Beyond the Headlines
Two persons are said to have lost their lives after bandits invaded Bethel Baptist School, a private college in Kaduna State, kidnapping an unspecified number of students. The kidnappers in the early hours of Monday attacked the private school located at Maraban Rido within the Chikun Local Government Area of the state. Sources say the […]
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted babies from the residential quarters of the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Centre in Zaria, Kaduna State, Daily Trust reports. Daily Trust gathered that five staff of the hospital, including female nurses, were also abducted. The bandits, who were said to have stormed the place in large numbers, engaged […]
Residents along Poly Road in Tudun Wada in Kaduna were on Friday thrown into confusion when a 15-year-old housemaid identified as Hauwa allegedly ran away with her employer’s 10-month-old son. Daily Trust had gathered that the infant was kept in her care as the mother, Fauziya Aminu Tukur, went to write a test at school […]
THE Zamfara State Police Command has arrested two secondary school students for allegedly planning to kidnap their principal and kill their colleagues. The two arrested students from two separate schools were said to have sent threat messages to their respective principals demanding payment of millions of naira. While one of them threatened to kidnap his […]
Bandits have abducted 13 women between Manini and Udawa town along Kaduna-Birnin Gwari highway, on their way to a wedding ceremony. The incident happened on Thursday around 12: pm when the bandits intercepted three vehicles conveying the women on their way to Birnin Gwari. El-Rufai: Why we can’t compare Nnamdi Kanu with Shekau It was […]
An Ogbia High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, has sentenced one Charles Nikson, 39, to death by firing squad for his involvement in the November 2020 thwarted abduction of Mrs. Vivian Okoye, wife of a popular businessman, and a medical doctor in the state. Mrs Okoye and a medical doctor Alex Ileimokumo were rescued […]
The Eleda of Eda-Ile in Ekiti East local government area of Ekiti State, Oba Benjamin Osho, who was abducted by gunmen last week, has regained his freedom. The traditional ruler was abducted while working in his farm in the community last Thursday and whisked away to an unknown destination. The kidnappers had earlier demanded N20 […]
Gunmen have abducted Oba Benjamin Oso, the Eleda of Eda Ile, in the Ekiti East Council area of Ekiti State. The gunmen were said to have whisked the traditional ruler away from his farm in the presence of his wife on Friday evening. The incident happened barely two months after a monarch, the Obadu of […]
Operatives of the Rapid Respond Squad (RRS) of the Ekiti State police command have arrested a fourteen-man gang of kidnappers over the abduction of a student of the Crown Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti. Tribune Online gathered that the student identified as Akiode Akinyemi was kidnapped in his hostel last week Saturday around 10am and was whisked away […]
Bandits have abducted the Vice Chairman of Jaba Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Mr James Bijimi and an unspecified number of travellers along the Kaduna-Kachia road. The incident comes two days after bandits killed a driver and kidnapped 33 other people in the Kachia metropolis. The Kaduna State Police command through its Spokesman, Mohammed […]
