Kidnappers of eight Akwa Ibom State graduates, abducted in Zamfara State on their way to Sokoto State for the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Orientation Camp, have demanded an additional N200 million as ransom, after collecting N13 million earlier paid by the victims’ families. The victims, who were kidnapped on 17 August, have spent 26 days in the kidnappers den. …

The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested 13 suspected kidnappers and killed four in the past 30 days. The command’s acting Public Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent Nasir Hassan, made the disclosure at a news conference in Kaduna on Thursday. According to him, the suspects were arrested based on intelligence reports. He added that the police killed four others on different …

Medical doctors in Cross River State, yesterday, took to the streets to demand the immediate release of one of their members, Professor Ekanem Ephraim, who has been in captivity for three weeks. The doctors dressed in medical overalls marched despite the downpour led by the Chairman of Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) in Cross River State, Dr Felix Archibong. The doctors, …

Akwa Okuko Tiwara Aki (alias the Oba), a celebrity native doctor who was abducted in Anambra State, said he did not disappear when kidnappers struck because he wanted to save more lives. As reported by Daily Trust, Akwa regained freedom on Saturday after he was reportedly kidnapped by some suspected gunmen when he was having a pleasurable moment with his …

The Chief Imam of the Uso Community in the Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State, Alhaji Ibrahim Oyinlade, who was abducted along the  Owo-Akure Expressway on Saturday, has regained his freedom. The cleric was said to have been released by his abductors on Sunday evening. The cleric was said to be working on his farm when the hoodlums invaded …

A gang of kidnappers on Wednesday abducted one Zainab Abbas said to be a wife of an Adamawa State High Court Judge in the Jimeta area of Yola, the state capital. According to the information gathered, the incident occurred between 1 am and 2 am at Nyibango, Army Barracks Road in Jimeta Yola. Armed men had stormed the same community about …

Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have foiled an attempted kidnap by a suspected kidnapper. Police sources told our correspondent that around 11 am on Thursday, while operatives of the Eagle-Net were on a patrol along Oreorokpe-Sapele Road, they intercepted a commercial minibus for a routine search. During the search, the operatives reportedly recovered a locally-made single-barrelled gun with …

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has rescued 58 kidnapped victims held hostage at Udulu Forest, Gegu Local Government Area of Kogi State, bordering Sardauna Forest, Nasarawa State, and other identified kidnappers’ den in communities contiguous to the FCT. Spokesperson of the command, Superintendent Josephine Adeh said: “The kidnappers, on sighting the security team coordinated by the Police, fired …

Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have rescued unhurt two kidnapped victims from their abductors at the ECN junction along Agbarho-Ughelli Road. The police also recovered from the abductors 26 pieces of Android phones, one cut-to-size locally-made single barrel gun, 38 rounds of live cartridges, two expended cartridges, two Moniepoint Point of Sales (PoS) machines, four power banks as …

Gunmen who kidnapped children and women in Wanzamai village, Zamfara State have demanded N30 million ransom according to reports. At least 100 persons were kidnapped on Thursday from farmlands in Zamfara and Katsina states. Eighty children from Wanzamai village were reportedly kidnapped and more than 20 other persons from neighbouring villages were abducted. “Negotiations have started in earnest and kidnappers …