•Gunmen The kidnappers of four children, including a toddler, in Kaduna have reduced the ransom from N300 million to N25 million. It was earlier reported that the children went missing while their father was out last Tuesday night to visit his wife, who was taking care of their sick twins admitted to a nearby hospital. […]
•Gunmen Kidnappers of four children in Kaduna have contacted the victims’ father, demanding N300 million ransom for their release. It was gathered that the abductors have threatened to kill the youngest child because of his cries. The kidnappers reportedly told Adamu to pay the ransom or the children would be killed. Adamu, who lives in [&hell...
•Mrs Rahmatu Sani In a frightening encounter that highlights the growing insecurity in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, Hajiya Rahmatu Sani, a director at the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), shared her disturbing experience of being kidnapped on Friday, October 21. The incident occurred some minutes after 7 a.m. as she...
•Gunmen Abductors of Rev. Fr. Thomas Oyode, a Catholic priest in Edo State, have reportedly demanded a ransom of N200 million for his release. It was earlier reported how the attackers kidnapped the Reverend Father and whisked him into the bush on Sunday. The kidnappers, it was gathered, contacted the Catholic Diocese of Auchi, led […]...
•Gunmen An 18-year-old girl has been killed by kidnappers in Obasa, Mile 6, along Ajebo Road, in the Abeokuta area of Ogun State. Police authorities confirmed the girl’s death in Abeokuta today, saying the victim was slain after the kidnappers collected N1 million from her father, reports Channels TV. Spokesperson of the Ogun State Police [&he...
74-year-old Emir of Gobir in Gawata town of Sokoto state, Alhaji Isah Muhammad Bawa was abducted by bandits on Sabon Birni road last month alongside his biological son on his way to his native town of Sabon Birni, near the border with Niger, after attending a meeting in Sokoto. His abductors demanded N1 billion ransom […]
•Bandits Nigerians paid N1.048 billion as ransom to kidnappers between July 2023 and June 2024, a report has shown. The report, released yesterday by the SBM Intelligence, showed that 7,568 people were kidnapped across the country within the period, reports Daily Trust. SBM Intelligence is an Africa-focused market/security intel gathering cons...
The Police Command in Lagos State says it has arrested three suspected kidnappers, who collected N3 million ransom from a victim’s family. The Command’s Spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest today, reports NAN. Hundeyin said that the Isashi Police Division received a call from a concerned citizen yesterday at about 12:00 noo...
Tales of woes have continued to persist in the South-East geo-political region due to the unending spate of kidnappings in the zone. No week passes by without tales of people being kidnapped in different parts of the five states that make up the zone, reports Vanguard. Stories abound of innocent travellers who were caught in […]
Suspected kidnappers are demanding a ransom for the release of Christiana Idowu, a 300-level student at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, who was abducted on August 19 along the Ikorodu-Yaba Road. Christiana was on her way from her home in Itaoluwo, Ikorodu, to the University of Lagos, Yaba, where she was undergoing industrial t...
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