Operatives of Kogi State Police Command attached to the Quick Response Unit have rescued eleven males, two females who were kidnapped at a hotel in Eleite area of the state along Ajaokuta Road on March 25, 2023. The development was sequel to the order by the Commissioner of Police, CP Akeem Yusuf, that efforts must […]
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The abductors of six Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials, who participated in the governorship and state assembly elections in Kogi State, have demanded the sum of N50million for their release. Addressing a press conference on Monday on behalf of the families of the kidnapped victims in Lokoja, an Assistant Presiding Officer II, in the […]
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The Niger State Police Command has arrested three suspects for kidnapping children in the Suleja Local Government Area of the state. A statement issued by the command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, on Friday night in Minna, stated that the suspects were arrested in Abuja. “The suspects – Saviour Ebuka 20yrs and Mary Peter […]
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The gunmen who kidnapped two persons in Ayede-Ogbese in Akure North Local Council of Ondo State on Friday have demanded N10 million ransom for the release of the victims. DAILY POST learnt the abductors made the demand after contacting families of the victims. A community leader and Odopetu of Ayede Ogbese land, High Chief Oladimeji […]
Kidnappers demand N10m ransom for two abducted victims in Ondo
The Niger State Police Command has arrested three suspects in connection with the abduction of ten children in Suleja and Lugbe in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Spokesperson of the command, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, March 23, 2023, said the arrest was sequel to the abduction of two […]
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The Electoral Officer in charge of Maradun Local Government Area in Zamfara State, Bashir Shagari, has reportedly been kidnapped by unknown gunmen. A source who spoke to The Punch said Shagari was coming to Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Collation Center in Gusau to deliver the results of the governorship election for Maradun Local Government […]
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A Makurdi Magistrate’s Court, on Monday, March 13, 2023, remanded two students, Ugosor Japhet and Gwebe Ageba, over alleged culpable homicide and armed robbery. The suspects were arrested for allegedly killing a student of the Benue State University, identified as Erkaa Naomi Dooshima. The Magistrate, Mrs Erdoo Ter, did not take the plea of the […]
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The police in Ogun State have rescued a journalist, Seun Oduneye, from kidnappers after a gun battle which reportedly lasted forty-five minutes. The journalist was returning to Ijebu-Ode from Abeokuta when the kidnappers attacked him around Mobalufon area and took him away. Mr Oduneye was abducted around 7:50 p.m. in his Toyota Camry car on […]
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Zamfara State Police Command has rescued 14 kidnapped victims who have been in bandits’ camp for 68 days. The spokesperson for the command, SP Mohammed Shehu, said the victims were rescued by the police tactical operatives in conjunction with the vigilante group during a mop-up at Munhaye forest in the Tsafe Local Government Area of […]
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Nine residents have reportedly been kidnapped by gunmen at the Grow Homes Estate along Kuchibiyi in the Kubuwa area of the Federal Capital Territory. The gunmen numbering about 20 were said to have stormed the estate around 11:30 pm on Friday. A resident of the community who identified himself simply as Hassan told The Punch […]
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A Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court, sitting in Awka, Anambra State, has sentenced a 42-year-old woman, Victoria Enwerem (Anosike) to multiple jail terms for stealing five children in Onitsha. Enwerem was arraigned in Court on a-3 count charge: conspiracy to steal children; fraudulently enticing away and harbouring children, and forcefully isolating the children from […]
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Bandits on Friday morning in Karimbu-Kahugu community in Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State killed a pastor’s son and kidnapped four members of his family including his wife. The Vice Chairman, Kahugu National Development Association in Lere Local Government Area, Peter Mukaddas said the bandits invaded the community in the early hours of Friday […]
Bandits kill pastor’s son, kidnap wife, three others in Kaduna
