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The Jigawa State Police Command has arrested four suspected kidnappers and rescued two victims in Jahun and Birnin Kudu Local Government Areas of the state.    Spokesperson of the command, DSP Lawan Shiisu Adam, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, August 26, 2023, said four members of a …

Bandits have demanded N4m ransom to secure the release of one of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members kidnapped in Zamfara State.    Recall that bandits abducted eight Corps members along a highway within Zamfara last weekend.   The recent graduates were said to have been travelling with an …

A kidnapped National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Esther Abosede Akande, has narrated how she regained her freedom after payment of N1m ransom.    Akande, with Call-up No.: NYSC/IFE/2023/201810 (Batch B stream 2) was kidnapped on Wednesday, August 16, 2023, while on her way to the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp, …

Suspected kidnappers have abducted a farmer identified as Banji Idowu, in Osun State.   Idowu, who is a retired teacher in Lagos was kidnapped in his farm located at Iregun via Ilowa in Obokun Local Government area of Osun State.    According to the Vanguard, the incident occurred on Monday, …

Operatives of the Ondo State Security Network Agency which is also known as the Amotekun Corps have arrested two minors for allegedly feigning being kidnapped. The duo (names withheld) were nabbed after locking themselves inside a hotel room in the Akoko area of the state and demanded ransom from their …

Kidnappers have killed a 60-year-old woman in Tamigbe town, Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, after allegedly collecting one million naira ransom from her family.   The victim, identified as Ebikabo-ere Oyas Officer, a businesswoman with a big provision shop in the community, was kidnapped at about 11 pm …

A single mother of one identified as Abebe Omoefe has been killed by suspected kidnappers in Edo State.     The deceased was abducted on June 15, 2023, along Sobe road while on her way to Benin City to purchase good.      According to one Akihidime Rose, the kidnappers …

A newlywed, Mrs. Rukkayat Musa and her two sister in-laws, who were kidnapped by gunmen in Kwara State have regained their freedom after payment of N7m ransom.   Rukkayat, Hafsat and Aliyah, were set free by their abductors in the early hours of Sunday, June 25, 2023.    The trio …

Eight of the kidnappers who killed a staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Emmanuel Igwe, in Evo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State have been arrested.   LIB reported that the kidnappers abducted Igwe’s wife and slaughtered the father of Ohanaeze youth leader, Ajah Okeafor, who was harvesting …

Terrorists who kidnapped five students of the Federal University, Gusau in Zamfara State, have agreed to collect ransom payment of N1m for each victim.    Recall that the victims, Adavize John, Bekky, Zeenat Olarenwaju Bunmi and two others, were abducted from their hostels on Friday night, June 16, 2023, a …