Tag: FCT

FCT: Kidnappers kill 3 of 10 victims, increase ransom to N700m

Aminu Imam

Kidnappers who abducted 10 persons from an estate, Sagwari Layout, Dutse, Abuja, in the Federal Capital territory (FCT) on January 7, have reportedly killed three of their victims to send a strong warning to their relatives negotiating ransom payment. The development came even as it was gathered that the bandits have now increased their demand from the initial N60 million per person to N100 million, now totalling N700 million. Dutse is a town under the Bwari Area Council of the FCT. Residents said the victims were allegedly killed over the…

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Buhari’s ex-minister Isa Pantami mobilises N50m to rescue remaining 5 sisters abducted in Abuja

Aminu Imam

The immediate-past Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, has mobilised financial support for the parents of five sisters kidnapped from their home in Bwari Area Council of Abuja, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to secure the release of their remaining daughters from abductors. Recall there was outrage over gruesome killing of a young lady, identified as Nabeeha Al-Kadriyar, by the gunmen who abducted her and five other sisters. Najeebah and her sisters were abducted on January 9, alongside their father, Alhaji Mansoor Al-Kadriyar. Nabeeha who was a 400-level…

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FCT Abducted Sisters: Outrage, as Netizens seek donation to pay bandits N100m ransom

Aminu Imam

Nigerians on social media have started a fundraising campaign for the ransom to seek the release of a lady identified only as Nabeeha and five of her sisters who were kidnapped by kidnappers in their house in Abuja on January 2, 2024. Recall that in the early hours of Wednesday, January 3, 2024, an X user, Adamu_Asiya, who identified herself as a cousin to the kidnapped sisters announced the kidnap, noting that her uncle was killed in the process. She said, “Please pray for my sisters and uncle when you…

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FCT: “Many residents kidnapped in Abuja community” – Police confirm

Aminu Imam

The Federal Capital Territory, (FCT) Police command has admitted many persons were kidnapped in Bwari outskirts of Abuja. Although the Command alleged that the figure was not up to 200 as being peddled in the news, it however said investigations were on and urged residents not to panic. According to the FCT Police Command Spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, “Police Command is aware of the news making rounds about the alleged kidnap of over two hundred persons between December 23, 2023 to January 4, 2024, in Bwari and Kuje Area Councils.…

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“We can no longer sleep” – NBA  cry out over insecurity in Bwari, environs

Aminu Imam

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Bwari, FCT, has expressed concern over the escalating levels of insecurity in the area council and its surrounding areas. Chairman of the Bwari branch of the NBA (Cradle Bar), Paul Daudu, who made the disclosure yesterday in Abuja, said the association is deeply concerned about the escalating levels of insecurity in Bwari and its surrounding areas. According to him, it is disheartening to witness the erosion of peace in the area and the constant threat faced by its residents on a daily basis. He…

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Abuja Rising Insecurity: Bandits demand N60m for 6 abducted children

Aminu Imam

Bandits, who kidnapped an FCT resident, one Mansour Al-Kadriyar and his six children, have reportedly contacted the family, demanding N60 million as ransom payment. The victims were abducted on Tuesday night, in the Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT). His brother, Alhaji AbdulFatai, who led policemen to foil their abduction, was shot dead by the bandits. Also, two among the three injured policemen hit by bullets during the fire exchange had reportedly died. It was also gathered that the bandits later freed the father to go and…

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Terror Attacks: Residents flee, as bandits strike Abuja, Niger border’s communities

Aminu Imam

Following the constant wave of terror attacks on some communities in Tafa local government area of Niger State, which shares a boundary with the nation’s capital, Abuja, residents of the area have now been displaced as they fled their homes, seeking refuge in urban centres of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Garam, which shares a boundary with Kuduru, another troubled community in Bwari Area Council of the FCT, has been under severe attacks from bandits since December 24, 2023. The raging attacks yesterday also spread to Zuma community, in the…

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Nigeria lights Africa’s tallest Christmas tree in Abuja 

Aminu Imam

A 26-metre (85-feet) tall Christmas tree lit at the Exhibition Ground of the International Conference Centre Abuja, which is the tallest at the moment to be lit in Africa. This is the highlight of the Christmas Village that was launched in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to usher in a series of activities marking the 2023 Christmas festival in Nigeria’s capital city. It was indeed a beautiful sight to behold, as the somewhat-darkened venue was transformed into a bright, electrifying and bubbling atmosphere in a twinkle. Malaysian Ambassador to Nigeria,…

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Insecurity: Gunmen abduct 2 Abuja landlords, demand N20m ransom 

Aminu Imam

Suspected gunmen have kidnapped two landlords in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)’s Asokoro expansion neighborhood on Sunday. It was gathered that the terrorists are seeking N20 million in ransom to free the captives. According to a source, armed guys pointed a gun at one of the area’s landlords, whom they utilised to get access to a victim. A resident of the area, named James, told newsmen that the other victim was on his way into his house when he was kidnapped by the armed men. He said, “It happened around…

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FCT Insecurity: Kidnappers butchered Abuja schoolboy over non-payment of ransom – Bwari survivor

Aminu Imam

A resident of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Rima Lotu (not real name), who was kidnapped between Bwari and Dutse Market in Bwari Area Council has narrated her bitter experience in the hands of her abductors. She recalled how the abductors butchered a secondary school student, with whom she was abducted, in her presence. The victim narrated to our correspondent that she had boarded a green-coloured taxi from Bwari to Dutse Market in mid-November, unknown to her, it was a “one-chance” vehicle. “When we entered the vehicle, because the road…

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