Two cattle rearers have been remanded in a correction center for abducting and raping a pregnant woman. The duo were sent to prison by an Upper Area Court in Gwagwalada, FCT on Tuesday after they pleaded guilty to the crime. The police charged Nuru Tukur, 21, and Yusufa Haruna, 29, with criminal conspiracy, force, assault […]
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Police operatives from the Bauchi State Police Command on Friday foiled a kidnap attempt at Rafin Cora village in Ningi Local Government Area of the state. The operatives killed a member of the gang. The gang, according to the command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, had invaded the residence of one Alhaji […]
Some unknown gunmen have reportedly abducted two wives and a son of the Chief of Sarkin Kudu in Ibi Local Government Area of Taraba State, HRH Dan-Salama Adamu on Friday night. This came barely three weeks after some gunmen abducted two wives and five children of the Chief of Mutum-Biyu and later murdered them in […]
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Idowu Adekanye, a middle-aged driver, was on Friday charged by the Ondo State Police Command with murder and kidnapping of a businessman named Omololu Olowosoyo in the Irele Local Government Area of Ondo State. According to Police Prosecutor Taiwo Oniyere, Adekanye committed the crime on January 14, 2023, along Ore-Irele road, and was charged with […]
Ondo: Police arraign driver over alleged kidnap, murder of businessman
An Ondo State Magistrate Court, sitting in Akure, Ondo State, has remanded a 16-year-old boy, Lekan Mustapha and his guardian, Zulum Yisa, for alleged kidnapping. The teenager, during his arraignment on Tuesday, February 28, told the court that they used biscuits and magical rings to abduct nine children and took the victims to one Islamic […]
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Nigerian skit maker, Chukwuebuka Emmanuel, popularly known as Brain Jotter, has reacted to claims his cousin, Precious Chidalu Ihedimbu was murdered by rogue police officers. Recall that a report had claimed that Ihedimbu was allegedly murdered by men loyal to a police officer in Akwuzu, Anambra state. The report alleged that Ihedimbu was murdered last […]
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The Zamfara State Police Command has arrested a 20-year-old man for allegedly conniving with five others to kidnap his mother and three others and collecting the sum of thirty million naira as ransom. The state police spokesperson, SP Mohammed Shehu, while addressing journalists in Gusau, the state capital, on Friday, said the suspect, Thomas Yau, […]
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A 20-year-old victim, Abdulrahman Abubakar from Gwandu Emirate in Kebbi State was recently rescued from kidnappers by tactical operatives of the Zamfara State Police Command along Tsafe-Kucheri-Yankara road. According to a statement issued by the Police Public Relation Officer, SP Mohammed Shehu, the rescue of the victim was part of the command’s ongoing effort to […]
A 40-year-old farmer, Akinola Akinnibinu has been reportedly killed by some suspected kidnappers in his farm at Oko Oparun Village in Ondo East Local Government Area of Ondo State. The suspected bandits allegedly killed the deceased following the failure of the farmer’s wife to provide the ransom of N700,000 demanded by the abductors. According to […]
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The Kaduna State Police Command has announced the rescue of a 6-year-old kidnapped child who was reportedly sold for N100,000. The police said “on the 23rd January, 2023 at about 0400hours the Command received a report that one Hajara Ashiru ‘f’ 6yrs old was missing and the Command immediately mobilised Operatives, swung into action and […]
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The Police in Kano State have rescued two kidnap victims in Ungogo Local Government. Spokesman of the State command, SP. Haruna Abdullahi Kiyawa confirmed this in a statement issued to newsmen. He said the victims were rescued after the police received reports from the victim’s parents at Bachirawa Quarters, Ungogo LGA, Kano State, that their […]
The Adamawa Police Command said it has foiled an attempt to kidnap a local businessman in Jambutu. A statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroji, disclosed that operatives attached to the State Intelligence Bureau, SIB, foiled an attempt to kidnap Emmanuel Ebel, a resident of Jambutu, Yola North Local Government Area […]
Operatives of the Adamawa State Police Command attached to the State Intelligence Bureau (SIB) have foiled an attempt by a group of illegally migrated Cameroonians to kidnap one Emmanuel Ebel, a businessman, and resident of Jambutu, Yola North local government area on January 26. The command said in a statement obtained on Saturday afternoon: “On […]
