•Police The police command in Katsina State has foiled a kidnap attempt while rescuing 10 passengers at Kwanar Makera in Jibia Local Government Area of the state. The police spokesperson, ASP Abubakar Aliyu, confirmed this in a statement yesterday in Katsina. He said: “On Dec. 24, at 8:30 p.m., some suspected armed bandits, armed with [&hellip...
•The arrested suspect The Anambra State Police Command has said its operatives foiled a kidnap attempt and arrested a suspect, Chukwuma Obi, 32, for allegedly demanding a ransom of N1.2 million through abduction threats. In a press statement today, the command’s spokesman, Tochukwu Ikenga, said the suspect, who hails from Umuagu Village in Igb...
•Gunmen Gunmen said to be numbering over six, driving in two Toyota Sienna vehicles on Tuesday, at about 5 pm, abducted three persons said to be returning home after the day’s business, around Traffic Light Junction Umudim Nnewi. Traffic Light Junction is a stone’s throw from Innoson Motorcycle Showroom, off Onitsha Okigwe Expressway, and the ...
•Gunmen Gunmen have kidnapped a prominent businessman in the Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Samuel Ekerenam. Ekerenam, who owns Hephzibah Mall in the LG, was abducted at the weekend after the hoodlums arrived at his shopping complex and started shooting into the air to scare people away, reports The PUNCH. An eyewitness, [&hell...
•Gunmen Gunmen on Thursday evening abducted three relations of former Daily Trust Editor, Malam Ahmed Ajobe. The victims include a male and two females, including Ajobe’s immediate younger sister, Halimtu-Sadiya Tahir, reports Channels TV. They were abducted on their way from a nearby community market in Awo, Ankpa Local Government Area of Kog...
•Leading Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye appeared in a military court in Kampala today The apparent abduction of veteran Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye from the streets of Nairobi brought widespread condemnation from rights groups and politicians today. Besigye, 68, disappeared on Saturday while visiting the Kenyan capital, a...
Residents in GRA Phase 3, around Evergreen junction, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, have apprehended a suspected female child trafficker who attempted to abduct a teenage girl in their neighbourhood. The mother of the teenage girl, Mrs. Comfort Etim, revealed that the suspect who engaged her 12-year-old daughter along the street, enquired about ...
•Gunmen Gunmen, believed to be members of a secessionist group, have kidnapped some reporters en route to cover the Super Eagles match in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The abduction reportedly took place in Isseke, a notorious community in the Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State, reports The Nation. While some sources claim the incident [&he...
•Bandits Bandits yesterday invaded the Primary Healthcare Centre at Kuyallo, Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, kidnapping two nurses and an unspecified number of patients. According to Musa Alhassan, one of the leaders of a local vigiÂlante group, the bandits initially targeted the nearby Government Day Secondary School, arri...
•Benedict Akika A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State, Chief Benedict Akika, has been kidnapped. Akika was kidnapped by suspected gunmen at his Olorunda residence in Lagelu Local Government Area last night, reports Nigerian Tribune. It was learnt that the gunmen who were armed with guns stormed his residence and threat...
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