Zamfara Residents Kidnap Wives of Bandits in Retaliation
In a bizzare twist, residents of Birnin Magaji in Zamfara State have abducted family members of bandits in a retaliation to a recent kidnapping in the area. A youth leader…
Court orders Evans to return €233,000 ransom to Dunu, his victim
The Lagos State High court, sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square, on Lagos Island has ordered kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, aka Evans, to refund the sum of €233,000 ransom he…
FGC Yauri: Parents of Abducted Female Students Beg Nigerians for N100m Ransom
Parents of the 11 remaining abducted female students of the Federal Government College, Yauri, in Kebbi State, have appealed to Nigerians to come to their aid financially in order to…
Bandits abduct BEDC driver in Ondo State, demand N10m
Abductors of Mr Seun Emmanuel, a driver at the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) have demanded N10 million as ransom. Emmanuel was abducted on Tuesday on Owo-Ifon Road in Ondo…
Gunmen kill journalist’s father, abduct two others in Kaduna
Gunmen on Tuesday night in Manchok, Kaduna state, killed Mr Daniel Yatai, the father of Philip Yatai, a correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) and abducted his niece,…
Insecurity: Kaduna to shut down telecoms services
September 29, 2021 The Kaduna State government has served notice that the state will shut down telecommunication services in some parts due to insecurity. The shutdown was based on advisory…
We paid ransom to get our children released: Parents of Islamiyya school
August 29, 2021 All the released pupils of the Salihu Tanko Islamiyya school, Tegina, in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger have been reunited with their parents just as parents…
Abductors of Ibadan twins collected N4m ransom; abduction was to punish victims’ father
The police in Oyo State on Monday paraded seven suspects linked to the kidnapping of the two-year-old twins of a popular Ibadan  Islamic cleric, Alhaji Taofeek Akewugbagold. The Commissioner of…
Kidnappers Abduct Three Final Year Law Students, Reduce Ransom
Three final year law students of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria have been abducted by kidnappers on the notorious Kaduna-Abuja Expressway on Tuesday afternoon. A source disclosed to PRNigeria that the…
Stop funding terrorists, stop paying ransom, Buhari tells African leaders; meets Obasanjo at AU summit
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged his fellow African leaders to collaborate to stop ransom payments and all forms of financing for terrorism networks on the continent. He spoke at the…