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The Enugu State Police Command says it has concluded an investigation into the case of the alleged murder of 9-year-old house help, Precious James Korshima, by her guardian, Mrs Ujunwa Ugwoke. The information was contained in a press release issued on Thursday by the State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, detailing how Mrs […]
Plateau State’s first-class traditional ruler, the Agwom Izere, His Royal Highness, Dr Isaac Azi Wakili, who was abducted by unknown gunmen on Friday, has been rescued. The Plateau State Command Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Alfred Alabo, in a statement on Friday afternoon, stated that operatives of the command arrested the abductors of the traditional […]
The Edo State Government has disclosed that the two remaining Igueben Train Station kidnap victims have been rescued, while two village chiefs and five others have been arrested in connection with the crime. Over 20 passengers and two Nigeria Railway Corporation staff were abducted on January 7 when gunmen attack Igueben train station in Edo […]
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Gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, have abducted a Divisional Police officer newly transferred to the Pankshin Division of Plateau State. The newly transferred DPO, whose name could not be ascertained, was kidnapped on Wednesday at the hotel where he lodged in the local government. A source told DAILY POST that the gunmen, in large numbers, […]
The Kwara State Police Command has rescued a kidnap victim in Ilorin, the state capital. The spokesman of the command, Okasanmi Ajayi said the rescued victim, Alhaji Tunde Buhari, Chairman of Oluwalose Community, Oko-Olowo axis of Ilorin, was one of the two persons abducted recently in the area. He said the feat was achieved with […]
Tochukwu Nworih, a suspected member of a kidnapping syndicate, has been arrested by officers of the Ondo State Police Command after he allegedly kidnapped a six-year-old girl when she was sitting in her mother’s car. The child was allegedly kidnapped by the suspect and his gang when the mother was out buying groceries. The suspect, […]
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The Police in Ondo State has arrested a suspect over his alleged kidnap of a six-year-old girl from her mother’s car at a grocery shop in Akure. Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ondo State Command, said this in a statement made available to newsmen in Akure on Saturday. She said a case […]
The Kwara state police command has arrested a man named Issa Naigheti for reportedly kidnapping his father and collecting N2.5 million in ransom. The command said that the suspect was arrested by the anti-kidnapping team at the Kambi area on Ilorin-Jebba road in Moro local government area of Kwara state on Wednesday, January 4,2023. A […]
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A married man, Nuhu Umar Usman, 40, mistook his second wife, Ladi Nuhu Dangarfa for a kidnapper and shot her dead in the middle of the night in Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State. Confirming the incident on Friday, Bauchi State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Ahmed Wakil in a statement said trouble started […]
Husband mistakes wife for kidnapper shoots her dead in Bauchi
Niger State Government has rescued no fewer than thirteen (13) kidnapped victims abducted from different locations and abandoned by their abductors. They were freed during gunfire between security forces and bandits in Gurara Local Government Area of the State. The commissioner for Internal Security and Humanitarian Services, Hon Emmanuel Bagna Umar, who made this known […]
Two brothers, Ayomide and Gbenga Babatunde, have been arrested by Ogun State command of the Nigerian Police early on Friday morning for kidnapping a mother and her nine-year-old son for ritual purposes. The command spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital. Oyeyemi said, the suspects […]
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Four suspected internet fraudsters, popularly known as ‘Yahoo boys’, have been arrested by police operatives in Ogun State for allegedly abducting their colleague over sharing of proceeds of their fraud business. It was gathered that the victim and the suspects belong to an internet fraudster syndicate that recently swindled somebody of N26,437,950, and that the […]
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Two suspected internet fraudsters, popularly known as Yahoo boys, and two of their female colleagues have allegedly abducted another colleague over the sharing of the proceeds of fraud. The suspects were on Monday arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command, DAILY POST reports. The Ogun State police spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, identified the suspects […]
