Billionaire Kidnapper Evans: Family of late Chiemeka Arinze to sue prisons Alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, at an Ikeja Special Offences Court, denied kidnapping a businessman, Sylvanus Ahamonu and collecting a 420,000 dollar ransom from his family. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Evans is standing trial alongside an […]
Abductors of the family members of a lecturer in Zamfara State have demanded a ransom of N70 million to release their victims. This comes barely a day after five persons were abducted by bandits who stormed the residence of Abdulrahaman Adamu on Wednesday at Damba Quarters, a community in the outskirts of Gusau. Adamu […]
Ten persons kidnapped at a farm in Ayede- Ogbese, Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, have finally regained their freedom. The spokesperson of Ondo State Police Command, DSP Funmilayo Odunlami, confirmed this in a telephone conversation with Channels Television in Akure. He said the victims regained their freedom in the early hours […]
Unknown gunmen have abducted 11 workers of Umunneochi council in Abia State. It was learnt that the council workers were returning from the traditional marriage ceremony of their colleagues at about 5pm were seized by the unknown at Leru , a boundary town between Abia and Imo states along the Enugu – Port Harcourt […]
A mixture of tension, confusion, apprehension and mourning, has gripped indigenes of Umuakagu Nsu in Ehime Mbano local council area of Imo State, following the discovery of the decomposing remains Mr Damian Anyanwu in a bush at Ikperejere, Ihitte Uboma local government area. Vanguard gathered that the late Damian Anyanwu, the father of an […]
The kidnapped Bayelsa State Commissioner for Commerce and Investment, Mr Federal Otokito, has been released by his abductors. Otokito regained his freedom on Monday after four days in captivity. The chief press secretary to the State governor, Mr Daniel Alabrah, made the disclosure in a terse statement issued on Monday evening. More to follow…
Otokito Federal Oparmiola, the Bayelsa state commissioner of trade and commerce, has been abducted by gunmen. The commissioner was reportedly kidnapped on Thursday night at his residence in Otuokpoti, Ogbia LGA of the state. The armed gunmen were said to have invaded the neighbourhood, shooting randomly into the air to frighten the locals before whisking […]
Gunmen have abducted 15 persons in Niger State. The Niger State Command, Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, confirmed this in a statement on Sunday. According to Abiodun, the criminals had stormed the remote community via Ibbi in Mashegu Local Government Area and also rustled a yet-to-be known number of cattle. They were also […]
Four abducted students of the Federal University of Lafia, Nasarawa State have regained their freedom, the school authorities said on Sunday. The students were kidnapped on Thursday night by gunmen around the university’s campus. In a statement, the institution’s Head, Information and Public Relations Unit, Abubakar Ibrahim, said the students who were kidnapped outside the […]
Some students of Federal University of Lafia, Nasarawa State, have been kidnapped around their campus. According to sources, the students were abducted at the university community in Maraba. The Public Relation Officer of the institution, Mr. Abubakar Ibrahim, confirmed the incident, explaining that four students were abducted. He said the gunmen stormed the university community […]
