Tag: Rescue

25Jan By dthataNo Comments

Crime

Osun Police Rescue 20-Year-Old Girl Locked Up By Her Father For 5 Years

The police in conjunction with Osun State Government have rescued Opeyemi Olatoke, 20, locked up for five years by her father in an abandoned house at Alfa Fire, Ikirun in Ifelodun Local Government Area. Father of the young woman Samson Olatoke has also been arrested. A statement on Monday by the Commissioner for Women, Children and Social Affairs Olubukola Olaboopo obtained by Igbere TV said the case was reported to her office by a non-governmental organisation Value Female Network. Mrs Olaboopo said; “The ministry and the police swung into action, we went to the house where the 20-year-old girl was locked up by her father. The father disclosed that he locked up the girl because she was physically challenged. The victim’s mother informed us that Opeyemi’s health started to de...

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22Jan By MosesianNo Comments

News

Gunmen Abduct DELSU Senior Staff Chairman

Gunman suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the chairman of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Delta State University, Abraka branch, Mr Monday Izu. Izu and his driver were was reportedly abducted on Thursday night, January 21, along the Eku-Abraka road in Erho axis while returning from Warri. Spokesperson of the Delta State Police Command, DSP Onome Onowakpoyeya, who confirmed the incident on Friday, said the matter was reported at the Abraka police station by the wife of the labour leader. “Yes, it is true. The wife was at the station to report yesterday that the husband and his driver were kidnapped." Onowakpoyeya said. She added that efforts were on by operatives of the command to rescue the chairman as well as apprehend the abductors. ...

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22Jan By dthataNo Comments

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Man Begs Buhari To Rescue Aid Worker Kidnapped By Boko Haram

A Nigerian photographer and humanitarian, Mohammed Chiroma has begged President Buhari to rescue Abubakar Garba Idris, an employee of United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), who was abducted by Boko Haram terrorists along Maiduguri/Damaturu road in Borno on January 2, 2021. Taking to Twitter, Chiroma shared a photo of a happy Idris, fondly called Aloma, making the Buhari's 4+4 re-election sign during Buhari's visit to Maiduguri. Sharing the photo, Chiroma wrote; "Dear @MBuhari, this is how Aloma celebrated you when you visited maid. Currently Aloma is the hands of BH, they kidnapped him along Maid-Damaturu road. Please help and rescue this young man."

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15Jan By dthataNo Comments

Politics

Rescue Nigeria From Failed Leaders – Northern Elders To Elite

The Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF) yesterday appealed to the Nigerian elite to rescue the nation from what it described as “failed leaders”. According to the forum, the country is in a fragile state. The forum, through its Director, Publicity and Advocacy, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, said this in Abuja while speaking at the ‘2nd Never Again Conference: 51 Years After Nigerian-Biafran Civil War’ organised by an Igbo think-tank, Nzuko Umunna. He said the President Muhammadu Buhari had failed in all aspects of governance, calling on all well-meaning Nigerians to rise to the occasion of making Nigeria great again by speaking with one voice towards national cohesion. “We finished this war in 1970 and within four years, virtually all the Igbos who had left the north who were still alive ...

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11Jan By dthataNo Comments

Crime

Police Lied About Rescue Claims, We Paid N2m Ransom ― Kidnapped Couple

A couple, Mr and Mrs Gbenga Ibikunle who were abducted along Uso – Owo highway in Ondo state have narrated how their abductors collected N2m cash along the highway before releasing them. Recall that the couple who travelled to the wife’s home town in Ebonyi state with their three children were heading back to the state when they were kidnapped. While the couple were marched into the thick forest by the gunmen, their three children and the Lexus Jeep were abandoned on the highway. They were released after spending three days in the kidnapper’s den. Police PRO Tee Leo lkoro had claimed that two suspects were arrested after combing the forest by joint security operatives after the abductors demanded N2m ransom. But while narrating their ordeal to newsmen in Akure, the husband,...

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9Jan By BobbyNo Comments

News

Police Confirm Abduction of six Family Members in Zamfara

The Zamfara state police command has confirmed the abduction of six family members in the state. According to the state police spokesperson Shehu Mohammed, six of the abducted persons are children of Alhaji Gyare, while the seventh is a female picked from a neighbouring house all in Kadauri Village in Jabaka District of Maru LGA. Mohammed said; “The Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Abutu Yaro has deployed a combined team of CTU and Police Mobile Force who are currently on the trail of the suspects. “The CP, who said that peace had been restored in the area, vowed to rescue the victims soonest. “He charged the local communities to continue to give useful information to law enforcement agents, especially the Police, in order to bring the criminals to book."

