{"id":157872,"date":"2025-04-03T22:22:29","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T21:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nsa-receives-ex-nysc-dg-tsiga-18-other-rescued-kidnap-victims"},"modified":"2025-04-04T16:13:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T15:13:13","slug":"nsa-receives-ex-nysc-dg-tsiga-18-other-rescued-kidnap-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nsa-receives-ex-nysc-dg-tsiga-18-other-rescued-kidnap-victims","title":{"rendered":"NSA receives ex-NYSC DG Tsiga, 18 other rescued kidnap victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The National Counter Terrorism Center has officially handed over former Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Maharazu Tsiga, and 18 other rescued kidnap victims to the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu.<\/p>\n<p>The handover ceremony took place in Abuja on Thursday, marking a major achievement in the ongoing fight against kidnapping and insecurity in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Tsiga was abducted on February 5, 2025, from his hometown of Tisga in Bakori Local Government Area of Katsina State.<\/p>\n<p>He spent 56 days in captivity before being freed on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>During the ceremony, NSA Nuhu Ribadu praised the security agencies and intelligence operatives involved in the rescue operation.<\/p>\n<p>He reaffirmed the federal government\u2019s commitment to strengthening national security and protecting citizens from criminal activities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The National Counter Terrorism Center has officially handed over former Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Maharazu Tsiga, and 18 other rescued kidnap victims to the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu. The handover ceremony took place in Abuja on Thursday, marking a major achievement in the ongoing fight against [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":157871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[254,3013,16729],"class_list":["post-157872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-nigeria","tag-nsa","tag-nysc-dg-tsiga"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NSA receives ex-NYSC DG Tsiga, 18 other rescued kidnap victims - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The National Counter Terrorism Center has officially handed over former Director-General of the National Youth Service C ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nsa-receives-ex-nysc-dg-tsiga-18-other-rescued-kidnap-victims\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NSA receives ex-NYSC DG Tsiga, 18 other rescued kidnap victims\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The National Counter Terrorism Center has officially handed over former Director-General of the National Youth Service C ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nsa-receives-ex-nysc-dg-tsiga-18-other-rescued-kidnap-victims\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-03T21:22:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-04T15:13:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/sm_1743706458.03886.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nsa-receives-ex-nysc-dg-tsiga-18-other-rescued-kidnap-victims#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nsa-receives-ex-nysc-dg-tsiga-18-other-rescued-kidnap-victims\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"NSA receives ex-NYSC DG Tsiga, 18 other rescued kidnap victims\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-03T21:22:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-04T15:13:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nsa-receives-ex-nysc-dg-tsiga-18-other-rescued-kidnap-victims\"},\"wordCount\":140,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nsa-receives-ex-nysc-dg-tsiga-18-other-rescued-kidnap-victims#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/sm_1743706458.03886.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\",\"NSA\",\"NYSC DG Tsiga\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nsa-receives-ex-nysc-dg-tsiga-18-other-rescued-kidnap-victims#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nsa-receives-ex-nysc-dg-tsiga-18-other-rescued-kidnap-victims\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nsa-receives-ex-nysc-dg-tsiga-18-other-rescued-kidnap-victims\",\"name\":\"NSA receives ex-NYSC DG Tsiga, 18 other rescued kidnap victims - 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