Oladosu Ariyo, father of slain 13-year-old teenager, Folashade Ariyo, who was killed by kidnappers on Monday, has confirmed the death of his daughter, calling on the Nigeria Bar Association, under the leadership of Yakubu Maikyau, to intervene in the rescue…
149 days in kidnappers’ den:Bring back our children alive, parents of NYSC 7 beg FG
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…
Kidnappers abduct RCCG elder, demand N50m ransom in Ogun
Suspected kidnappers have reportedly abducted a 70-year-old farmer, Pa Adeife Ifelaja, in Ogun State. Ifelaja, an elder at a parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Ijebu Igbo, headquarters of Ijebu North Local Government, was kidnapped in December. …
Abductors showed me where they kept corpses, demanded N30m – Benue ex-LG chair
A former chairman of the Okpokwu Local Government Area of Benue State, Amina Audu, who regained her freedom recently after she was abducted on November 13, 2023, shares her experience with ABDULLATEEF FOWEWE You regained your freedom days after you…
3 kidnappers nabbed while collecting N10m ransom from freed victim in Lagos
On March 18, 2023, Saturday Vanguard published a story of a businessman, Timothy Uche, who was abducted by a four–man armed gang, one of whom disguised as a pregnant woman, in the Ejigbo area of Lagos. After three days in…
Court orders Evans to return 233k Euros ransom
The Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) has ordered billionaire kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike alias Evans, to refund the sum of 233,000 Euros ransom he obtained from one of his victims, Chief Donatus Dunu. Justice Olukayode…
Wives of abducted lorry drivers in Kwara beg for alms to pay N20m ransom
Kwara State Police Command has confirmed the kidnap of four tipper lorry drivers from a farm on the outskirts of Ilorin, Kwara State capital. The four drivers, according to sources corroborated by the police, were abducted by men, dressed in…
‘Bandits have kept me in chains’, Abducted DPO begs from captivity
The Divisional Police Officer (DPO), who was abducted in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna, in June, says he has been in chains, according to his relative. Daily Trust had reported how CSP Mohammed Gyadi-Gyadi was kidnapped on the morning of June 27,…
Abductors reportedly kill LAUTECH student, hotelier after N5m ransom
The Proprietor of Tana Suites Ogbomoso, Olugbenga Owolabi and one of his staff, Racheal Opadele, a student of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Ogbomoso, who were abducted last week, have been allegedly killed by their abductors. The Nation gathered…
Gunmen kidnap Naval officer, demand N3m ransom
Gunmen have kidnapped an Abuja-based officer of the Naval Headquarters in Abuja, Musa Lawal. The victim, with enlistment no. X12775 ABRP3, was whisked away by his abductors in Kogi State. It was gathered that some heavily armed men numbering five…