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1Nov By dthataNo Comments

Politics

Bashir Ahmad Speaks On US Army Rescue Operation In Nigeria

President Buhari's aide, Bashir Ahmad writes: The @NBCNews deliberately excluded Niger and mentioned only Nigeria so they can get the target retweets and attract more Nigerians to curse Nigeria. They knew Nigerien will not take such information as an excuse to curse their country. Some Nigerians are already doing it gladly. https://mobile.twitter.com/BashirAhmaad/status/1322543637205536770 1 Like

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1Nov By dthataNo Comments

Politics

Reno Omokri Calls Out Buhari After Trump Sent US Soldiers To Rescue An American In Nigeria

Dear General @MuhammaduBuhari, This is what a real leader does with his nation’s armed forces. Not a lifeless, bloodthirsty dunce, like you, that sends soldiers of the @HQNigerianArmy, not on rescue missions, but on killer missions against unarmed, peaceful #EndSARS protesters #LekkiMassacre. Except you repent, may you end up in the same manner as the innocent youths you killed at Lekki, in Christ’s Name!

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1Nov By dthataNo Comments

News

US Forces Rescue American Citizen Kidnapped In Nigeria, Kill 6 Of The 7 Captors

US forces on Saturday rescued an American citizen taken hostage by armed men earlier this week in Niger and held in northern Nigeria, the Pentagon said. "U.S. forces conducted a hostage rescue operation during the early hours of 31 October in Northern Nigeria to recover an American citizen held hostage by a group of armed men. This American citizen is safe and is now in the care of the U.S. Department of State. No U.S military personnel were injured during the operation," Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said in a statement. "We appreciate the support of our international partners in conducting this operation. The United States will continue to protect our people and our interests anywhere in the world." The mission, which was several hours long, was conducted by the Navy's...

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8Oct By Czar Owolabi MarcusNo Comments

News

Police rescue kidnapped Port Harcourt lawyer

Police in Rivers State have confirmed that Bisola Paulette Ajayi, the female lawyer abducted by unknown gunmen at her residence in Rumuokwurusi, Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Port Harcourt has been rescued by Operatives of the Anti-Kidnap Unit of Rivers State Police Command. CSP Nnamdi Omoni, Police Public Relations Officer, Rivers Command, just confirmed the report circulating to the effect that, “DSP Adewale led the Operation into a deep forest in Etche to rescue the young lawyer and one other person, two persons arrested including an armed dealer.”

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9Sep By BobbyNo Comments

News

Liz John Black survives ghastly accident in Lagos

Liz John Black is fortunate to be alive after getting involved in a ghastly car accident in Lagos on Tuesday, September 8.   The event planner was going from Chevron back home to Ikoyi when the accident occured at Elegushi junction last night.   She said the accident was caused by a driver who ran the red light.     She explained that she thought she would die. Fortunately, she survived, though she sustained bruises.     Comedian AY and some other people came to her rescue and took her to the hospital then stayed with her till 5 this morning.     Her husband, Yomi Black also arrived from Ikoyi after he heard the news.     Liz took to Instagram to thank those who came to her res...

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25Aug By dthataNo Comments

News

Sympathizers Rescue Lady Whose Long Braids Got Stuck In The Wheel of A Bike (Video)

MCI captured the moment a lady whose long braids accidentally got stuck in the wheel of a commercial motorcycle was rescued by sympathizers. See video below. https://youtu.be/u0lK8VbWF4M

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18Aug By dthataNo Comments

News

71-Year-Old Portuguese President, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, Swims And Helps Rescue 2 Women From Drowning At Sea

Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has helped rescue two women who came into difficulty at an Algarve beach when their kayak capsized. The president, 71, was pictured on Saturday swimming over to the kayakers who were struggling in the water. He later told reporters that the women had been swept by currents from a neighbouring beach into the bay. President Rebelo de Sousa is currently on holiday in the Algarve in a bid to promote tourism there. Portugal's economy relies heavily on its tourism industry, which has been hugely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.The president had just spoken to journalists at Praia do Alvor beach when he noticed the women struggling. Video footage caught the moment he swam into the sea to assist them. Another man was already there, tr...

