•Former NYSC boss, General Maharazu Tsiga (retrd) The gunmen who abducted a former Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), General Maharazu Tsiga (retrd), have demanded a N250 million ransom for his release. A source close to the family who preferred anonymity, told our correspondent that the family was contacted and the a...
An informant to bandits, Ado Haruna, who set the criminals against his nephew, Alhaji Bashiru Anas, and his family for abduction, has narrated how he got only N200,000 from the N13 million collected as ransom. The suspect, arrested by the operatives of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT), was among others recently paraded by the Force [&helli...
•Gunmen A female banker, identified simply as Ifeoma, has reportedly been killed by suspected kidnappers in Anambra State, despite her family paying a ransom for her release. The victim was reportedly abducted in Onitsha and held captive for several days before her captors contacted her family to demand a ransom, reports The PUNCH. A family [&...
•Gunmen Abductors of the Anglican bishop, Rev. Canon Olowolagba, his wife, and children, along Iboropa road in Akoko North-East council area of Ondo State, have demanded a ransom of N75 million for their release. Sources our correspondent that the abductors have opened a line of communication with the victims family members and leaders of the ...
•Bandits Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have ambushed an Ado-Ekiti-bound 18-passenger bus at Emure Ile, kidnapping all the passengers on board. The incident occurred on the outskirts of Emure-Owo on Sunday night, at the boundary between Ekiti and Ondo states, as the bus was returning from Onitsha, reports Vanguard. A source at the Road Tran...
•Wizkid Nigeria’s multiple award-winning singer, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, professionally known as Wizkid, lost his handset in the early hours of today. The Frontier reports that the 34 years old father of two boys surprised the organisers of an all-night Yuletide musical show with his attendance. At some point in the show, the prolific s...
•Bandits The National Bureau of Statistics has revealed that Nigerians paid a total of N2.23 trillion as ransom over the 12 months between May 2023 and April 2024. This sum was paid by households affected by kidnapping incidents, highlighting the growing threat posed by criminal activities in the country. According to the NBS’s latest Crime [&...
•Bandits Bandits in Zamfara State have rejected N3 million offered as ransom for the release of 26 abducted persons from Gidan-Goga village, Maradun Local Government Area. An indigene of the village, Abubakar Shehu, whose three daughters are among the abductees, disclosed this yesterday in a phone interview with our correspondent. He clarified...
•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...
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