Again, terrorists have attacked two communities in Zamfara State where they kidnapped 10 locals and demanded for N20 million ransom. Spokesperson of the Zamfara Police Command, SP Mohammed Shehu, said they would investigate the reported kidnap in the communities of Dogondaji and Kazauda villages in Wanke district of Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara […]
The Nigeria Police Force, Oyo State Command, on Monday confirmed the release of Adigun Agbaje, a former Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Ibadan, by his abductors. Adewale Osifeso, the police spokesperson in the state, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan. NAN recalls that Mr Agbaje, along with other travellers, […]
Ahmad Gumi, an Islamic cleric, says the naira redesign policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will make kidnappers resort to dollars for ransom. On October 26, the CBN announced that it has redesigned some new naira notes. The apex bank said the new notes include N200, N500 and N1000, adding that the […]
Officers of the Osun State Police Command have discovered the decomposing body of an aged landlord, Oladepo Asaolu, after about four days of disappearance. It was gathered that Asaolu, an indigene of Ora-Igbomina, Ifedayo Local Government Area of Osun State, was the Babaloja of the ancient town. It was gathered that one of the […]
The University of Calabar, on Wednesday said that the alleged kidnapper, John Ewa, popularly called “John Lyon” was not a graduate of the institution. A statement issued in Calabar by the Registrar of the institution, Mr Gabriel Egbe, said that the university’s management stumbled on the media report with dissatisfaction and described it as […]
John Ewa Suspended kidnap kingpin behind a series of high profile kidnap incidents in Bayelsa State has been arrested by operatives of Operation Puff Adder in Abuja and the police have revealed his real identity. As against the name Lyon John that trended on social media, the suspect’s real name is John Ewa. Vanguard […]
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday sentenced kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, also known as Evans, and his co-defendant, Victor Aduba, to 21 years imprisonment for kidnapping one Sylvanus Hafia. They were accused of conspiring and kidnapping Sylvanus Ahanonu Hafia at about 5:30 pm on June 23, 2014, at Kara […]
Five priests, a nun and two churchgoers were kidnapped by attackers who set fire to a church in western Cameroon, the Catholic Church said Sunday, the latest violence in an area hit by bloody conflict between anglophone separatists and the state. The church of St Mary in the village of Nchang was “burned by […]
Nine people have been killed, while 10 others sustained injuries, in an accident that occurred along the Yangoji-Abaji road in the federal capital territory (FCT). Bisi Kazeem, public education officer, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), confirmed the development in a statement on Sunday. According to NAN, Kazeem said the crash, which occurred at about […]
By Ibe Pascal Arogorn The Indigenous People Of Biafra, IPOB has berated the Department of State Security Services for denying the claims of kidnapping Nigerians. The Nigerian secret police had on Thursday, in a statement by it’s spokesperson, Peter Afunanya denied reports that the security agency has kidnapped many innocent Nigerians. However, IPOB in a […]