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13Jul By BobbyNo Comments

News

House Agent Welds Tenant Door, locking a single mother and her sick child over unpaid rents

A single mother was locked inside her house with her sick 2-year-old child over unpaid rents. The incident occurred over the weekend in Njoro sub-county, Nakuru in Kenya. The house agent welded the door belonging to Rhoda Makoha’s two-roomed rental house while she was inside with her sick child, leaving her four other children outside as they played. The woman reportedly owes four months’ rent arrears totaling to Sh10,000 (N35,885). She had pleaded with the agent to give her more time to raise the rent money, but the agent stormed her home on Saturday, July 11, and welded the closed door while Rhoda was inside with her sick child. Speaking with The Star, the woman explained that she was unable to raise the rent money because her business outside Egerton Universit...

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22Jun By BobbyNo Comments

News

Heavily Pregnant Nigerian Woman Cries out after She was Trafficked to Lebanon and locked up in an office building

A heavily pregnant woman has cried out for help after she was trafficked to Lebanon and abandoned to her fate. Rasheedat Taiwo Saka, an eight-month pregnant Nigerian woman told SaharaReporters on Monday, June 22, that despite the COVID-19 pandemic, she has had no access to food or medical care and was currently locked up in her traffickers' office alongside other victims. Recalling how she found herself in that situation, she said she left Nigeria after her husband died in November 2018 and things became difficult financially. She said three agents in Nigeria, including a Mr John and a Mr Victor, approached her and presented her the opportunity of working in Lebanon. "Before I left for Lebanon, they bought our passport and ticket and said two months of our salary will be th...

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22Jun By dthataNo Comments

News

8 School Children Drown In A River In China While Trying To Rescue Each Other

Chinese state media say 8 children have drowned after one fell into a river and others jumped in to help. The deaths happened in Chongqing city in southwestern China. The children were described as elementary school age. State media said the children went to play at the river on Sunday and the bodies were recovered by Monday morning. No further details were immediately available. Heavy rain was forecast for Chongqing, but it wasn't clear if the weather was a factor. The students were from the town of Mixin in sprawling Chongqing city.

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19Jun By BobbyNo Comments

News

Black Woman Narrates her Encounter with a White Man Who Stopped to Help her because he didn’t want the cops messing with her

A woman took to Twitter to praise a white man who came to her rescue when she ran out of gas while on a highway. She said she was shocked when a white man pulled over to help her. She added that she never expected help from someone like him and was wary at first. But he told her that he didn't want the police messing with her so he had to stop. The man then went out of his way to get her gas and returned to fill her tank. The Good Samaritan has now been identified as Patrick Sheridan, a musician who is in a band. Twitter users who know him personally testified that he's always been a kind person who constantly makes efforts to be better.

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16Jun By BobbyNo Comments

News

Gunmen Abduct Housewife in Nasarawa State

Unknown gunmen have abducted the wife of Eggon Youth President in Nasarawa state, Daniel Anyabuga. According to reports, the gunmen, numbering about ten, stormed the residence of the Eggon Youth President at Ombi 2 between 10pm and 11 pm and whisked his wife away. The state Commissioner of Police, Bola Longe, who confirmed this, said four persons have been arrested while motorcycle used for the operation have also been recovered. The police boss said those arrested include two herders and two indigenous. He said efforts are being made to ensure the safe rescue of Mrs. Anyabuga.

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11Jun By BobbyNo Comments

News

90-year-old Brother of Ex-Adamawa State Governor, Nyako, has Been Kidnapped

The police in Adamawa State have confirmed the kidnap of 90-year-old Dahiru Nyako, the elder brother of former governor of the state, Murtala Nyako. Dahiru Nyako was abducted in the early hours of Thursday, June 11, at his residence in Mayo-Belwa town. Spokesperson for the state command, DSP Suleiman Nguroje confirmed the incident, saying, "The Commissioner of Police has dispatched a combined team of intelligence, anti-kidnapping and anti-robbery operatives to rescue him." A family member said gunmen stormed Dahiru Nyako's residence in the middle of the night. They shot sporadically before taking the old man with them.

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10Jun By BobbyNo Comments

News

Nursing Mother and her Three Children Burnt to Death in Niger State

A woman and her three children, including a one-month-old baby, were burnt to death inside their apartment in the Nkangbe area of Minna, the Niger state capital today June 10. According to reports, the woman lived with her hubby and his other wife, Fati, inside the building. In the night, an intense fire engulfed the building, burning her and her children to death while the second wife and her two children suffered serious burns. A neighbor who spoke on the incident, said the husband of both women usually stayed in Abuja where he worked and returned home most weekends. The neighbor said at about 11pm, the women cried for help after they noticed the intense fire in their home. The men of the fire service responded to the distress call made to them but were seriously hindered by th...

