Suspected kidnappers have killed one Sani Khalil after collecting N1.5 million in ransom in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna. Daily Trust reported that the victim and his two friends were attacked in November 2020 along Rigasa-Link road. Auwal Rabiu a youth leader was killed while one other was injured but late Sani Khalil was […]
The Chinese expatriate, kidnapped in Ekiti state last week, has been released, with the payment of a record N100m ransom, about $220,000. The expatriate, identified simply as Wang, works for the company engaged by the Ekiti State government to build the new Ado Ekiti-Iyin Ekiti road. He was abducted last Friday at the site by […]
The Kidnappers of a reverend father, Mathew Dajo, of the Parish Catholic Church, Yangoji, have demanded for N100 million ransom before the victim will be set free, a member of the church (name withheld) confided in our reporter. Daily trust had reported that the Reverend father, who was abducted by gunmen at his residence in […]
The councillor representing ward 1, Ewohimi, Esan South East Local government area of Edo state, Israel Inyanabor has been kidnapped. It was gathered that the councillor was kidnapped on Wednesday along Ewatto-Ubiaja-Okhuesan road near Ena river in the local government. It was also learnt that Inyanabor was kidnapped on the same spot where a classroom […]
Gunmen yesterday kidnapped a man, Paul Aluola, and his wife in Ewatto, Esan South East Local Government Area of Edo State. Paul is a teacher in Iriwa Primary School, Ohordua while his wife is a petty trader. The couple were kidnapped while travelling along Ewatto-Ubiaja road near Ena River Bridge. It was gathered that the […]
An Upper Shariah court at Kofar kudu in Kano has summoned President Muhammadu Buhari’s popular singer Dauda Kahutu Rarara to appear before it on December 22 over alleged illegal camping and hiding of a married woman, name (withheld) who featured in one of his music videos. A direct complaint filed before the court by the […]
Three men in a kidnap gang have been sentenced to death by hanging for the 2016 kidnap of two reverend sisters. They were among seven suspects—including a couple—arraigned for the kidnap of Reverend Sisters Perpetua Idowu Apo and Bukola Roseline Familade, along with their driver Yohanna Zibai, at Onipetesi along Ore-Lagos expressway in 2016. They […]
There was a drama at the Kwannawa motor park in Dange-Shuni local government area of Sokoto state on Sunday as a commercial driver identified one of his abductors amongst his passengers, Daily Trust reports. Our correspondent learnt that the driver had spent three weeks in captivity before his release after the payment of an undisclosed […]
Residents of Omuo Ekiti have allegedly beaten to death, a middle-aged man accused of attempting to kidnap a boy in the area. The police command in the state has since confirmed the incident, warning residents of the state against taking laws into their hands by illegally applying jungle justice on suspects. According to local sources, […]
Sade Ale, wife of Olugbenga Ale, chief of staff to Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ondo state, has regained freedom. She was abducted at Owena in Idanre local government area of the state on Thursday night. The victim returning from a business trip to Lagos when her vehicle was attacked and she was forced away alongside […]
