Abductors of the winner of the National Qur’anic Recitation Competition, Abdulsalam Rabi’u have demanded the sum of N30 million ransom. Rabi’u, an indigent of Katsina State, emerged winner of the competition (Hizb 60 with Tajweed) held in Kebbi State early. As a result, Governor Dikko Umar Radda invited him to Government House for a special recognition ceremony on Tuesday, 11 …

A National Youth Service Corps member, Rofiat Lawal, who was abducted along the Benin-Ore Expressway last Tuesday, has disclosed that her abductors threatened to force her into marriage and take her to Sokoto if her family refused to pay a ransom. This is just as she narrated that one of the abductors, who are Fulani, took her NYSC uniform and …

Kidnappers of five pupils of Apostolic Faith Group of Schools, Emure Ekiti, and four staff members have demanded N100m ransom for the release of the nine victims who were taken away on Monday. The principal of the secondary section of the school, Boje Olanireti, confirmed the ransom demand, in an interview with NEWSMEN on Tuesday. The abduction epidemic has continued …