Suspected Yahoo boys, girls kidnap colleague over fraud proceeds in Ogun
Unknown gunmen (UGM) have abducted a female Nigerian Army officer, P. P. Johnson from Abia State. In a video seen by DAILY POST on Thursday, the captors vowed to kidnap other Southeasterners serving in the armed forces. The voice behind the recording said they were UGM, not members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). […]
Unknown gunmen kidnap female Nigerian Army officer, target others in military
The Police Command in Delta State has neutralised two suspected kidnappers and recovered assorted weapons from them in the state. The spokesman of the command, DSP Bright Edafe, disclosed this to newsmen on Tuesday in Warri. Edafe said the suspects were neutralised on Sunday by the Police patrol team attached to the “B division’, Warri. […]
A young man, whose name was given as Ifeanyi, who was allegedly kidnapped on Friday last week, just two days to Christmas, has been found dead. The man, said to be an indigene of Awgu, a community in Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State, was abducted at Okpuno, close to Geneva Hotel. Meanwhile, […]
Man allegedly kidnapped two days to Christmas found dead in Awka
Kingsley Etim Eyo, 34, was given a 10-year prison term on Monday by the Akwa Ibom State High Court in Okoita, Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area, for kidnapping his six-year-old cousin Goodnews Essien. It was found that Eyo, a local of the community of Ikot Otoinyie in the Uruan Local Government Area, conspired with a […]
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There is a major crisis within the entire Fulani community in Kwara State and some members of Miyetti Allah over alleged attempts to release and terminate a criminal case against one Hardo Usman Adamu and others in detention. Adamu and other suspects were arrested over allegations of kidnapping for ransom. The Miyetti Allah group had […]
Crisis brews in Kwara Fulani community over detention of kidnap suspects
Unknown gunmen have kidnapped a 60-year-old woman and her 15-year-old granddaughter in Andaza Village, Kiyawa local Government, Jigawa State. A resident told DAILY POST that the incident happened on Sunday night after gunmen in their numbers, riding motorcycles, invaded the village. He said the hoodlums, who stormed the village carrying guns and shooting sporadically, went […]
Ekpe Ogbu, the Benue State Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen on Saturday evening. Confirming the abduction, the security adviser to the state governor, Colonel Paul Hemba (retd), who explained that the commissioner was abducted at Adankari Junction along the Otukpo-Ado Road, revealed that the victim’s vehicle had been […]
Lukman Aliyu, father of two abducted children in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, has recounted his traumatic ordeal in the hands of the armed kidnappers who invaded his residence on 13th October, 2022. In the BBC video clip of the account, Lukman said the kidnappers gave his two abducted children N500 each to buy soap to […]
The Oloso of Oso, Oba Clement Jimoh Olukotun, in Ajowa-Akoko in the Akoko North-West Local Government Area of Ondo State, has been abducted by gun-wielding kidnappers. According to sources in the community, the kidnappers stormed the monarch’s home on Thursday at about 10:15 pm and took him to an unidentified location. The kidnappers were said […]
The military and combined efforts of the security operatives have rescued 76 commuters kidnapped by bandits along the Funtua-Zaria road at the Gulbala area in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State. According to a press statement signed and issued to newsmen by the Kaduna State Police Public Relations, DSP Mohammed Jalige the victims were […]
Security operatives rescue 76 kidnapped victims, searching for driver, 2 others
The Kwara State Police Command has arrested two suspects in connection with the abduction of two persons at Oko-Olowo area of Ilorin in the early hours of Saturday. The Spokesman of the Police Command, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, who confirmed the arrest, said investigation has commenced into the matter, while a search and rescue operation for […]
About 44 people have been kidnapped by bandits from Kanwa community in the Zurmi Local government Area of Zamfara State. A source told DAILY POST that the bandits moved from house to house in Thursday night. The source added that the community of late has experienced pockets of attacks by the bandits, lamenting that the […]
The Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has taken steps to stop the cases of kidnapping on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. On Tuesday, the IGP reportedly took briefs from the commissioners of police in Ogun, Lagos and Oyo states about the security situation on the expressway. Consequent upon this, the IGP, DAILY POST learnt, has […]
