Religion of World Leaders:
🇺🇸 Donald Trump — ✝️ Christian
🇮🇱 Benjamin Netanyahu — ✡️ Jewish
🇳🇬 Bola Tinubu — ☪️ Muslim
🇸🇦 Mohammed bin Salman — ☪️ Muslim
🇮🇳 Narendra Modi — 🕉️ Hindu
🇺🇦 Volodymyr Zelenskyy — ✡️ Jewish
🇲🇽 Claudia Sheinbaum — ✡️ Jewish
🇫🇷 Emmanuel Macron — ✝️ Christian
🇦🇷 Javier Milei — ✝️ Christian
🇯🇵 Sanae Takaichi — ⛩️ Shinto
🇨🇳 Xi Jinping — ⚛️ Atheist
🇸🇻 Nayib Bukele — ✝️ Christian
🇮🇹 Giorgia Meloni — ✝️ Christian
🇪🇸 Pedro Sánchez — ✝️ Christian
🇨🇦 Mark Carney — ✝️ Christian
🇰🇷 Lee Jae-myung — ✝️ Christian
🇦🇺 Anthony Albanese — ✝️ Christian
🇬🇧 Andy Burnham — ✝️ Christian
🇹🇭 Anutin Charnvirakul — ☸️ Buddhist
🇵🇭 Ferdinand Marcos Jr. — ✝️ Christian
🇩🇪 Friedrich Merz — ✝️ Christian
🇹🇷 Recep Tayyip Erdoğan — ☪️ Muslim
🇷🇺 Vladimir Putin — ☦️ Orthodox Christian
🇿🇦 Cyril Ramaphosa — ✝️ Christian
🇮🇩 Prabowo Subianto — ☪️ Muslim
🇵🇰 Shehbaz Sharif — ☪️ Muslim
🇧🇷 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva — ✝️ Christian
I am delighted to receive the news that the fifteen members of the National Youth Service Corps and six other innocent and law-abiding Nigerians abducted last week in Kogi State by some criminal elements have regained their freedom.
The well-coordinated Search and Rescue (SAR) operation carried out by a combined team of personnel of the military, the Nigerian Police Force, the Department of State Services, and local vigilantes safely rescued all twenty-one abductees, made up of eight males and thirteen females, from the den of kidnappers in the forests of Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State this afternoon. The corps members and other rescued individuals are currently receiving medical attention before they are reunited with their families.
While the abductees have been safely rescued, our gallant security forces are still on the trail of the routed kidnappers, in line with my directive to sustain the pressure on all criminal elements. Those responsible will face the full weight of the law, and our security agencies will pursue everyone who aided this crime. My administration remains committed to ensuring that every Nigerian can travel across our country without fear.
I wholeheartedly commend the combined SAR team for their courage and appreciate families and loved ones of the abductees for their understanding during the ordeals of their loved ones.
As I share in the relief and joy of the parents and loved ones of the rescued individuals, I want to once again, assure parents and loved ones of our dedicated corps members that my Administration remains committed to ensuring the safety of their lives and property, as well as those of other Nigerians.
God bless the men and women of our Security and Intelligence agencies.
God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR
President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces
Federal Republic of Nigeria
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Warning:
The order and the law on unregistered vehicle or covered number plate are clear and loud enough. I wish to appeal to my kinsmen, friends and close associates to be guided by this development and avoid violating the law. Lets all do the right thing, do the needful without delay. If you are caught in the web, dont even bother to call me to help beg any Police officer or law enforcer while performing his or her duty. If you run foul of the law, you will face the full weight of the law. Dont bother to make any call to me. I am a law enforcer. That is what i signed for. And my duty is to enforce the law, not to pervet justice or encourage violation of the law. Lets all be guided and warn against criminality and inappropriate behaviours in our society. Ire oo
PRESS BRIEFING
OYO STATE POLICE COMMAND RESCUES KIDNAPPED WOMAN AND HER TWIN SONS, NEUTRALIZES TWO KIDNAPPERS, ARRESTS FOUR OTHERS, RECOVERS FIREARMS, AMMUNITION AND OPERATIONAL VEHICLES
Gentlemen of the press,
I welcome you all to this press briefing, and I thank you for your continued partnership in our collective quest for a safer and more secure Oyo State.
