The kidnapped Prelate of the Methodist Church, His Eminence Samuel Uche, on Tuesday said N100m was paid as ransom before he was released. At a press conference in Lagos, the cleric said the monies were arranged in five sacks of N20 million. The funds, he noted, were raised by the Methodist Church in Nigeria. […]
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested two suspected kidnappers, rescued their victim and recovered their operational vehicle in Ogbunka, Orumba South Local Government Area of the state. The victim, identified as Ijideofor Attama, from Enugu State, was kidnapped on Saturday about 10 pm along the Nnewi road while driving in his Rava 4 […]
The relatives of the abducted victims from the train attack have vowed to disrupt the resumption of services on the Abuja-Kaduna Route come May 23. The aggrieved relatives insisted that there will be no resumption of train services until all 61 passengers who were abducted are rescued. Reacting to the statement by the NRC […]
A Kaduna State based Reverend Father, Joseph Akete Bako, who was kidnapped in March has died in captivity. Bako was abducted when gunmen invaded St. John Catholic Church, Kudenda in Chikun Local Government Area of the state on on March 8, 2022. The bandits also reportedly killed a security guard before taking away the […]
Security operatives have arrested one Kabiru Abdullahi accused of kidnapping and killing a five-year-old girl in Bauchi State. A spokesperson for the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) authorities in Bauchi, Garkuwa Adamu, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. He explained that Abdullahi, 52, was arrested alongside 45-year-old Alhaji Yawale following a […]
The police command in Akwa Ibom has confirmed the abduction of a Catholic priest, Alphonsus Uboh, at the church premises in Mkpat Enin Local Government Area of the state. SP Odiko Macdon, the State Police Public Relations Officer, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Mkpat Enin LGA on Monday. He […]
A former student at Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State, Lydia Pogu, has delivered a moving speech during her convocation at Southeastern University, United States. Pogu, who was one of the about 300 students abducted on April 14, 2014 by Boko Haram terrorists, bagged a master’s degree at the university after earning […]
A 28-year-old kidnap suspect, Bello Ahmed, has revealed that he kidnapped his lover to raise money for their marriage. The suspect was arrested along with three others for their alleged involvement in the abduction of one Miss Hannah Queen at Apo Estate, recently. It was learnt that the principal suspect, Bello, had allegedly conspired […]
Thirty days after the abduction of the Abuja-Kaduna-bound train passengers, relatives and friends of the victims said they are still traumatized by the incident. They noted that the government had yet to reach out to them one month after the incident, noting that life has not been the same without their loved ones. In […]
Bandits have invaded a residential area in Tsafe town and abducted five students of the College of Health Science and Technology, Tsafe, Zamfara State. The incident happened in the early hours of Wednesday. A source in the area told Channels Television that the students were abducted when heavily armed men stormed their residence outside […]