The Kwara State Police Command on Tuesday gave a graphic account of how its operatives secured the release of kidnapped Senior Kwara State Magistrate and arrested three suspects including a woman connected to the incident. According to the Spokesman of the command, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, in a statement in Ilorin on Tuesday, “on 05/11/2022 at […]
How police secured release of abducted Magistrate, arrested suspects
Katsina State Police Command has confirmed the release of the 21 children abducted by bandits on Sunday while working on a farm in Mairuwa community, Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State. SP Gambo Isah, the spokesman for Katsina State Police Command, disclosed this in a brief statement on Saturday night. According to him, the […]
Normalcy has been restored in Gaa-Osibi and Alagbado communities of the Okelele area in Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State following the invasion of the areas by suspected kidnappers and cultists. Nonetheless, there is still tension in the neighbourhood according to the community leader of the area, Alangua Ibagun, Sakariyau Abdulmaliki Iyanda. In a chat […]
Calm in Ilorin communities after kidnappers, cultists rampage
About 1,789 persons in Kaduna State were abducted by bandits in six months this year, the state has revealed. Presenting the security situation report for 2022 to the state government on Friday, the state Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, explained that within the same period 161 bandits were killed in […]
1,789 persons kidnapped within six months in Kaduna – Commissioner
At least nine passengers travelling in a commercial vehicle along the Emohua Local Government axis of the East-West road in Rivers State were kidnapped on the night of Wednesday, November 2, 2022. A source from one of the communities in the area, who confirmed the incident said the abduction took place at the boundary between […]
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have reportedly intercepted a Benue Links bus along the Ugbokolo and Okpoga area in Okpokwu Local Government Area of Benue State, abducting all passengers and the driver. An eyewitness who spoke to DAILY POST on Wednesday said the 16 passengers were heading to Okpoga and Owukpa when the kidnapers blocked […]
Suspected herdsmen reportedly intercept Benue Links bus, abduct 16 passengers, driver
Suspected kidnappers, on Sunday, reportedly opened fire on two residents of Katsina, killing two persons, and abducting three others A resident in the area who raised the alarm over the incident, Mallam Yusufu Musa, said the bandits were operating from the forest area of Jibiya Local Government Area of Katsina State. DAILY POST recalls that […]
Mr Lukman Aliyu, the father of two teenage boys recently abducted by gunmen in Kwara State, has said the abductors demanded payment for the bullets they shot during the operation, among other demands. According to Mr. Lukman Aliyu, the father of two adolescent boys who were recently kidnapped by gunmen in Kwara State, the kidnappers […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to immediately declare a state of emergency in Ebonyi State over the alleged incessant attacks on the rule of law and democratic rights of Nigerians by the agents of the state. The call was made following the abduction of a former House of Representatives member and Senatorial candidate of […]
Kidnap of LP candidate: Buhari asked to declare state of emergency in Ebonyi
Terrorists, in the early hours of Saturday, killed two locals at Gidan Diyam and also kidnapped two others in Dayi community under Malumfashi Local Government Area, Katsina State. A building material seller, Ejike Hyginus, popularly refered to as ‘Yellow’, and one Mustapha, a health worker attached to the Dayi Primary Healthcare, were kidnapped in the […]
Terrorists kill two, kidnap two in Katsina Dayi-Tuge community
The Osun State Police command has announced the kidnaping and murder of Chief Oladepo Asaolu, the Babaloja of Ora-Igbomina, Oke-Ila Local Government Area of Osun State. According to the command in a statement by its spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola on Sunday in Osogbo, the report of the kidnapping of Chief Asaolu was made by Oladepo Olasunkanmi […]
The Federal High Court 2 sitting in Lokoja has sentenced a 22-year-old man, Jubril Ibrahim to 20 years imprisonment. The Presiding Judge, Justice P. Mallong convicted the defendant on Thursday. The court convicted the defendant on five counts. Jubril Ibrahim was arrested with a locally made pistol revolver and charged to court on five counts […]
A Police Inspector, identified as Idris Musa, was in the early hours or Monday, killed by terrorists. The terrorists, who blocked the Katsina-Jibia road, set the officer’s car set ablaze. The late Idris Musa was said to be on his way to work when he was ambushed and killed by the terrorists. DAILY POST learnt […]
