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 […]
The National Bureau of Statistics has revealed that Nigerians paid a total of N2.23tn as ransom over the 12 months between May 2023 and April 2024. This sum was paid by households affected by kidnapping incidents, highlighting the growing threat posed by criminal activities in the country. According to the NBS’s latest Crime Experience and […]
A lecturer at the Joseph Sarwan Tarka University, Makurdi, JoSTUM, former Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, FUAM, Dr. Smart Ichor has been arrested by the Benue State Police Command over the alleged kidnap of the wife of the JoSTM branch Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Susan Anyagh. Mrs. Anyagh was reportedly […]
Troops of Operation Safe Haven in Plateau State have dismantled a kidnappers’ den in Bassa Local Government Area, apprehending a notorious kingpin identified as Mohammed Musa, also known as Mamman. The operation, carried out in Rafiki community, also led to the arrest of Musa’s accomplice, Mallam Alhassan Samaila, and the recovery of ammunition concealed in […]
The Journalist working with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Gregory Mmaduakolam, who was kidnapped last Thursday in Owerri community, Imo State, has been released by his abductors. He was released early Saturday, after a payment of huge ransom by his family, a source told our correspondent. However, the source didn’t state the exact, amount […]
The Anambra State Police Command says they’ve arrested a suspected kidnapper identified as Nwokpoku Emmanuel a 34 years old male. The command in a statement by it’s Spokesperson, SP Ikenga Tochukwu said the suspect is a native of Ebonyi State living in Oduke-Obosi Ikenga added that their “operatives also recovered from the suspect, the victim’s […]
Gunmen have kidnapped a journalist working with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Owerri, Imo State, Mr Gregory Madu. Sources said Madu was kidnapped on Thursday by the hoodlums at Irete in Owerri West council area where he went to inspect land. Madu, according to the source, was recently posted to the state from […]
The kidnappers of four children, including a toddler, in Kaduna have reduced the ransom from N300 million to N25 million. Daily Trust reported that the children went missing while their father was out last Tuesday night to visit his wife, who was taking care of their sick twins admitted to a nearby hospital. The Interesting […]
Some gunmen on Tuesday night kidnapped the parish priest of St. Theresa’s Catholic parish in Obollo community in the Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo state, Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Azubuike. The Catholic Church priest was kidnapped along the Ayayi community in the Obollo community when his abductors struck. He was said to be returning […]
Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have rescued a six-month-old child, Lucky Sunday, who was kidnapped over a month ago by a co-tenant of the child’s parents at their residence on Anekelane Street in the Mile 2 axis of Diobu in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Recall that the suspect, simply identified as Mr Erica, […]
