The abductors of a middle-aged man identified as Idowu in Ekiti State have released him after reported payment of a ransom of N750,000 plus beer, cigarettes and noodles by his family. The victim was on Monday ambushed and kidnapped on…
*Kidnappers now wear school uniforms to abduct children in Ibadan –Oyo Govt (Sun)*Man arraigned for alleged production of substandard engine oil (Punch)
Kidnappers now wear school uniforms to abduct children in Ibadan –Oyo Govt (Sun) Kidnappers now wear school uniforms to abduct unsuspecting school children in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, through free rides. The state government said the warning became necessary…
Vigilantes, hunters nab 2 kidnappers, recover guns on Abuja-Lokoja Road
Vigilantes and hunters have arrested two kidnappers and recovered an AK47 and a pump-action rifle near Koton-Karfe, along the Abuja-Lokoja expressway. Both men were arrested in a fierce gun battle with vigilantes and hunters at a forest near Idu village…
Go after bandits, kidnappers, sponsors, Buhari orders security chiefs
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the nation’s security chiefs to identify bandits, kidnappers and their sponsors and take them out. He also warned them that a situation where bandits and kidnappers were dictating the pace in the fight against insecurity…
Police search for abductors of Kaduna PFN chairman, wife
Operatives of the Kaduna State Police Command have launched a manhunt for the kidnappers of the state Chairman of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, Apostle Emmanuel Bako, and his wife, Cindy, on Christmas Day. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Mohammed…
Nigeria as a forest of one million kidnappers – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Every Nigerian is now a kidnapper. When you do not see human beings to kidnap, you kidnap the truth. That is the Nigerian way of the here and now. I can prove it by swearing at the dreaded Okija…
Abeg, leave gay people alone – Lucia Edafioka
I am back, this week, with danfo gist from Lagos. On my way home one evening, I was in a danfo, as usual. It was a lazy evening sort of – rain had not made up its mind if it…
Insecurity of lives & properties in Nigeria may be worse than the damage done by COVID-19 pandemic: What to do about it – Magnus Onyibe
President Muhammadu Buhari’s Democracy Day speech, which was presented in 101 paragraphs in which he highlighted six particular sectors that he believes his administration has excelled-Economy, Security, Agriculture, Electricity Power, Transportation and Peace in the Niger Delta, makes an interesting…
Catholics protest, say Buhari’s silence sowing seeds of mistrust
Catholic bishops took to the streets on Sunday in Abuja to protest against the serial killings of Nigerians by Boko Haram terrorists and kidnappers. The protesters, including Catholic faithful, all dressed in black, defied the day’s light showers and proceeded…