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29May By BobbyNo Comments

Crime

Police Arrested after allegedly Shooting to Death 16-year-old girl in Lagos

The police officer who allegedly shot a 16-year-old girl, Tina in Iyana Oworo area of Lagos state has been arrested by the state’s police command spokesperson, Bala Elkana, confirmed. On Wednesday, a trigger happy police officer trying to arrest a bus driver violating the nationwide curfew allegedly shot dead the conductor of the bus and a 16-year-old girl, Tina. A video showing the moment residents in the area tried to rescue Tina after she was shot went viral on social media and Nigerians using the hashtag #JusticefofTina, took to their pages to demand the arrest and prosecution of the erring police officer. Bala Elkana, spokesperson of the state police command, this afternoon, announced via his Twitter handle that the accused police officer has been identified, arrested and...

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22May By BobbyNo Comments

News

Pakistan Plane with 107 Passengers on Board Crashes Near Karachi airport

A Pakistan International Airlines plane carrying more than 100 passengers has crashed into a residential area near the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, the country's civil aviation agency said on Friday.   "The plane crashed in Karachi. We are trying to confirm the number of passengers but initially it is 99 passengers and eight crew members," said Abdul Sattar Khokhar, the spokesman for the aviation authority.   A spokesperson for the state-run Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Abdul Sattar told the newspaper Dawn that the flight was carrying 90 passengers and 8 crew members and had been due to land in Karachi at 14:45 local time (09:45 GMT). The newspaper said a rescue operation was underway and emergency workers had arrived at the scene. There...

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17May By BobbyNo Comments

News

LASEMA Team Escapes Mob Attack as Bus Crushes Okada Rider to Death

Team of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, narrowly escaped being mobbed after hoodlums attacked them after bus crushed an Okada rider to death On Saturday night, the LASEMA team who were trying rescue the okada rider who was involved in a road accident at Oke-Gbegun hill in Ikorodu area of Lagos were attacked by hoodlums. Director-General, LASEMA, Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu who confirmed the incident, explained that “In the cause of performing its essential duties during the period of COVID-19 curfew, the activated men of the LASEMA Response Team meant to rescue were attacked by hoodlums Saturday night. “The attack on the LASEMA Response Team and other First Responders by hoodlums at the Ikorodu incident site came on the heels of the death of a commercial m...

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14May By BobbyNo Comments

News

52 year old Woman Mauled to Death by her French Bulldog

A 52 year old woman known as Lisa Urso, has been found dead in her home in Illinois after she was mauled to death by her French bulldog. Lisa had recently adopted the dog, which authorities say was bred to fight, and she was found dead at the back of her Ingleside home on Saturday evening. According to reports, the dog had attacked her boyfriend on a previous occasion. Police authorities say the attack happened at her home, and Urso's boyfriend was not home at the time of the attack. The rescue bulldog had been involved in dog fights in the past according to authorities.   'It wasn't the neck, most (bite marks) were (on) her legs and arms,' Lake County Coroner Dr. Howard Cooper explained to WGN. 'Some on her torso as well. Just a lot of bites. A lot of scratching… I...

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13May By BobbyNo Comments

News

Gunmen Abduct Military Officer in Ondo

A military officer has been kidnapped by gunmen along Auga-Akoko in Akoko North-East Local Government Area of Ondo State. The officer, identified as Captain Gana was reportedly travelling alone in his car when he was kidnapped and taken into a nearby bush. ASP Tee-Leo Ikoro, the Public Relations Officer of Ondo State Police Command confirmed the incident to Channels TV. According to him, the military officer was on his way from Abuja to Ibadan when he was accosted by the gunmen who abducted him in the Auga-Akoko area of Ondo State. “He was taken into a nearby bush and the abductors allowed him to call a relation who informed our men in the Ikare-Akoko division. “Unfortunately, before a team of police detectives got to the area, he had been moved away from the place, but ...

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7May By BobbyNo Comments

News

Woman Killed by Alligator after Going to Pond to Try and Touch it

A beautician based in South Carolina, US, Cynthia Covert, was killed by an alligator on Friday while trying to pet the animal. Covert, 58,  after drinking wine and performing pedicure for a friend, started taking pictures of the alligator at he friends backyard pond at a community in Kiawah Island, near Charleston, South Carolina, before going waist deep into the pond according to reports. Her friend reportedly begged her not to go into the water, saying the alligator ate a deer a few days earlier and Cynthia reportedly responded; ‘I don’t look like a deer’, before moving closer to the alligator, apparently trying to touch it. The 10-foot alligator, estimated at 400-500 pounds, then attacked Covert, who officials said was 5 feet tall and 100 pounds. The animal latched onto...

