Captivity

Retired Brigadier General Maharazu Tsiga, a former Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has shared details of his harrowing experience in the hands of bandits, insisting that Nigeria cannot defeat banditry unless…
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Troops have rescued Amina Rabe, the wife of the late General Abubakar Rabe, who was abducted alongside her husband by bandits. The rescue operation was carried out on Monday following sustained military offensives targeting criminal…
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One of the sons of the late Major General Rabe Abubakar (rtd), Isyaka Rabe, has rejected claims attributed to the Katsina State Government that his father died from complications of diabetes and hypertension, insisting the retired general…
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Seven construction workers abducted in December 2025 from a Kwara state government road project have been released after weeks in captivity. The workers were kidnapped on December 15 along the Sabaja–Owa-Onire road in Isin LGA while…
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Abducted journalist with Image Merchants Promotion Limited (IMPR), publishers of PRNigeria and Economic Confidential, Salisu Muhammad Manaja, has regained his freedom after spending more than a week in the custody of the kidnappers.…
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A nurse abducted by ISWAP terrorists Alice Loksha, has regained freedom after six years in captivity. She was abducted alongside two other female health workers on March 1, 2018, while working at a United Nations Children’s Fund…
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A judge of the Upper Customary Court in Kaduna State Janet Gimba who was kidnapped by bandits along with her four children has been released. But three of her children are still in the custody of the abductors. Her husband Musa Gimba…
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The Editor of FirstNews Online Newspaper, Segun Olatunji, has regained his freedom after spending 12 days in custody. Gunmen in military uniform had invaded Olatunji’s residence at Iyana Odo, Abule Egba area of Lagos State, on March 15,…
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The General Officer Commanding 1 Division of the Nigerian Army and Force Commander Operation WHIRL PUNCH, Major General Mayirenso Saraso, has said that six out of 137 rescued students are in the hospital. He noted that they would be…
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Terrorists on Friday released nine of the 21 kidnapped students of the Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State. One of the negotiators who asked for anonymity told PREMIUM TIMES that the release of the nine students followed about four…
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