Terrorists kill police officer, set car ablaze, kidnap others in Katsina
A former cleaner of a new generation bank and leader of notorious kidnap gang in Bayelsa State, John Ikechukwu Ewa, has revealed that one of the reasons he arranged for the kidnap of his former bosses was because he was sacked from the bank. John Ewa, who was arrested in Abuja, and linked to several […]
I arrange the kidnap of my ex-bosses years after I was sacked from bank – John Lyon
The Birnin Gwari Emirate Progressive Union (BEPU), has again cried out over attacks on Gwari community members in Kaduna State. The union alleged that bandits killed three persons and kidnapped 22 others in Birnin-Gwari local government area of the state. In a statement issued by the Chairman of BEPU, Ishaq Usman Kasai, the union expressed […]
Terrorists allegedly kill three, kidnap 22 in Birnin Gwari – BEPU cries out
Newly elected President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Archbishop Daniel Okoh, has reacted to Nigeria’s 62nd Independence Anniversary, saying though Nigeria had 23 years of uninterrupted democracy, it is still enmeshed in collective struggles. Among the issues CAN noted were still of great cause for concern are insecurity, kidnapping, ill-perceived killing and decapitation […]
Nigeria at 62: Banditry, kidnapping, others still prevalent – CAN
The police in Enugu State have confirmed the attempt by kidnappers to abduct some travellers along the Ugwuogo Nike-Opi-Nsukka Road. Residents had raised the alarm that the road was blocked by suspected Fulani herdsmen on two different occasions within 48 hours. In a statement made available to DAILY POST by the Police Public Relations Officer […]
Police rescue 12 kidnap victims in Enugu, foil attempt on others
A pastor in Adamawa State has been arrested for threatening to kidnap someone if the person does not give him N1 million. Pastor Joel Saul, 30 years old and of ECWA Church Kwanan Kuka, Ngurore, in Yola South local government area, allegedly wrote a letter to his target, claiming to be the leader of kidnappers […]
Pastor nabbed for threatening to kill, kidnap victim after demanding N1m
Adesina Shittu, a tricycle rider, has been arrested after faking being kidnapped in order to steal a tricycle belonging to his boss. Days after telling the tricycle’s owner that he was being held captive in Igoba, Akure, the capital of Ondo State, by kidnappers, Adesina was apprehended in Badagry, Lagos State. The tricycle’s owner was […]
The Principal General of Madonna Community Secondary School, Mr Monday Ekoriko, who was kidnapped two weeks ago, has regained his freedom after paying a sum of four million, two hundred thousand naira as ransom to his captors. It could be recalled that Ekoriko was kidnapped in his native home at Udianga, Etim Ekpo Local government […]
Abducted school principal in Akwa Ibom regains freedom after paying N4.2m ransom
The Niger State Government has indicted 44 members of a local vigilante group over alleged involvement in the killings, attacks and abduction that took place in Mashegu Local Government Area of the state recently. The Chairman of the White Paper Committee on Judicial Commission of Inquiry into cases of killings, injuries and abduction of several […]
Niger govt indicts 44 local vigilante members in killing, kidnapping in Mashegu community
Rivers State Police Command has arrested a suspected fake Reverend Sister, identified as Maureen Wechinwu who is allegedly involved in child theft. The police also rescued fifteen children from her residence in Aluu Community in Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner of Police Friday Eboka who paraded the suspect and twenty other […]
Police rescue 15 kidnapped children, arrest fake Rev. Sister in Rivers
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers blocked Birnin Gwari/Funtua highway, killed a driver and kidnapped scores of travellers A resident in the area, Alhaji Ibrahim Yusuf who confirmed this on Monday evening said the incident happened on September 1, 2022. Also confirming the incident, Chairman, Birnin-Gwari Emirate Progressives Union (BEPU), Ishaq Usman Kasai in a statement […]
Kidnappers who abducted some funeral guests in Ondo State have sought a ransom of N90 million before releasing the victims The kidnappers were said to have demanded between N3 million and N10 million on each victim in order to free them. The victims were abducted in Ifon, Ondo State, a border town with Edo State, […]
Ondo: Kidnappers demand N90m ransom for abducted burial guests
The Principal of Madonna Community Secondary School, Monday Ekoriko, was kidnapped in the Etim Ekpo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State on Saturday. The criminals reportedly went away with Monday Ekoriko’s SUV and motorcycle. Ekoriko’s wife, Menim, while narrating the incident on Sunday, said the armed men besieged the family compound at Udianga. Enem, […]
