Beyond the Headlines
In the now embattled community of Amakohia-Ubi in the Owerri West Council area of Imo state, locals made a disturbing discovery on the 27th of November, 2024. The bodies of a man and a woman were found along the Umunjam farmland, on the Agwa road. Initially, identities of the deceased were unknown and the cause […]
Some gunmen have abducted two Catholic reverend sisters along Ufuma Road in Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State. It was gathered that the victims were on their way back from their vocational association’s meeting at Ogboji community in Orumba North LGA, when they were kidnapped late on Tuesday. According to a statement signed […]
OPERATIVES of the Delta State Police Command, have arrested a young girl, Princess Okolie and her boyfriend Prince Atigbi, at Asaba, the State capital, for faking her kidnap and collecting a ransom fee of N2 million. Police Public Relations Officer of the State Command, Mr. Bright Edafe, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, saying […]
The Ondo State Security Network Agency also known as Amotekun on Saturday confirmed the abduction of an Anglican priest, simply identified as Cannon Olowolagba, his wife and two children. The victims were reportedly kidnapped along Ise Akoko-Iboropa road in Akoko North-East Local Government Area of Ondo State last Sunday. According to a source in the […]
A 7-year-old girl, Mercy Akande, who is the daughter of a female Point-of-Sale operator in Ogun State has been reportedly kidnapped by an unnamed man. The incident, which occurred on Monday, December 23, 2024, has drawn concerns from Nigerians on the social media platform, X, amid calls to check the high corruption rate within the […]
The Police Command in Anambra has apprehended a suspect, Chukwuma Obi who disguises as a member of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to issue kidnapping threat to unsuspecting residents. SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Awka. “The suspect is […]
Tasi’u Abdullahi, a 10-year-old boy, has reportedly been killed by kidnappers in Rikkos community, Jos North LGA of Plateau state. Aliyu Muhammad, uncle to the deceased, told journalists on Tuesday that the boy was abducted on December 16 in front of his house after being lured by unknown persons. Muhammad said the kidnappers contacted the […]
Gunmen have reportedly abducted seven travellers in the Sabon Borno area of Sokoto state. According to Zagazola Makama, a counterinsurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, the gunmen intercepted a commercial vehicle near Chin Golf village early Tuesday morning. The report added that the victims, comprising six women and a driver, were forced out […]
The police command in Imo says it has dismantled a notorious kidnapping and armed robbery syndicate in Orogwe, Owerri West Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s Spokesman, ASP Henry Okoye, who confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday, said three suspects were neutralised, and two others, David Ifeanyichukwu, 20, and Abuchi Joseph, 24, […]
THE Commissioner of Police, Delta State Command, CP Olufemi Abaniwonda has said that operatives have arrested four murder suspects including the mastermind who duped the victim of N30 million before further receiving ransom of over N20 million from family. The police said they retrieved the decomposed skull of the victim at a shrine in Otokutu […]
