A kidnapping syndicate involving a 14-year-old girl who conspired with three others to abduct her four-year-old sister and fake her own abduction to demand ransom has been uncovered by the Katsina State Police Command. Abubakar Sadiq, spokesman of the Command,…
By Blessing Emmanuel The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) remains on edge as authorities intensify efforts to rescue a family of four abducted by bandits in Chikakore, Kubwa, on Sunday night, January 26, 2025. The victims, Mr. Adesiyan Akinropo, his wife,…
A middle-aged man, Jibril Falalu, has confessed to orchestrating his own mother’s abduction with the help of bandits. The incident happened in Tsa/Magam community in Kankia LGA of Katsina State, where Falalu hails from. The motive was to collect an…
…As Danhono community residents desert homes …Ensure you rescue our colleagues unhurt — NUJ tasks Govt, security agencies …Journalists shouldn’t be targets of kidnapping — AYCF reacts …Police still combing forests to rescue victims — PPRO By Austine Emmanuel, Kaduna…
The Kaduna State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), has condemned the abduction of its members on Saturday at about 10:30 pm in Kaduna. The condemnation is contained in a joint statement issued by the Council’s Chairman Asma’u…
Media bodies and Civil Society organisations have referred the matter of the abduction of the General Editor of FirstNews newspapers, Mr. Segun Olatunji to the National Media Complaints Commission (NMCC). This was disclosed in a joint statement issued by the…
Recently, kidnapping in the Country has become a torrent menace. Roving criminality of abduction for ransom has become a chain in the lamentable state of insecurity in the Country. Records have shown how schools have become targets for bandits and…
The Police Command in Sokoto State has confirmed the abduction of 15 Islamic education pupils and a woman in Gidan Bakuso, a village in Gada Local Government Area of the state. ASP Ahmad Rufa’i, the spokesperson of the command, told…
The Lagos State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on Nigerians, particularly in the South-West, to pray for the safe release of its abducted Chairman, Mr Philip Aivoji. The PDP State Secretary, Mr Soji Orioye, who made…
The Nigeria Police Force has warned Nigerians against staging their own abduction noting that it is a crime punishable by law. The Police sounded this warning on Tuesday explaining that it is necessary following a trend of self-kidnapping (false kidnapping)…