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1May By BobbyNo Comments

News

Poor mother cooks stones to Trick her 8 Hungry Children into Hoping that they’ll Soon Eat

A widow who has 8 children with nothing to feed them, was forced to boil stones to trick her children into having hope that they'll soon eat. Peninah Bahti Kitsao, a widow who lives in Mombasa, Kenya, worked as a local laundrywoman before the lockdown. However, due to the outbreak of Coronavirus, her customer base drastically dwindled and she could no longer raise enough money for feeding. On Tuesday, April 28, as she watched her children cry due to hunger, she was forced to boil stones to deceive them into thinking that food was on the way. She hoped that they would fall asleep while waiting for the food. However, the children did not sleep off and a neighbor who heard them crying went over to see what was going on. According to her neighbour, Prisca Nyakaragio Momanyi,...

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22Mar By BobbyNo Comments

News

Children are Leaving schools for Markets Where There are More People – Bishop Oyedepo Reacts to Closure of Schools Over Coronavirus

Founder of Living Faith Church a.k.a Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo has reacted to some state governors' decision to close schools due to the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking at a fully-packed service at Canaanland Ota, despite a ban on religious gatherings of more than 50 people in Ogun State due to outbreak of Coronavirus, Oyedepo stated that the only disease that has no cure is hunger. He said; “May God help our policy makers to make the right decision in finding solution to this scourge called Coronavirus. "Now children are out of school, to go back to that crowd. Would they not be more secured in school where they are only 20 in class? They will now go to help their mama, to sell pepper in the market where you contact about 500,000 people a day in big cities. Every...

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25Feb By BobbyNo Comments

News

North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un Reportedly Rejects UK’s Request to Rescue Quarantined Britons’

North Korea has reportedly rejected the UK's request to rescue Britons trapped in a coronavirus quarantine despite claims the country is virus-free. This comes after the British Government wrote to the North Korean government for permission to evacuate quarantined Britons' after Kim Jong-un's regime banned all travel into and out of the country. It is said that the UK and EU had proposed a chartered flight to pick up British and European nationals who are stranded and drop off supplies. But the request was denied, NK News reported, citing anonymous sources. The Kim regime indicated it would only allow special flights into and out of the country for medical emergencies, the report added. It was also reported that the 30-day quarantine for all foreigners in North Korea is lik...

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20Feb By dthataNo Comments

News

Leah’s Mother Begs British PM To Help Rescue Her Daughter

MOTHER of Leah Sharibu, kidnapped by Boko Haram, Mrs. Rebecca Sharibu, yesterday pleaded with the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, to help rescue her daughter from the clutches of Islamic insurgents. On February 19, 2018, Leah Sharibu was taken from her school, Government Girls’ Science and Technical College. Dapchi, north-eastern Nigeria, along with 109 of her schoolmates. Now aged 16, Leah is thought to be the only girl held by the extremist militants because she refused to convert from Christianity to Islam. Marking the two-year anniversary of her kidnap at an event in Westminster, Leah’s mother, Mrs. Rebecca Sharibu, said she was “constantly in pain” over her daughter’s abduction. Speaking in Hausa, which translated by Dr. Gloria Puldu, head of Leah Sharibu Foundatio...

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18Feb By BobbyNo Comments

News

Father of Two and his Four Colleagues Burnt to Death in Horrific Road Crash in Edo

Five members of staff of Okomu Oil plc, in Edo State were on Friday evening burnt to death in a road crash that occurred along Benin/Iguobazuwa road, in Ovia South-West local government area of the State. The accident occurred when the bus conveying the victims from Extension 2 farm of the firm to the head office of the company at Okomu community, rammed into a lorry that crossed the road. Two others were said to have sustained serious injuries in the ghastly accident and  are said to be currently receiving treatment. According to an eyewitness, Max Iyase, they could not render assistance to the victims, as the flame was ferocious. He identified one of the victims as Elvis Odia, a married father of two. "Yesterday experience on the road was so horrific as I drove into t...

