Local hunters in Kebbi State, who vowed to track down the bandits holding over a hundred students and teachers of Federal Government College, Yauri, say they have abandoned the search because the state government was not supporting their efforts. PREMIUM TIMES reported how bandits abducted about 102 students of the school on June 17. Nigerian […]

Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, has pleaded with bandits to stop kidnapping school children as he begged them to free the remaining abducted students under their custody. He made the appeal on Tuesday when he heard that three more abducted students of the Bethel Baptist Secondary school in Kaduna State had been found. […]

At least five people, including two children, have been abducted by gunmen who attacked some homes in Suleja, Niger state. The gunmen had raided Kwankwashe, a community located along Suleja-Madalla highway in Niger. Suleja is approximately 30 minute’s drive to the federal capital territory (FCT). According to Daily Trust, the incident occurred in the early […]

Operatives of the Imo State Police Command have arrested five kidnappers and armed robbers. Confirming the arrest in a statement, the state’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Michael Abattam, said 20 live AK-47 ammunition and five live cartridges were recovered from the suspects. “On 26/7/2021, at about 1830 hours, the command’s tactical team attached to […]

Billionaire kidnapper Chukwudimeme ‘Evans’ Onwuamadike says he’s a dealer in ornaments and Horlicks and not guilty of the two-count charge of conspiracy and kidnapping brought against him and his five co-defendants. Led in evidence by his defense counsel, Victor Okpara, Evans Tuesday denied all allegations of kidnapping levelled against him by the Lagos State Government, […]

Three more abducted students of the Bethel Baptist Secondary school in Kaduna State have been found. The three students (all male) were found by troops at the Kankumi forest general area in Chikun local government where they were abandoned by their abductors. Although the police or school management are yet to confirm the development, locals […]

Two former soldiers of the Nigerian Army, Chilaka Ifeanyi and Victor Aduba, on Tuesday, denied being accomplices to the crimes of alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike alias Evans. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ifeanyi and Aduba made the denials during the resumption of their trial at an Ikeja High Court over two […]

A joint team of Police has killed three suspected kidnappers and rescued wife of Benue Commissioner for Land and Survey Mrs. Ann Unenge. The operation, The Nation learnt, was carried out on Monday morning. Three of the kidnappers were said to have been gunned down and Mrs. Unenge was taken to police headquarters around 12: […]

Marcus Angwa, a parent whose child was abducted from Bethel Baptist High School, Damishi, Kaduna, says he and other parents have turned to God to get their children out of captivity. A total of 121 students were abducted from their hostels by bandits on July 5. Twenty-eight students were released by the bandits last week. […]