Sarkin Kudun Gatawa in Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Bawa, has been tragically killed by bandits after pleading for ransom assistance. Kidnapped along with his son, he called on the government to aid in their release. His death highlights the escalating insecurity and violence faced by Nigerian...
Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has extended a generous offer of free education to the rescued Kuriga school children through his foundation.
Additionally, Governor Sani pledged to oversee the reconstruction of the Kuriga primary and government secondary schools, aiming to enhance...
In a brief message shared on his official social media handle, Pope Francis has expressed profound concern over the escalating rate of kidnappings in Nigeria, particularly in the Northwest region.
The Pontiff, acknowledging the severity of the issue, extended his prayers to the Nigerian people...
In a shocking incident in Damari, Sabuwa LGA, Katsina State, bandits abducted a bride and 62 wedding guests last Thursday. The bandits released a video on social media, threatening to force the already married bride to marry one of them unless a ransom of N100 million is paid. They also vowed to...
Former Director of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mr. Mike Ejiofor, speaks out on the escalating kidnapping crisis in Nigeria, shedding light on both the immediate challenges and long-term solutions required to combat this menace.
In a candid interview, Ejiofor, who himself fell victim...
The kidnapped schoolchildren and teachers from the Apostolic Faith Group of Schools in Emure-Ekiti, Ekiti State, have been freed after enduring a harrowing seven-day ordeal with their abductors. The release, which occurred around 2.00 a.m on Sunday, marks the end of an agonizing wait for the...
Seun Kuti asserts in a viral video that the Nigerian Police are the largest group of kidnappers in Nigeria, addressing the recent surge in kidnapping cases.
The Federal Government has urged Nigerians to refrain from crowd-funding through social media platforms to raise ransom funds for kidnap victims. Minister of Defence, Abubakar Badaru, delivered the warning during a press briefing after the first Federal Executive Council meeting of 2024, chaired...
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the divisional police officer (DPO) for Mubi North Local Government Area in northern Adamawa State, security sources have said.
Residents said the DPO, Ahijo Mujeli, was kidnapped Tuesday night at Mararraban Mubi while coming back from Yola, the...
The Parents Teachers Association and the Association of Abducted Dapchi Children have closed down Government Girls Science Technical College Dapchi, Yobe State, over fear of a renewed attack by Boko Haram insurgents.
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Armed men have abducted six students and two teachers from a private school, Engravers College, a mixed-gender secondary school in Kaduna State at about 12:10 p.m on Wednesday.
DAILY POST gathered that the attackers stormed Engravers College, a mixed-gender school near Kakau Daji village in...
Aisha Umar Ado, daughter of a former governorship aspirant in Adamawa state, Dr. Umar Ardo, was kidnapped by gunmen in Abuja on Saturday night. But she was freed on Sunday, her father announced.
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Aishat Ardo, one of the residents of Abuja who was kidnapped on Saturday, has been freed after a ransom was paid by her father.
TheCable learnt that she was released by her abductors on Sunday night after her father paid $15,000 in bitcoin.
She was said to have been released in the Gwarimpa...
30-year-old Abdullahi Samaila has been arrested by men of the Niger state police command for being a kidnapper. In his confessional statement, Abdullahi who is a herdsman, said his inability to pay his children's school fees forced him to turn to kidnapping.
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A Pastor of the Living Faith Church, in Romi New Extension, a suburb of Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Jeremiah Omolara has been shot dead by gunmen along the Kaduna- Abuja Expressway. Omolara was shot twice on the chest by the gunmen who abducted his wife and son. The son later...
Twenty-two persons were reportedly killed while many women were abducted when suspected bandits attacked Zangon-Kankara and Makera in Kankara local government area of Katsina state.
A resident of Zango-Kankara told TheCable that the attacks occurred on Thursday evening.
He said while 18 people...
A total of 28 travellers in commercial buses have been allegedly abducted by gunmen along the Ado-Akure road in Ondo state. The gunmen were reported to have swooped on the travellers’ vehicles on Tuesday while navigating through the bad portions of the road. According to residents of the area, …...
Yet-to-be-identified gunmen have kidnapped Dayo Adewole, son of the immediate past Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole. The kidnapping took place on Tuesday. The abductors have yet to contact the family of the victim. Eyewitnesses said he was ambushed at gunpoint on his farm in Iroko, near...
The chapter Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ukanafun Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Ubokobong Thompson, has been freed by his abductors. Vanguard gathered that the party scribe, was seized by hoodlums on motorcycles in Ukanafun and ferried to unknown hideout...
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