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Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero has spoken up against the kidnapping and selling of Northern children in the southern parts of the country.   Addressing newsmen on Saturday, January 6, the Emir who was represented by Dan Malikin Kano,  Amb Ahmad Umar, stated that the emirate would no …

The abducted chairman of Akwanga Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Safiyanu Isa Andaha, his political godfather, Adamu Umar, and two others have regained their freedom after payment of N10m ransom.     LIB reported that gunmen abducted the victims on New Year’s Day at Ningo village along Andaha-Akwanga Road. …

Security operatives have rescued 21 victims kidnapped along the Ajaokuta-Itobe Road in Kogi State.    The victims were rescued by a team of security operatives, comprising personnel of the Nigerian Police Force, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and local vigilantes.   The victims, including travellers, students and staff of …

Four persons have been killed while 39 others were abducted when bandits invaded Kuduru, Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and two communities Garam and Azu in Niger State.   Garam community which is about five minute drive from Bwari was invaded on Saturday, December 23, by …

Operatives of the Nasarawa State Police Command have rescued a kidnapped lecturer, Isaac Igbawua, from his abductors.   Mr. Igbawua, who worked with the Department of MicroBiology at the Nasarawa State University, Keffi, was kidnapped by gunmen from his residence along Old Barracks, Kokona Local Government Area on December 27, …

Operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command in collaboration with local hunter groups, have neutralized six bandits terrorizing Ningi Local Government Area of the state.  The State Commissioner of Police, CP Auwal Musa Muhammed, disclosed this during a press briefing at the Ningi Area Command on Wednesday, December 27, 2023.  …

Omoba De Jombo Beats and his band members have regained freedom 4 days after they were kidnapped.  Recall that the band members had performed in Abuja and were travelling to Kogi for another performance when they were abducted over the weekend.      They have now been released after paying …

A Nigerian Juju musician known as Omoba De Jumbo Beats and his band members have been kidnapped.   They were attacked and abducted while returning from an event on Sunday, Dec. 17.   Another musucian, Adeyinka Adeboye, also known as Boyebest,  disclosed this on Instagram.   “A whole full band …

An American comedian and activist was abducted and fatally stabbed over a dozen times by a group of men after going on a date with a woman he met online.  Tou Ger Xiong, 50, an Asian-American living in Minnesota was on vacation in Colombia when his heartbreaking demise occurred.  Xiong …

Prof Patrick Egaga of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has been released by his abductors after 26 days in captivity.   Egaga, who is UNICAL’s Director of Servicom was kidnapped in the institution’s staff quarters on November 12, 2023.   His abductors demanded a ransom of N50 million.    Sources …