A kidnapper identified as Mohammed Ahmadu paid N1.5 million to regain his freedom from another kidnapper, Abubakar Umaru a.k.a Buba Bargu. Continue Reading
“We have so far returned 103 of the kidnapped victims and the process is still ongoing. We are doing this as quietly as we can, to make sure that nobody is harmed and further kidnapping is stopped", Governor Masari said. Continue Reading
Osama Aminu Maale, an 18-year-old student told AFP that “there were a total of 520 of us that were taken by the gunmen from the school. After they took us away we stopped inside the bus where they made the older students take a headcount. We counted 520,” he said, adding that the hostages were split into groups before Maale and four others escaped.Continue Reading
Witnesses said gunmen in army uniform drove into the school and parked on the premises in a Highlander jeep for some time before storming the school staff room with guns, taking teachers captives.Continue Reading
“The gunmen who came
in numbers overpowered the vigilantes guarding the house and went straight to
his sleeping room. They whisked him
away, and on leaving the scene, they shot into the air to scare us,” a member
of the household said.Continue Reading
“This is a case of conspiracy and staged kidnapping, and the man at the centre of this case, who happens to be a Uber driver, is still at large. We are going after him because he conspired with one of these two ladies, Offiah, who faked her kidnap, Lagos state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu,Continue Reading
Following the kidnap of five children of the chairman of Yoruba community in Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, chairman, Elders Council of Yoruba Community in Abuja, Wale Adesina, led the organisation to a protest in Abuja on Saturday.Continue Reading
Bandits, on Tuesday descended on Maigiginya community in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killing two persons, and leaving two others injured, hours after they were repelled and prevented by security operatives from kidnapping travelers.Continue Reading
The students from the Department of French were travelling to Lagos for a programme at the Nigerian French Language Village in Badagry, Lagos, when they were kidnapped.Continue Reading
Kidnappers invaded the residence of a staff member of the University, went away with the staff along with his wife and daughterContinue Reading