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Four hundred and fifty days after bandits stormed the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, in Kebbi State and abducted 80 students from the school, 13 of the students have remained in captivity. It was reported that bandits loyal to a kingpin, Dogo Gide, stormed the school on June 17, 2021, kidnapped 80 students and five […]
13 kidnapped Kebbi Federal College students remain in captivity 15 months after
Mr. Bashiru Adekile, one of the four people kidnapped in Ondo State last month, has reportedly died. While travelling from Akure, the state capital, to Ikare-Akoko, headquarters of Akoko North East Local Government Area of the state, Adekile was abducted alongside the traditional head of the Iku quarters and two others. Adekile died on Thursday, […]
Unknown gunmen struck on Tuesday night at Gaa Olobi community in Okoolowo area of Ilorin, Kwara State capital, and kidnapped one Kazeem Asalapa, and the wife of his son. Spokesman of the state police command, Okasanmi Ajayi in Ilorin on Thursday, confirmed the incident. He revealed that the two victims had been rescued. Okasanmi, however, […]
Suspected gunmen on Friday, stormed a farm in Anchau village of Kubau Local Government Area of Kaduna State, on Wednesday, killing a soldier who was detailed to provide security to staff members in the company. A source disclosed that after killing the security personnel, they abducted two staff of the company, a Zimbabwean national. Confirming […]
Gunmen kidnap foreign national after killing a soldier in Kaduna community
Bandits, on Wednesday, abducted a yet-to-be-specified number of commuters along the Katsina-Jibia road. A source told DAILY POST that the incident took place around 5pm at Kadobe village. According to the source, the bandits came on about six motorcycles, blocked the road and fired gunshots to scare commuters before kidnapping the occupants of two vehicles. […]
A former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani has reacted to the kidnap of four Catholic Reverend sisters in Imo State by gunmen. Sami described the abduction of the Catholic nuns as unfortunate and tragic. In a tweet, the former lawmaker urged Nigerians to pray for the Reverend sisters. DAILY POST had reported that the armed […]
Shehu Sani reacts as bandits kidnap four Catholic Rev sisters in Imo
Six persons in Dutsinma town, Dutsinma Local Government Area of Katsina State have been kidnapped by bandits. A source told DAILY POST that some of the victims are relatives of Umar Tafa, a gubernatorial aspirant. The source explained that the victims were wedding guests, were kidnapped very close to the house of a popular politician […]
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has issued a 24-hour ultimatum to the Federal Government to quickly secure the release of Azurfa Lois John, a 21-year-old Christian, who was one of the victims of the Kaduna-Abuja train attack. A statement issued by HURIWA’s National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, on Saturday, noted that failure to […]
FG gets 24 hours to rescue kidnapped Christian girl to be married off to terrorist
The Zamfara State chapter of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) has lamented the killing of one of its members, Barrister Benedict Torngee Azza by unknown gunmen in Gusau, the state capital. This was contained in a press statement signed and issued to newsmen in Gusau by the state chairman of the association, Barrister Junaidu Abubakar. […]
Zamfara: Unknown gunmen kill NBA member while trying to kidnap him
An 18-year-old student has been arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Niger Command, for an alleged attempt to kidnap the Provost, College of Fisheries, New Bussa. This was disclosed in a statement by the command spokesman, ASC Nasir Abdullahi, on Wednesday. He said the suspect, who is a student of the […]
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) on Tuesday, criticised Justice Binta Nyako for her light judgement on Taraba-based kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Bala, popularly known as Wadume. HURIWA’s National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, in a statement, said by sentencing Wadume to seven years without an option of a fine, the judiciary is allegedly aiding kidnapping […]
Wadume: HURIWA slams Justice Binta Nyako over judgement on Taraba kidnap kingpin
Oyo State Police Command has said two suspects were arrested over attempts to kidnap staff of a private university in the state. The command noted that the suspects wrote a letter to the university to pay some amount of money. The suspects according to the police, said in the letter, that failure to provide the […]
