•FCT Minister Wike and bandits Residents of Kungabokun and Paze, two communities in the Byazhin district on the outskirts of Kubwa, Bwari Area Council, have narrated their horrific experiences following successive attacks by a gang of kidnappers. In operations occurring just a week apart, at least 16 persons were abducted across three separate...
•Bandits The abducted Christian worshippers of the Celestial Church of Christ (CCC) in Uso community, Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State, have regained their freedom, it has just been learnt. The four worshippers were released yesterday evening at Ilado community after their families reportedly paid a ransom of N9 million to the abductors...
•Local hunters The Edo State Security Corps (ESSC), in collaboration with local hunters, have rescued a kidnapped student of the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, simply identified as Pascal. He was said to have been rescued unhurt on January 25, by the operatives of the Corps during the payment of ransom at a forest, reports Daily […]
•Late Major Joe Ajayi (retrd) A retired Army Major, Joe Ajayi, who was kidnapped at his residence in Odo-Ape, Kabba-Bunu local government area of Kogi State a few weeks ago, has died in the kidnappers’ den despite a ransom of N10 million paid for his rescue. Major Ajayi was kidnapped on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, […]
•General Tsiga (retrd) Brigadier General Maharazu Tsiga (retired), who was kidnapped alongside nine other residents on February 5 from Tsiga town in Bakori Local Government Area of Katsina State, remains in captivity 40 days after his abduction. Tsiga is a former Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), reports Daily Trust....
•Bandits The nine surveyors abducted last week at a site in Ilu-Abo, Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, have been released. Sources said a ransom of ₦20 million was paid, reports The Nation. A brother to the Ejemikin of Akure, High Chief Oluwole Omotayo, Pastor Ajibade Owolanke, confirmed release of the surveyors. Owolanke [&hell...
•Gunmen Kidnappers have reportedly shot dead two people in their captivity over a delay in the payment of ransom in Gwargwada, Kuje Area Council of the FCT. Our reporter learnt that the two victims, Mohammed Danladi and Nasiru Yusuf, who are natives of Gwargwada village, were abducted alongside a herder and a woman at Gwombe […]
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