Tag: rescue
More Photos: LASEMA uncertain about number of people rescued from collapsed building
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) was uncertain about the number of people rescued, after a four storey building…
Abducted Catholic priest rescued without ransom
The Police Command in Enugu State has rescued an abducted Enugu-based Catholic priest without payment of ransom as demanded by…
301 migrants rescued off Libyan coast
More than 300 migrants on board two rubber boats have been rescued off the Libyan coast near the Capital Tripoli,…
President Buhari promises rescue of Missing Chibok, Dapchi girls
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, assured that his administration would do everything possible to rescue and reunite all Dapchi and…
Nigerian Army committed to rescuing missing school girls – Buratai
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Tuesday restated the army’s commitment to rescuing the 110 Dapchi…
Parents in tears over false rescue of Dapchi schoolgirls
Parents and guardians of the missing schoolgirls in Government Girls Technical College Dapchi, Yobe, broke into tears when Gov. Ibrahim…
Police Command rescues 13 hostages from abductors
The Police in Borno on Wednesday said they had rescued 13 persons abducted in Biu Local Government Area of the…
Lagos monarchs laud Ambode over prompt rescue of schoolgirls
The Lagos State Council of Traditional Rulers and Chiefs on Thursday commended the State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode and all…
Police gun down kidnappers, rescue victims
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Police Command has again announced that the recent onslaught by the Command to smoke out…
Rivers police kill four kidnappers, robber, rescue kidnapped victim
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Police Command has announced that it killed four kidnappers and one suspected armed robber…
Buhari orders police, security agencies to rescue Falae
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Inspector-General of Police, solomon Arase, and the security agencies to take necessary actions to…
2-storey building collapses in Lekki
Kazeem Ugbodaga A two-storey building under construction has collapsed in Lekki area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. The building, located at…
Troops rescue more women, children from Boko Haram camps
The Nigerian Army said on Tuesday that scores of women and children held captive by Boko Haram insurgents have been…
Ambode Rescues Accident Victim
In what could be best described as a show of concern, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Monday alighted…
Kidnapped Ondo Regent Rescued
Security agents have rescued the kidnapped Regent of Akungba Akoko in Ondo State, Princess Oluwatoyin Omosowon. Sources confirmed that the…
Attack on Gwoza: Seven policemen rescued
Nigeria Police Force said on Monday that it has rescued seven of its 35 men declared missing after an attack…
Police Rescue Family Of 4 From Kidnappers
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba A family of four has been rescued from kidnappers as operatives of the Delta State Police Command, Delta…
NIMASA Rescues Ghanaian Fishing Vessel
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) said its satellite surveillance system had helped to rescue a Ghanaian fishing…
Nigerians among 896 boat migrants rescued by Italy
Italy has rescued 896 migrants, among them Nigerians, crossing the Mediterranean by boat overnight, the navy said on Friday, after…
Nigerians among 700 migrants rescued off Italian Coast
The Italian coast guard said Saturday it had rescued more than 700 migrants and refugees, including many Syrians and Egyptians,…
Police Rescue 2 Chinese Nationals
Two Chinese nationals who were abducted on Monday near the Military Cantonment in Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun, have…
Boko Haram: Women, children rescued, mass grave found
Nigeria’s military on Sunday claimed the rescue of women and children hostages from a Boko Haram Islamist stronghold, saying troops…
Nigeria Police Rescue Kidnapped Pastor
Mr Emmanuel Agbesi, the kidnapped Pastor of the South-East Regional Headquarters of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries at…
Governor Akpabio plays the Good Samaritan
Governor Godswill Akpabio of Nigeria’s south eastern Akwa-Ibom state on Saturday joined officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC)…
French President Vows To Rescue Kidnapped National
French President Francois Hollande confirmed yesterday that a French national had been kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria and said Paris…
Police rescue abducted baby
The Imo State Police Command on Friday said that it had rescued a nine-month-old baby boy from suspected traffickers in…
Accident rescues kidnap victim
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin It was one of those mysteries of life: a person is kidnapped; somewhere along the line the kidnap…
160 African boat migrants rescued, 2 die in Malta
Malta’s navy recovered two bodies and rescued around 160 African migrants from two boats which got into trouble on the…