This press briefing is in furtherance of the earlier press release issued yesterday by the Force Public Relations Officer and is convened to provide a more vivid and comprehensive account of the events that led to the successful rescue of the abducted victims. It also serves to update the public on the coordinated intelligence-led operation that culminated in the neutralization of two kidnappers, the arrest of four principal suspects, and the recovery of firearms, ammunition, operational vehicles, and other incriminating exhibits.
The Oyo State Police Command hereby formally briefs the public on a significant operational breakthrough recorded in its ongoing efforts to combat kidnapping and other violent crimes across the State. The Command remains committed to transparency, accountability, and sustained collaboration with members of the public in the fight against crime.
The operation was a coordinated effort between the Force Intelligence Department–Intelligence Response Team (FID-IRT) and the Oyo State Police Command, working in synergy with other tactical units of the Nigeria Police Force.
The Command wishes to inform members of the public of a major operational breakthrough culminating in the successful rescue of a kidnapped woman and her twin sons, the neutralization of two armed kidnappers, the arrest of four other members and collaborators of the criminal syndicate, and the recovery of operational weapons, ammunition, vehicles, and other exhibits used in the commission of the crime.
The operation followed a distress report received on 3rd June, 2026, at about 7:30 a.m., regarding the abduction of one Mrs. Adegoke Olaide Busayo, aged 42 years, alongside her eleven-year-old twin sons, Peter and Paul. The victims were abducted by four armed suspects operating in an unregistered ash-coloured Toyota Camry at Elewura Street, Off Ring Road, Ibadan, while the mother was conveying the children to school.
Consequently, upon receipt of the report, acting on the directives of the Inspector-General of Police, the commissioner of Police Oyo State Police Command, ordered an immediate coordinated and intelligence-driven manhunt for the perpetrators. This led to the deployment of operatives of the FID-IRT in synergy with the Oyo State Police Command and other tactical teams to commence a comprehensive rescue and tracking operation.
Acting on initial intelligence gathered from the crime scene and surrounding environment, operatives intensified surveillance activities, which led to the arrest of one Wale Abolalewa, popularly known as "Oloro," a suspect already on the Command’s watchlist for related criminal activities. His arrest provided a critical entry point into the wider network of the kidnapping syndicate.
Building on this breakthrough, sustained interrogation and further investigative exploitation of intelligence led to the arrest of a second suspect, Dare Oyedele, popularly known as "Solution," identified as a key operational link within the gang’s structure.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the gang had earlier, in May 2026, attempted to recruit an insider within the victim’s household through one Segun, a staff member attached to the family. This formed part of a wider surveillance and reconnaissance plan during which the gang monitored the family’s movements, routines, and the schools attended by the children.
Further investigation revealed that the suspects later shifted from their initial target and proceeded with the actual abduction on 3rd June, 2026, using the unregistered ash-coloured Toyota Corolla.
I commend the @ndlea_nigeria and its operatives for the successful dismantling of a major drug syndicate and a multi-million dollar narcotics production network operating within our country.
The seizure of illicit drugs and chemicals valued at over $360 million, alongside the arrest of key foreign and local collaborators, sends a clear message that Nigeria will not yield its future to criminal networks and narco traffickers.
West Africa is increasingly becoming a major corridor in the global narcotics trade, and this poses a direct threat not just to our security, but to the future of our young people. We must confront this danger with courage, coordination, and consistency.
I urge Nigerians to support our law enforcement agencies by remaining vigilant and reporting suspicious activities within their communities.
I commend the NDLEA for its professionalism, bravery, and resilience. The fight against illicit drugs is a fight for the soul, safety, and future of our nation.
Bola Ahmed Tinubu
President