By Joke Kujenya EIGHT SUSPECTED kidnappers were arrested, and some others were killed during the security operation that rescued abducted pupils and teachers in Orire Local Government Area of Oyo State. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed the development on Sat...
By Joke Kujenya SCHOOLCHILDRE AND TEACHERS abducted during the May 15 attack on the Ahoro Esiele community in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State have regained their freedom after spending more than 50 days in captivity. JKNewsMedia.com reports that they were kidnapped when heavily armed gunmen invaded the community and abducted 46 pupil...
By JKNewsMedia PUPILS AND teachers abducted from schools in Oyo State have been threatened with death if security forces moved closer to their location, Minister of Defence Christopher Musa, has disclosed. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the Defence Minister made the disclosure in a preview clip of an interview with News Central TV shared on Wed...
By Kofoworola Fakeye, JKNewsMedia Reporter KIDNAPPING OF 279 persons and the killing of 842 people across Nigeria in May 2026 was recorded in figures from Nextier’s Nigeria Violent Conflicts Database. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the data recorded 156 violent incidents during the month and showed an increase in insecurity compared with May 20...
By Kofoworola Fakeye, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE FAMILY of former Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu who is also a leading gubernatorial aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, has confirmed the kidnapping of his younger sister, Mrs. Olaide Busayo Adegoke John Paul, alongside her twin sons, Peter and Paul. JKNewsMedia.com ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent CAPTIVITY REMAINS for about 176 women and children taken during the February 3 attack on Woro and Nuku communities in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State. JKNewsMedia.com reports that footage circulating on social media showed the abductees being paraded by their kidnappers. In the vide...
By Precious Ukeje, JKNewsMedia Intern FRESH POLICE inquiries have found that at least 80 congregants earlier reported missing after an armed attack on three churches in Kaduna State returned home over the weekend, a claim immediately disputed by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). JKNewsMedia.com reports that gunmen stormed the church...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE FEDERAL Government announced it has secured the release of 100 schoolchildren abducted from St. Mary’s Private Catholic Primary and Secondary School in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area, Niger State. The pupils were among 315 individuals, including 12 teachers, abducted during an attack on the sc...
She set out to collect the certificate that would seal her academic journey. Instead, Temitope Akinwale, then 25, now 33, found herself fighting for survival in a swampy forest, blindfolded, terrified, and praying through four days of captivity, as she recounts her traumatising ordeal to JKNewsMedia Reporter, HELEN OKECHUKWU. FAINT TRACES of ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent PRESIDENT BOLA Tinubu has postponed his scheduled trips to Johannesburg, South Africa, and Luanda, Angola, following the abduction of schoolgirls in Kebbi State and an armed attack on worshippers at Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Eruku, Kwara State. A statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser ...