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13Feb By BobbyNo Comments

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Two Suspected Kidnappers Nabbed in Ondo, For Attempting to Snatch a 2-year-old Baby from Her Mother’s Back

Two suspected kidnappers were nabbed on Tuesday, in Erusu-Akoko, Akoko North-West Local Government Area of Ondo State after they were accused of attempting to snatch a 2-year-old baby from her mother’s back. It was gathered that the mother of the baby was trailed by the suspected kidnappers from Aga area of the town. She struggled with the hoodlums when they allegedly attempted to pull her child from her back and then raised the alarm. An eyewitness said the loud shouts of the baby’s mother attracted sympathisers who rushed to the scene of the incident to rescue the victims, and eventually prevented the kidnappers from evading arrest. It was learnt that the irate mob pounced on the attackers, stripped them naked and attempted to set them ablaze, but for the prompt intervention...

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10Feb By dthataNo Comments

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Orangutan Reaches Out Hand To Rescue Man Stuck In A River In Asia

This is the heartwarming moment an orangutan tries to assist a man stuck in a river by offering its outstretched arm. The great ape, who lives in a protected conservation forest area in Borneo, was seen leaning forward and lending a helping hand to the man who had been in the muddy river. The striking images were taken by amateur photographer Anil Prabhakar, from Indonesia, who had been on a safari with his friends when he spotted the touching scene.

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24Jan By BobbyNo Comments

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Police Kill 2 Bandits and Rescue 20 Victims Kidnapped along Kaduna-Zaria Highway

The Kaduna State Police Command have rescued a total of 20 victims kidnapped along the Kaduna-Zaria Road. The rescued victims includes eight passengers abducted on Wednesday afternoon along Kaduna-Zaria highway, three workers of Airtel Communications Company abducted on Tuesday, and nine others kidnapped on January 14 when bandits attacked the convoy of the Emir of Potiskum. The Command's spokesperson DSP Yakubu Abubakar Sabo, who confirmed the development on Thursday, said that the Airtel workers Henry Agim, Kamal Raman and Segun Adejimoh, were abducted in Maidaro village, Giwa Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday but the police were alerted by a good Samaritan. “After a fierce gun duel, we successfully rescued all the three workers unhurt. While on manhunt of the fleein...

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18Jan By BobbyNo Comments

News

Lagos State Emergency Service Adds Water Rescue Boats to its Emergency Response Fleet

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) is poised for water rescues along the Lagos coastline with the launch of its Water Rescue Unit. The agency recently reviewed its emergency response procedures and has welcomed new additions to its fleet, water rescue speed boats. The additional rescue equipment will support the agency’s efforts in its quest to continuously improve on its ability to deliver expedient emergency response services to its residents. The boats are for future flood incidents and water rescues and were prioritized by the State government in the wake of recent water accidents and drownings. The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwaolu said the main goal is to keep the community safe and the acquisition of the essential water equipment would allow the St...

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16Jan By BobbyNo Comments

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Senate President Condemns Attack On Emir Of Potiskum

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has condemned the gun attack in Kaduna on the convoy of the Emir of Potiskum, Yobe State, Alhaji Umaru Bubaram. Gunmen on Tuesday night attacked the convoy of the Emir around Maraban Jos on Kaduna-Zaria road, killing some of the Emir’s aides and leaving others injured. Lawan expressed his condolence with the revered Emir and the families of those killed in the sad incident. The Senate President also prayed for speedy recovery of the Emir and others who were injured. Lawan called on the security agencies to ensure that everyone with a hand in the heinous crime is brought to justice. He also called on the security agencies to ensure quick rescue of those who were abducted in the incident

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3Jan By BobbyNo Comments

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Kastina Police Command Rescues Of Six Abducted Girls

The Katsina State Police Command, on Wednesday , rescued six girls abducted by suspected bandits from the Mata-Mulki village in the Batsari Local Government Area of the state . The girls were working in a farm in the village when the bandits swooped on them around noon . (more…)

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2Jan By BobbyNo Comments

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Mother And Her 3 Kids Die In Fire Outbreak On New Year Day

A mother and her 3 children have  died in a fire outbreak in Kaduna. The woman and her kids died in their home in Rigasa local government area of Kaduna state on New Years day, January 1st 2020. Local reports show that the deceased were all sleeping in their home when the fire started at about 2am. The fire outbreak caused some stir in the community however, all efforts to rescue them proved abortive as they all died before help could come to them. Their remains have since been buried according to Islamic rites.

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13Dec By Czar Owolabi MarcusNo Comments

News

Danish aid worker rescues another Nigerian child left to die by his family

Humanitarian and Danish aid worker, Anja Ringgren Loven, has rescued another Nigerian child left to die by his family. She shared photos of herself and her Nigerian husband, David Umem, rescuing the malnourished little boy pictured above who was abandoned by his family. Anja gained popularity in 2016 after she rescued a severely emaciated 2-year-old boy, who was branded a witch by his family and left to starve to death in Akwa Ibom state. She gained international popularity when pictures of her feeding the starved boy was shared online. She named the boy, “Hope” which she tattooed to her wrists, with an affirmation that there are enough hope and love for all humanity. No other organization has previously targeted their action against the witch children before Anja Ringgren Lovén...

