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Two suspected kidnappers were arrested by the Police in Jigawa, in collaboration with a local vigilance group in the Taura Local Government Area. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed the…
The traditional ruler of Bukpe community in Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), His Royal Highness (HRH) Alhaji Hassan Shamidozhi, has been abducted. According to DAILY TRUST, the monarch’s…
A woman, Emmanuella Anyanwu, who escaped from the hoodlums who reportedly killed late Olajide Sowore on Saturday, has said the gunmen demanded a ransom of N10m shortly before she escaped from the camp where she was kept…
A gang of bandits invaded Kurami home town of Ibrahim Aminu Kurami, lawmaker representing Bakori constituency in Katsina House of Assembly, and abducted his wife and two children. It comes nearly a year after the…
Olajide Sowore, a younger brother of Sahara Reporters’ Publisher and human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has been killed. Sowore announced this in a Facebook post on Saturday, adding that the Divisional Police…
Two suspected kidnappers have been shot dead while collecting ransom in Sabongida town in Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba State. The suspects had abducted an elderly man identified as Alhaji Gambo. The suspected…
Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and Human Rights Writers Association Of Nigeria (HURIWA) call have asked Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, to resign his position as governor due to escalation of insecurity…
Parents of the abducted students of Bethel Baptist School Kaduna state have taken over the Kaduna-Kachia express road in protest over the abduction of their wards, Newspremises reports. The protest is ongoing even as…
Cassandra Joseph Udokwu, the wife of popular Nollywood actor Bob Manuel Udokwu, has spoken out after some blogs declared her and her kids dead and also narrated the fictitious gruesome story of how they allegedly died.…
A 20-year-old woman, Mrs Halima Aliyu has been paraded for allegedly cutting off her husband’s genital over infidelity. She was paraded on Wednesday by the Taraba State Police Command. When asked during the parade, the…
Kidnappers suspected to be neighbours have abducted 15 year old boy Abubakar Sadiq Suleiman and killed him after they collected ransom of Four Million Five hundred thousand Naira in Bauchi In his account of the…
Unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted Hajiya Lubabatu Sani Lawal BK, the wife of the Deputy Accountant General of Katsina State, Alhaji Sani Lawal B/K. It was gathered that about gunmen numbering about…
Eight people who were earlier kidnapped along Kaduna-Birnin Gwari highway on Wednesday, September 18 have been rescued by the Operation Whirl Punch troops under 1 Division, Nigerian Army, Kaduna. According to the News…
Former Super Eagle Coach, Samson Siasia has cried out that his mother Ogere Siasia and two family members are still in kidnappers' den. Madam Beauty Ogere, 76, was adopted from her family house in Odoni community on…
Repentant Fulani bandits in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, on Monday, gave reasons why they attacked and kidnapped the people of the area. The former bandits disclosed this at a peace meeting in Tsafe,…
Gunmen on Friday kidnapped the Paramount Chief of Adara Chiefdom in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Mr. Maiwada Galadima; and his wife along Kaduna/Kachia road. A son in-law to the chief, Mr. Ibrahim…
The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police, Rivers State Command, has been reported to have deconstructed a barricade and neutralized some armed men suspected to be kidnappers earlier today in Rivers…
It will be recalled that the 73 year old monarch was abducted by gunmen on Saturday, July 16, 2016, killing at least three persons including, Palace Security Guide, 72 year old, Sunday Okonlanwo. The oba’s wife, fondly…
A 300 level student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, identified as Praise Adelakin has recounted how he was kidnapped at a public motor park in the state. According to Punch, the 18-year-old girl was…
