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Three Chinese nationals are among 14 individuals arrested in connection with the kidnapping of a Zimbabwean businessman in Johannesburg on Sunday. The South African Police Service’s (SAPS) anti-kidnapping task team apprehended the suspects on Monday afternoon in Gauteng.   The businessman was forcefully taken near his workplace on Sunday. The …

The Kano State Police Command has secured convictions for 106 thugs arraigned in various courts at Justice Aloma .M. Muktar and Justice A. B Wali Court complexes.  Spokesperson of the command, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, July 11, 2024, said 43 other suspects …

Troops of the Nigerian Army deployed for counter-terrorism operations across the country in a series of coordinated operations have intercepted and thwarted the nefarious activities of notorious kidnap kingpins in Anambra, Oyo, and Katsina States, dealing a significant blow to criminal elements in the region.     The Army in …

A herdsman, Issa Ibrahim, along with four others, was sentenced to death on Tuesday for the kidnapping and murder of his father, Adamu Ibrahim, after collecting a ransom of three million naira.   The Osun State High Court in Ede convicted Issa Ibrahim, Lateef Bello, Abdulrahmon Soliu, Bello Ibrahim, and …

Prosecutors have filed charges against an Uber driver who is accused of driving an intoxicated female passenger to a secluded area and raping her over the weekend.   The suspect, Ahmed Hassan Ali, 58, of Seattle, faces one count of rape in the second degree and one count of kidnapping in the …

Police have arrested two persons after a local pastor’s house was burnt down over allegations of kidnapping children at Kgabalatsane village in Hebron, North West, South Africa.   The arrested suspects appeared before the Ga-Rankuwa Magistrate’s Court on Monday, June 3, 2024, on varying charges including arson and possession of …

The Zamfara State Police Command in collaboration with a vigilante group otherwise known as Askarawa, have arrested a suspected bandits’ informant, Bashir Bature Kaura.   According to security analyst and counter insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, the suspect allegedly coordinated the attack and kidnapping of residents in Kaura and Gusau, the …

Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) at Ungoggo Division have apprehended a kidnap suspect, Ibrahim Usman, at Yar’adua quarters, Rimin Kebe in the Ungoggo LG of the Kano state.   According to the NSCDC, the suspect allegedly took a three-year-old boy from the area and tried …

Residents of Gonin-Gora in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, on Thursday, barricaded the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway while protesting the abduction of an unspecified number of people in the area.   The residents stormed the highway protesting and urging the government to do something over the incessant attacks by bandits …

Residents of a community in Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State, have apprehended three security officials who allegedly kidnapped and raped a 15-year-old girl.   According to a video posted online, the teenage girl, said to be a daughter of a traditional ruler in Umuolue area of the …