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7Dec By dthataNo Comments

News

Two Uber Vehicles Rolled Over In Collision In Lagos, RRS Came To The Rescue

Officers of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of Lagos State Police Command rescued and administered first aid to 3 of the 8 occupants of two UBER vehicles that rolled over in collision simultaneously at Ogudu Alapere on their way to the Lagos Island around 3:00 a.m today. LASEMA arrived later to assist the victims. No life was lost in the accident. Recall that in 2017, the former Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode handed over no fewer than 150 First Aid Kits to the operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Command, so as to administer First Aid to victims of emergencies. Over 380 officers of the RRS had been trained by the State Government on accident scene safety, controlling bleeding, Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and moving accident victims. See photo...

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5Nov By dthataNo Comments

Crime

Police Rescue 259 From Ibadan House Of Horror

Personnel of the Oyo State Police Command, on Monday, stormed an illegal detention centre at a mosque in the Ojoo area of Ibadan, and rescued 259 persons being held hostage there. The victims were made up of 19 males, 34 females, 11 children, and 23 sick persons. It was gathered that the victims had been in chains for between two and 10 years. The police arrested nine suspects during the raid, including the owner of the centre. PUNCH Metro findings showed that many such centres had been in existence in the city for several years, with clerics using them as corrective homes for recalcitrant persons. The state Commissioner of Police, Shina Olukolu, who led the police team to the centre, said a 17-year-old escapee from a holding facility in another part of Ibadan hinted the...

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16Oct By dthataNo Comments

Politics

Join Me To Rescue Bayelsa From Hunger, Darkness – David Lyon

Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November 16 governorship election in Bayelsa State Chief David Lyon has promised to change the state for the good of all Bayelsans through good economic policies and human empowerment. Speaking yesterday during the inauguration of the governorship campaign council of the party in Yenagoa, Lyon said the task to defeat the ruling PDP in the state is a collective one, which must be done on November 16, 2019 to end hardship and hunger among the citizens of the state. “Everyone has seen the hardship in Bayelsa State. We are in total darkness; we cannot continue to remain a civil service state, that is why we will change the narrative together come November 16. “We are going to government house to banish hunger, poverty, insecurity, ...

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5Oct By dthataNo Comments

Politics

Some Chibok Girls Were Found But GEJ Didn’t Allow Us Rescue Them – David Cameron

David Cameron, former British prime minister, has alleged that ex-President Goodluck Jonathan did not give enough support to Britain during the abduction of 274 schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno state. The abduction, which took place on April 14 2014, had sparked a global outrage following which the international community offered to assist Nigeria. In For The Record, his memoir, Cameron, who was in office at the time of the incident, said British troops traced the location of some of the victims and offered to help but Jonathan refused. “Iraq wasn’t the only place we would need our military to counter this extremist menace. Boko Haram in Nigeria was linked to al-Qaeda, and believed Western education and lifestyles were a sin (the meaning behind its name). It too wanted to institut...

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24Sep By dthataNo Comments

Sport

Nigerians Call On Sunday Dare To Help Rescue Siasia’s Mum From Kidnappers

Nigerians have called on the minister of youth and sports, Sunday dare, to intervene in the case of former Nigeria international, Samson Siasia, whose mother has been held by kidnappers for more than two months. We recall that Beauty Siasia was kidnapped on July 15 in Odoni community, Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa. She had earlier been kidnapped in November 2015, spending 13 days with her kidnappers until a ransom of about N600,000 was allegedly paid. Siasia told newsmen early in September that his mother’s kidnappers had not set her free despite receiving N1.5 million ransom. He said the abductors released his cousin’s mother-in-law, Florence Douanana, 66, and also took in an unnamed person who delivered the money to them. Nigerians on Twitter have now resort...

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5Jun By BobbyNo Comments

News

Man Reveals How God Saved him from Homosexuality and Witchcraft

A man has angered members of the LGBTQ community after he revealed that no one is born gay and there is nothing like "gay gene". @denyyourflesh tweeted: "Jesus brought me out of homosexuality. There is no gay gene, and gays being born that way is only half true, as EVERYONE is born into sin and iniquity.Don’t let this world cheat you out of the free gift of salvation Christ died for.Jesus is the only love that’s true. #PrideMonth."   When asked how he encountered Jesus, he replied: "It's a really intense story, but I used to practice witchcraft as well, and eventually all of my sins led me to death's door and I didn't like what I see so I called on Jesus to rescue me."   His tweets were praised by a number of Twitter users but members of the LGBTQ commu...

