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Bandits demand N40tr, 150 bikes to release 16 Kaduna residents

March 12, 2024March 12, 2024 Aminu Imam

Bandits in Kaduna are demanding the sum of N40 trillion and other items as ransom to release the 16 residents abducted from the Gonin-Gora area of the State. According to a community leader, John Yusuf, the bandits contacted family members of the victims and also demanded 11 Hilux vans and 150 motorcycles. Yusuf said the bandits attacked twice within a week abducting residents of the community. �The bandits have contacted us. They are demanding N40 trillion, 11 Hilux vans and 150 motorcycles for the release of 16 people they are…

“FCT notorious kidnapper, Chinaza Phillip, in our custody” � Police

January 20, 2024January 20, 2024 Aminu Imam

The Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Police Command has confirmed the arrest of one Chinaza Phillip, suspected to be a notorious kidnapper terrorizing the nation�s capital. According to a statement issued by the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, the suspect was arrested in Kaduna State on Thursday. She said the suspect, who was handed over to the FCT Command yesterday, is currently in custody. The statement reads: �The FCT Police Command wishes to confirm the arrest of one Chinaza Phillip, a notorious Abuja kidnapper by police operatives of…

Insecurity: “Don’t panic, Abuja, FCT is safe” – Wike assures residents

January 17, 2024January 17, 2024 Aminu Imam

… Says Press over-blowing crime happenings The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, says the FCT Administration is taking steps to address security challenges affecting some sections of the territory. Wike gave the assurance while addressing newsmen in Abuja yesterday, before a closed-door emergency meeting with security agencies and other critical stakeholders in the FCT. Recall that there has been a spike in the abduction and killing of residents by bandits, especially in Kuje and Bwari Area Councils. The Minister, who acknowledged the challenges, urged residents not…

�Police, others refusing to track kidnappers, bandits with NIN-SIM data� – Pantami

January 16, 2024January 16, 2024 Aminu Imam

Former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, has blamed the Nigeria Police and other security agencies for failing to utilise data generated from the National Identity Number (NIN) linked to the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) in tracking kidnappers and curbing other crimes involving the use of a phone. Recall that in 2020, former President Muhammadu Buhari�s regime ordered SIMs to be linked to the NIN of every citizen. Nigerians who failed to link their SIM to NIN had their lines disconnected. Media aide to ex-President Buhari, in…

149 days in Zamfara kidnappers� den: �Bring back our children alive� – Distraught Akwa-Ibom parents of NYSC members 7 beg FG

January 15, 2024January 15, 2024 Aminu Imam

Distraught parents of seven Akwa-Ibom prospective National Youth Service Corps, (NYSC), members kidnapped in Zamfara State are losing hope on the fate of their children still in kidnappers� den over four months after they were abducted. Recall that on August 17 2023, an 11-seater Akwa Ibom State Transport Company (AKTC) en-route to Sokoto from Uyo was intercepted by bandits on the Zamfara State Highway who abducted eight of the passengers and the bus driver while others escaped. The passengers were mainly fresh graduates from Akwa Ibom State posted to Sokoto…

FCT: �Many residents kidnapped in Abuja community� – Police confirm

January 11, 2024January 11, 2024 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.…

54yr-old man illegally marries 4yr-old in Bayelsa community

December 29, 2023December 29, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Community of Akeddei, in Sagbama local government area of Bayelsa has been thrown into a state of confusion, as a family reportedly gave their four-year-old daughter in marriage to a 54-year-old man simply identified as Elder Akpos on Boxing Day. Child rights advocacy groups in the State who kicked against the traditional marriage between the child (name withheld) and 54-year-old Akpos at Akeddei have described the marriage as illegal and criminal, saying it is an act that is against the Constitution and Child Rights Act. The leading child rights…

Nasarawa: Gunmen kidnap17 FULAFIA students, as protest hits Lafia

December 9, 2023December 9, 2023 Aminu Imam

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have invaded students lodge at Gandu, Federal University of Lafia, (FULAFIA), Nasarawa State, kidnapping no fewer than 17 students. Reports said there had been an uneasy calm in Lafia, the State capital, following protest by the students of the school. The incident which occurred at 11pm Wednesday had only two students escaped from the Lodge when the suspected kidnappers invaded the area. Students of the university have stormed the streets in the state, to protest the invasion and frequent robbery cases and appealing to the…

Niger: Security operatives capture 150 AK-47s in terrorist’s house in Minna

October 25, 2023October 25, 2023 Aminu Imam

Security operatives have raid a kidnapper sect member’s house, situated at Gbeganu area in Niger State. According to a security source, the weapons seized from the gunman’s house included: 150 AK-47 rifles, over 3,000 live ammunition, explosives, a rocket launcher and an anti-aircraft rifle from the house. It was gathered that there was a tense standoff between the gunman and the security forces for hours on Tuesday night, where they found the guns and over 3,000 rounds of ammunition and explosives. However, the suspect escaped after blowing down his fence…

Nasarawa: Gunmen kidnap 4 varsity students

October 11, 2023October 11, 2023 Aminu Imam

Unknown gunmen have kidnapped four students of Nasarawa State University, Keffi. The victims were abducted in the early hours of Tuesday, from a house located at Angwan Kaare, in Keffi local government area of the State. The kidnapped students are Rahila Hanya (SLT 100-Level), Josephine Gershon (Computer Science 100-Level), Rosemary Samuel of Business Administration 100-Level, and Goodness Samuel of the Department of Geography 100-Level. Spokesperson of the Nasarawa State Police Command, DSP Rahman Nansel, confirmed the incident in a statement made available to newsmen in Lafia, the State capital. �The…