Two people were killed and three others kidnapped in the hamlet of Kanzanna in the Bunza Local Government Area of…
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Perceived callousness in society comes, chiefly, from the responses of the government to public issues as they affect individuals and…
Nollywood actor, Chidi Mokeme has come out to say that he was attacked by unknown gunmen on his way to…
Former Chairman, Kaduna South Local Government, Dr. Usman Bello on Friday, has condemned the early Friday morning bandits attack that…
Ngurore Police Station in Adamawa’s Yola South Local Government Area was attacked by gunmen suspected of being kidnappers, according to…
Five more kids from Bethel Baptist School in Maraban Damishi, Chikun Local Government Area, Kaduna State, have been set free by bandits. This was confirmed by the President of the Nigerian Baptist Convention, Rev Israel Adelani Akanji, on Friday night, October 8. “Glory be to God. Five of our Bethel Baptist High School Kaduna students and the Matron have just…
A 300-Level female student of Bayero University Kano has been kidnapped by gunmen suspected of being kidnappers. Sakina Bello, a student from Kano, was taken on Tuesday in the Janbulo and Rijiyar Zaki parts of the city. The kidnappers allegedly phoned her relatives on Wednesday morning and demanded a ransom of N100 million. DSP Abdullahi Haruna, the spokesman for the Kano State Police Command, verified the event when contacted. He said that around 3 p.m. on Tuesday, the police received a report of a missing person and immediately began investigating the case. He stated that the Command has subsequently swung into action in an attempt to locate her. Also commenting on the issue, the BUK spokesman, Lamara Azare, said the…
The Amotekun Corp of the Ondo State Security Network Agency has nabbed a suspected kidnapper in the state. Samuel Lucky Akpan, the suspect, is accused of kidnapping a four-year-old boy in Akure, the state capital. While arraigning Akpan, the state Commander of Amotekun, Adetunji Adeleye, said that he confessed to the crime and that he planned to sell the youngster for N200,000. He claimed he was a family friend, and the youngster came from his mother’s shop to play with him. The Commander of the security agency also paraded 17 other suspected criminals arrested in various…
Two alleged kidnappers were apprehended by police in Ogun State while attempting to collect ransom. Muhammed Abubakar and Clinton Niche were named as suspects in a statement released by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi. They were alleged to have been detained after Stephen Ajibili reported his seven-year-old kid was taken by unknown men as he was despatched on an errand to the Agbara Area Command. The abductors allegedly called the victim’s father and wanted one million naira in exchange for his son’s release. “Consequent upon the report, the acting Area Commander Agbara, CSP Kayode Shedrack, quickly mobilised his…
Alhaji Abubakar Muazu Magarya, the father of Hon. Nasiru Magarya, the Speaker of the Zamfara State House of Assembly, is said to have died in captivity at the bandits’ hideout. Bandits kidnapped the Speaker’s father, who was the District Head of Magarya village, together with his wife, a three-week-old…