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Trending News: Kogi closes markets, motor parks in seven LGs to cut off terrorists’ suppliesNDLEA arrests businessman with 95 cocaine pellets at Kano airportProbe Senate over Electoral Act, tax laws, SERAP urges CCB2 killed as gunmen attack Benue communitiesNigerian footballer dies from severe brain injury in UKGhana recalls High Commissioner to Nigeria over election malpracticeNDLEA uncovers Methamphetamine concealed in yogurt packs, MP3 playersBandits kill three, kidnap Catholic priest, imam, othersCAC delisted over 400,000 inactive companies in 2025, says registrar-generalNigeria Immigration speaks on S’East passport ban claimsDestabilising Nigeria will empower terrorists, says US lawmakerGunmen Kill 13 In Fresh Benue AttackUS lawmaker criticises Nigerian govt’s $9m lobbying dealFour soldiers killed in suspected ISWAP attack in BornoPolice probe Nigerian socialite caught in $2.5m romance scamI made no mistake sharing video depicting Obamas as apes – TrumpNigerian man gets eight years jail for $6m inheritance scam in USGunmen kill Anambra community leader, one otherTrump deletes controversial video depicting Obamas as monkeysWe Worked With Nigeria To Launch Christmas Day Strikes On ISIS – TrumpOver 85% of senators backed electronic transmission of results, says Victor UmehTinubu: Perpetrators of Kwara killings won’t go scot freeNBA asks police to probe Kwankwaso’s ‘claim of taking Kano gov to judges’PDP Leadership Crisis: Turaki Faction Criticises INEC’s Recognition Of Wike CampPolice arrest seven over cryptocurrency fraudCourt orders British government to pay £420m to families of 21 Nigerian coal miners killed in 1949Ex-NEXIM MD Orya jailed 490 years for N2.4bn fraudPolice analyse documentary on Nigerian posing as Dubai Crown PrinceEx-Nigerian boyfriend jailed for life after stabbing UK student to deathAlleged Money Laundering: Yahaya Bello’s Lawyer Claims Trial Is PoliticalINEC registers two new political partiesRemaining abducted Kaduna Christians regain 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Kidnappers Demand N200 Million Ransom To Release Children Of Ex-commissioner In Zamfara, Others

Kidnappers of two children of the former
Commissioner for Local Government and
Chieftaincy Affairs in Zamfara State, Alhaji Bello
Dankande Gamji, a Civil Defence officer and his
guard have demanded for N200 million ransom
before they release their victims.

A source to the former commissioner told
Tribune Online that the kidnappers made a
phone call to the father of two children on
Wednesday evening that they needed N200
million as ransom.

The source further revealed that when the
former commissioner received the call and hear
of N200 million as ransom, he was said to have
switched off his handset.

    • Pascal Arogorn Ibe

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