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Father narrates how kidnappers who demanded N50m ransom killed his son after collecting N500,000

Father narrates how kidnappers who demanded N50m ransom killed his son after collecting N500,000

A father, Malam Tukur, has narrated how kidnappers killed his 32-year-old son, Abdulmalik Tukur after collecting N500,000.    The victim was abducted from his family house in Vinkilang community in the outskirt of Yola, the Adamawa state capital, alongside six others on Monday night, August 1, 2022.    According to Daily …

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I wanted to raise N5m ransom to free my mother from bandits – Kaduna woman arrested with drugs by NDLEA

I wanted to raise N5m ransom to free my mother from bandits - Kaduna woman arrested with drugs by NDLEA

A 35-year-old female passenger, Jatau Lydia Lami, who was arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for drug trafficking has claimed she wanted to raise N5m ransom to pay bandits who blamed her action on bandits.    The mother of three was nabbed at Murtala Muhammed …

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Hilda Dokubo comments on the ransom demanded for colleagues who have been kidnapped: “Some actors present the incorrect picture on social media.”

Hilda Dokubo comments on the ransom demanded for colleagues who have been kidnapped: “Some actors present the incorrect picture on social media.”

Nollywood veteran Hilda Dokubo has blamed some of her colleagues for painting the public a wrong picture of their lifestyle. The movie star made this known via her Instagram page on Sunday, July 31, 2022, while reacting to the N71M ransom being demanded by the kidnappers of two actors, Cynthia …

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‘Some actors paint the wrong picture on social media’ – Hilda Dokubo speaks on ransom placed on kidnapped colleagues

'Some actors paint the wrong picture on social media' - Hilda Dokubo speaks on ransom placed on kidnapped colleagues

Nollywood veteran Hilda Dokubo has blamed some of her colleagues for painting the public a wrong picture of their lifestyle. The movie star made this known via her Instagram page on Sunday, July 31, 2022, while reacting to the N71M ransom being demanded by the kidnappers of two actors, Cynthia …

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Kidnappers Of Nollywood Actors, Cynthia Okereke And Clemson Cornel Demand $100, 000 Ransom

Clemson Cornel and cynthia okereke

The kidnappers, who abducted Nollywood actors, Cynthia Okereke and Clemson Cornel, have demanded the sum of $100,000 for ransom. Naija News earlier reported that the top Nollywood stars were abducted on Thursday, 28th July, while they were returning from a movie set at Ozalla town in Enugu State. A statement, …

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Suspected kidnapper who allegedly killed 80-year-old victim despite collecting ransom apprehended in Kwara

Suspected kidnapper who allegedly killed 80-year-old victim despite collecting ransom apprehended in Kwara

Men of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kwara State, have arrested a suspected member of a three-man inter-state kidnap gang, Boodoo Musa Alhaji, for alleged kidnapping and murder.   The gang had allegedly kidnapped an eighty-year-old man, Alhaji Abba in Eruwa, Oyo state, collected ransom, and later killed …

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Punch: Abducted Ebonyi government house photographer regains freedom after payment of N300,000 ransom

Punch: Abducted Ebonyi government house photographer regains freedom after payment of N300,000 ransom

A photographer who works at Ebonyi State Government House in Abakaliki has been released after being abducted in Abia state.    Uchenna Nwube who was abducted along Okigwe/Uturu/Aba axis in Abia State on Wednesday night alongside his friend’s mother-in-law on their way back to Abakaliki from Aba, was released on Saturday June …

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Abducted Ebonyi government house photographer regains freedom after payment of N300,000 ransom

Punch: Abducted Ebonyi government house photographer regains freedom after payment of N300,000 ransom

A photographer who works at Ebonyi State Government House in Abakaliki has been released after being abducted in Abia state.    Uchenna Nwube who was abducted along Okigwe/Uturu/Aba axis in Abia State on Wednesday night alongside his friend’s mother-in-law on their way back to Abakaliki from Aba, was released on Saturday June …

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