 2007. DSP David Misal, Police Public Relations Officer, Taraba Command confirmed the incident while briefing newsmen at the command headquarters in Jalingo. Misal said that the Senator whisked away in his home in Karim, Karim Lamido  Lamido, the local government...

Troops of the Nigerian Army under Operation Sahel Sanity have rescued eight kidnapped victims and recovered weapons in Sokoto, Zamfara and Kastina States. The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Defence Headquarters, Abuja, Brig.-Gen. Benard Onyeuko, disclosed this at a press briefing on Sunday in Faskari, Kastina State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, had on July 6 flagged off the Operation Sahel Sanity at Special...