Police arrest two suspects over plan to kidnap staff of private university in Oyo
Police in Kano State has foiled a kidnap attempt of a village head of Garun Babba, Abdulmuminu Mudi in Garun Malam Local Government Area, Kano State. The spokesman of the command SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa stated this in a press statement issued to DAILY POST. He said police on Tuesday received a report that scores […]
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers attacked the Chairman, Kaduna State Council of National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Comrade Ishaku Yakubu, but fortunately, he escaped from being Kidnapped The incident, which took place on Wednesday evening at Mararaban Rido, was described by many friends and relatives of the victim as God’s divine miracle. […]
National Association of Nigeria Nurses, Midwives’ Chairman escapes kidnap attempt in Kaduna
Big Brother Naija, BBNaija 2017 winner, Michael Ejeba, popularly known as Efe, has narrated how God saved him from kidnappers. The singer disclosed this on his Instagram page. He thanked God for saving him from a suspected kidnap attempt on Sunday. Sharing a video showing the aftermath of the attack which had his car wrecked, […]
BBNaija winner, Efe escapes kidnap attempt, narrates ordeal [VIDEO]
A four-year-old boy. Oluwadarasimi Omojola, has been reportedly kidnapped along Itaji/Ijelu Ekiti in Oye Local Government Area this evening. The Owajumu of Omu Ekiti, Oba Gabriel Ogundeyi, who confirmed the incident through a telephone conversation with newsmen said the incident occurred around six o’clock in the evening. The monarch said the boy was returning from […]
The apex youth body of the Nine Niger Delta States, the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide, has expressed concern over the rising cases of kidnapping and other violent crimes in the state. The youth group said despite the efforts of the present administration of Governor Douye Diri to provide logistic support to security agencies the […]
IYC raises alarm over rising cases of kidnapping, violent crimes In Bayelsa
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed Daniel Yatai, the father of Philip Yatai, a correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), and abducted his niece, Brenda. The incident which took place on Tuesday night in Manchok, Kaduna State, has thrown the community into mourning. The father of the NAN correspondent, aged 86, retired […]
Gunmen kill NAN correspondent’s father, kidnap niece in Kaduna
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Monday night, kidnapped the Rector of the Federal School of Statistics, in Manchok, Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State, after killing one person Mr. Ishaya Bulus, a resident in the community narrated that the bandits, numbering over 50, stormed the community around 8.00pm on Monday night, shot one […]
Bandits kill one, kidnap Rector, one other in Kaduna community
The families of two people who were abducted by some kidnappers last week Friday are still looking for money to pay as ransom. A close source to the families of the duo made this disclosure during a conversation with DAILY POST on Tuesday. Our correspondent gathered that the duo of Olugbenga Owolabi, a hotelier and […]
We cannot afford ransom payment for our kidnapped relatives – Family of LAUTECH student cry out
A lecturer at the Federal College of Education (FCE) Special, Oyo, identified as Mr. Amidu Sarafadeen, and a three-year-old toddler abducted on Friday in Oyo have regained their freedom. The duo, who are neighbours living in separate apartments, were abducted in the early hours of Friday at 2nd Low Cost, Offa Meta, Atiba Local Government […]
An unnamed man, from Nnewi in Anambra State, has warned that despite the celebrated victory of security agencies over unknown gunmen, the state was far from being totally safe. The man, who was kidnapped on Saturday night, alongside his younger brother said what he experienced was a clear indication that there is still trouble in […]
Anambra not totally safe – Man kidnapped alongside brother tells Soludo
The Adamawa State Police Command has killed three suspected kidnappers. The Command said in a statement released Sunday that it disconnected a criminal network at Damare Hill which connects part of Holma and Sorau in Song and Maiha local government areas and gunned down the three suspects. The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Suleiman […]
Students of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, have petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State over the kidnap of one of their colleagues. The students said that they are in pain over the abduction of one of their colleagues identified as Opadele Rachael Abiola. The students of LAUTECH, […]
LAUTECH students petition Buhari, Makinde over kidnap of colleague