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13May By Czar Owolabi MarcusNo Comments

News

Troops Rescue 54 Kidnapped Victims In Borno

54 kidnapped victims including women and children have been rescued by troops during clearance operations in Borno state, the Nigerian Army announced on Monday. According to its spokesman, Col. Sagir Musa, among those rescued were 29 women and 25 children. Col Musa said in a statement: Troops of 22 Brigade, Operation LAFIYA DOLE in collaboration with local vigilantes have continued moving into the hinterland on clearance operation to destroy Boko Haram terrorists. “Consequently, on the 11th of May 2019, troops effectively cleared Ma’allasuwa and Yaga – Munye villages in Borno State. No encounter with Boko Haram terrorists was made as they run away before troops’ arrival leaving behind 54 suspected kidnapped victims. “Out of the number, 29 are grown up women and 25 are childr...

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14Apr By dthataNo Comments

Crime

Come To Our Rescue – Nigerians In Togo Prisons Beg FG

Nigerian prisoners languishing in Togo Prisons, Mr. Franklin Ezeona, President Global Society for Anti-Corruption (GSAC) has written to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama on the unbearable condition of Nigerians in Togo Prisons. In the letter, Ezeona called for the extradition of the Nigerian prisoners in accordance with Section 1 subsection 1 of the Extradition Act, which emanated from the extradition treaty signed by Ghana, Benin, Togo, and Nigeria in October 1984. According to him, the representative of the Nigerian prisoners in Togo, Mr. Ben Okolie, in an emotion-laden voice complained that the Nigerian Ambassador to Togo, His Excellency, Joseph Olusola Iji visited the inmates on April 7, 2019. The visit, he claimed, fuelled more disappointment and hopele...

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27Mar By BobbyNo Comments

News

Sheik Suleiman: Army confirms rescue of Buhari’s prayer warrior, others from kidnappers in Katsina

The Nigerian Army has confirmed the rescue of Sheik Ahmed Suleiman, a renowned Islamic cleric and five others, who were kidnapped in Katsina State on March 14. DAILY POST recalls that the Islamic scholar was returning to his base in Kano State, after attending a religious function in Kebbi State, when he and others were abducted. The Commander, 17 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Katsina, Brig.-Gen. L.T. Omoniyi, confirmed the rescue in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday, NAN reports. According to Omoniyi, the captives were released in the early hours of Wednesday. The commander said, “The incident occurred along Kakumi-Kankara road, a general area in Kankara Local Government Area of the state on March 14. “The rescue of the victims was sequel to the order by...

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24Mar By BobbyNo Comments

Celebs

Men Are Useless Until They Turn 33 – Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez is newly engaged, and that seems to have made her more qualified to dish out relationship advises as she has just said: Men are useless until they turn 33. In a video that’s part of Tinder’s Swipe Sessions, J.Lo came to the rescue of a woman called Brooke, giving her some pointers in what she should be looking for in a partner. The two women swiped through Brooke’s Tinder options together – and J.Lo didn’t hold back. When stumbling upon 29-year-old social media manager Maurice, J.Lo said: “Guys, until they’re 33, are really useless.” Naturally, the people of the Internet didn’t take too kindly to the 48-year-old singer’s advice to Brooke. One person commented: “Ha! Imagine if a man said women are useless under the age of 30 – they’d bring out the pitchforks ...

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21Mar By BobbyNo Comments

News

Kidnapped Enugu Catholic Priest Found Dead

A Catholic priest, Reverend Father Clement Ugwu, who was kidnapped from his Parish, St Mark Catholic Church, Obinofia Ndiuno, Enugu State, has been found dead. His decomposing body was found in a bush on Wednesday morning, a week after he was kidnapped. According to a report, Rev. Fr. Ugwu was kidnapped on Wednesday, March 13, 2018, around 9:00 p.m. after they had shot him in his church premises. Speaking shortly after his remains were laid to rest at the Catholic cemetery at the Holy Ghost Cathedral , the Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Most Rev . Callistus Onaga, called on the police to fish out the killers of the priest. Bishop Onaga decried the spate of violent killings around the country, advising that Christians should intensified their prayers for the survival of t...

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