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Police nab 3 suspects for attempting to kidnap business woman in Osun

Police nab 3 suspects for attempting to kidnap business woman in Osun

Bode August 12, 2022
By OLA MODUPE, Osogbo – The police operatives in Osun Police State have arrested three suspects for attempting to kidnap a business women, Mrs Falilat Oyetunji, popularly called “Ero Arike”, in Iragbiji town. The command’s spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Friday...
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Kidnappers release Nollywood actors Cynthia Okereke and Clemson Agbogidi 62e40d31c2d82

Kidnappers release Nollywood actors Cynthia Okereke and Clemson Agbogidi

Bode August 4, 2022
Abducted veteran Nollywood actors, Cynthia Okereke and Clemson Agbogidi have been released from captivity after spending 5 days in the kidnappers den. This is according to a statement released by the Actors Guild of Nigeria on its official Instagram page on Wednesday. The statement said the movie stars were...
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Kidnappers kill abducted LAUTECH student, hotelier, other after ransom payment b836bf4e gunmen

Kidnappers kill abducted LAUTECH student, hotelier, other after ransom payment

Bode August 3, 2022
The abducted student of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso in Oyo State, Rachael Opadele; a Hotelier, Mr Olugbenga Owolabi and one other, have been killed by their abductors. Opadele, who was working with the hotelier (Owolabi), due to the ongoing nationwide strike by the Academic Staff Union...
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Kidnappers, bandits giving us sleepless nights – Plateau residents lament Plateau State

Kidnappers, bandits giving us sleepless nights – Plateau residents lament

Bode July 1, 2022
Residents of the communities in Bashar District in Wase Local Government Area of Plateau have cried out against the incessant attacks by kidnappers and bandits in the area. They complained that the criminal elements were terrorising their communities and giving them sleepless nights. The people made the complaint on...
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Prayers kept us from being killed by our kidnappers – Ex-NFF Secretary, Sani Toro 62af11dd8c264

Prayers kept us from being killed by our kidnappers – Ex-NFF Secretary, Sani Toro

Bode June 23, 2022
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI Bauchi – Alhaji Sani Toro, the former Secretary General of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), who was recently kidnapped along with two others, has said they were almost killed while in captivity. NATIONAL ACCORD had reported that Toro, a former Assistant Coach of the Nigeria Super...
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Kidnappers demand N150m ransom before releasing former NFF Secretary, Sani Toro, ex-Super Eagles Assistant Coach 62af11dd8c264

Kidnappers demand N150m ransom before releasing former NFF Secretary, Sani Toro, ex-Super Eagles Assistant Coach

Bode June 20, 2022
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Abductors of a former Secretary of the Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Sani Toro, former Assistant Coach of the Nigeria Super Eagles, Garba Yila and one of their friends, Alhaji Isa Jah are demanding for N150 million ransom before they are released. A family source, who...
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Troops kill notorious kingpin, arrest 3 suspects, rescue 2 victims in A’Ibom Troops

Troops kill notorious kingpin, arrest 3 suspects, rescue 2 victims in A’Ibom

Bode May 19, 2022
Troops of 2 Brigade Nigerian Army, in conjunction with the Nigeria Police, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) as well as other security agencies, have killed leader of a notorious gang, Otobong Moses, alias Otoabasi, during a raid at their hideout in Akwa Ibom. The Assistant Director, Army...
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How we arrested kidnappers with N2 million cash, rifles in Bayelsa Brothel – Police butswat

How we arrested kidnappers with N2 million cash, rifles in Bayelsa Brothel – Police

Bode May 14, 2022
BY EMEKA CHIKWE, Yenegoa – The Bayelsa State Police Command on Friday said its Anti-kidnapping unit have arrested a gun-running gang in the Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state. The police spokesman, Asimin Butswat, who disclosed this in a statement, said its operatives acting on a tip-off on...
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Senate amends Terrorism Act, prohibits payment of ransom to kidnappers Ahmad Lawan31

Senate amends Terrorism Act, prohibits payment of ransom to kidnappers

Bode April 27, 2022
The Senate has passed the Terrorism (Prevention) Act, 2013 bill prohibiting the payment of ransom to kidnappers in Nigeria. The passage followed the adoption of the report of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters at plenary on Wednesday. Presenting the report, Chairman of the Committee,...
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COAS warns terrorists, other criminals to give peace a chance or face destruction 20220405 130029 768x576 1

COAS warns terrorists, other criminals to give peace a chance or face destruction

Bode April 5, 2022
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chief of Army Staff, LT General Farouq Yahaya on Tuesday warned members the Boko Haram insurgents, Islamic State of West African Province ( ISWAP), bandits, kidnappers, and other criminals to surrendered their weapons and embrace peace, as time is against them. General Yahaya...
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Bandits tell family members of Abuja-Kaduna Train victim to prepare their ransom Nigeria Kidnappings Bandits with weapons

Bandits tell family members of Abuja-Kaduna Train victim to prepare their ransom

Bode March 31, 2022
Suspected armed bandits who kidnapped and killed some passengers onboard Abuja-Kaduna on Monday, have told the families of their victims to prepare the ransom which they will pay and secure the release of their loved ones. This was made public by a Twitter user whose relative was kidnapped. According...
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