kidnappers

Two members of Osun Baptist Conference held while delivering ransom to abductors in a community in Kogi State have regained freedom. The two persons had gone to deliver N6m to secure the release of Samuel Oladotun and Fashola…

Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, Anambra State Governor has on Friday demolished a building in Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area, which was used by kidnappers to house their victims. Security agents acting on information…

Masked gunmen have reportedly abducted Air Vice Marshal Sikiru Smith (retd.), in the Ajah area of Lagos State. Smith is said to be the cousin to a former Inspector-General of Police and current Chairman of the Police Service Commission,…

Management of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has denied a section of its handbook on security, advising serving corps members to prepare money for ransom if they get abducted while travelling on high-risk roads. The handbook is…

Abubakar Abdullahi, the chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria in Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna state has been killed by gunmen. MACBAN’s spokesperson, Ibrahim Bayero said the gunmen invaded Abdullahi’s…

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has mourned Olajide Sowore, assuring that the state government will bring his killers to book. Obaseki gave the assurance on Saturday while commiserating with a former presidential candidate and…

Nigerian Senate has on Wednesday, May 19 considered a bill seeking to prohibit the payment and receipt of ransom for the release of any person kidnapped, imprisoned or wrongfully confined in the country. The bill titled Terrorism…

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has insisted that his administration will not be yield to blackmails from kidnappers to back down on its “no ransom, no negotiation” policy. According to him, the kidnappers resorted to killing of…

A Lagos-based man, Phidel James, has narrated how he escaped death after he was recently abducted by six gunmen in Costain area of the state. Sharing his ordeal via his Facebook page on Sunday, April 25, James expressed that the…

A kidnapper, Mohammed Ahmadu, notorious for his nefarious activities in Abuja environs, was abducted by another kidnapper, Buba Babu, and had to pay N1,555,000 for his freedom. Force Public Relations Officer, CP Frank Mba, disclosed this…

Suspected bandits have killed the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Gidan Madi police station in Tangaza local government area of Sokoto state. They also killed an inspector of police and abducted two wives of a prominent businessman in…

A 33-year-old operative of the Department of State Services, Sadiq Bindawa, has been murdered by suspected kidnappers in Katsina State. The kidnappers reportedly collected N5 million ransom from his friends and relatives before killing…