The Military Joint Task Force, JTF, yesterday, invaded Bolou-Tubegbe community in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, reportedly in search of kidnappers. Men of the 222 Battalion, Bomadi, Delta State, who carried out the joint operation, were reported to have burnt down houses in search of kidnappers, with sporadic shootings. Reacting to the incident, […]
The abductors of Bashir Muhammed, a Taraba State House of Assembly member, have demanded a ransom of N150 million. Muhammed, who represents Nguroje constituency in Sardauna local government area of the state, was abducted in his resident in Jalingo on Wednesday. It was gathered that negotiation is still on between Muhammed’s family and the kidnappers. […]
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested two members of a transnational kidnap syndicate involved in the kidnap of a United States citizen in October. The Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, confirmed this in a statement on Thursday, about six weeks after the victim was rescued by US military forces in Nigeria. He […]
Two suspected female kidnappers were lynched and set ablaze by an angry mob at Ojude Oba area of Iwo, Osun State on Thursday. PM NEWS gathered that the women with another man had gone to kidnap a child around Ori Eru but luck ran out of them and they were caught but the male kidnapper […]
Suspected bandits have kidnapped a youth leader of the All Progressives Congress in Garin Gabbas in Rafi local government area of Niger State. The bandits also kidnapped the District head of Gunna in Yakila, also in Rafi local government, alongside children of two health workers said to be working at a Primary Health Care in […]
Police in Katsina have confirmed the abduction of the village head of Gamji, Malam Falalu Galadima, and nine others by suspected bandits in Sabuwa Local Government Area of the state. The Police spokesperson in Katsina, SP Gambo Isah, said the Commissioner of Police has directed the Area Commandant to immediately swing into action. “As I […]
Unknown gunmen on Wednesday kidnapped Barr. Bashir Mohammed, the member representing Nguroje Constituency in the Taraba State House of Assembly. A family source who preferred anonymity said the Chairman House Committee on Information was picked up from his residence behind Dr Jalo Eid prayer ground in Jalingo at about 1:45 am. The source also disclosed […]
Gunmen in army uniform reportedly stormed the premises of Ohorhe Secondary School in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State on Tuesday and abducted three teachers . It was gathered that the gunmen stormed the premises of the school in a Highlander jeep . Witnesses said the gunmen drove into the school and parked on […]
A member of the Taraba state house of assembly representing Nguroje state constituency, Bashir Mohammed has been kidnapped by gunmen in the early hours today. Residents of his area in Jalingo, said the gunmen stormed the lawmakers house and shot sporadically before whisking him away around 1.30am. According to one of them, “we couldn’t sleep […]
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) in Gombe State at the weekend rescued a 35-year-old woman allegedly kept in captivity by her relatives at a family house for over five months. Saratu Ayuba of Bolari quarters in Gombe metropolis was rescued following a tip off by neighbours, after they learnt of the inhuman […]
