A 15-year-old boy has allegedly staged his own kidnap and demanded the sum of N500,000 as ransom. The minor, who was paraded in Jos on Thursday, told newsmen that he initiated the plan with his friends in order to enable him to buy clothes and celebrate his graduation. “I was the one who initiated the…
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Miss Umar, the district head of Daura in Katsina state, has reportedly been kidnapped by gunmen. Umar, a former customs officer, is reported to be the father of Fatima Musa, wife of Mohammed Abubakar, Buhari’s aide de camp (ADC). NAN reports that the kidnappers stormed his residence at 7pm on Wednesday and sporadically shot in…
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According to reports reaching us via a tweet by Senator Ben Murray-Bruce, Senator Dino Melaye has been allegedly abducted by unknown gunmen. Murray-Bruce, one of the key allies of Mr Melaye tweeted this: Mr Melaye was among the 14 senators who defected from the All Progressives Congress on Tuesday. The controversial senator is facing separate charges…
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The Lagos State Police on Monday obstructed a planned kidnap of a Deputy Comptroller of Customs, her brother, and her son. According to the police, the suspected kidnappers had reached out to Yisa Theophilus, the brother of the deputy comptroller, under the pretense of a land deal. The suspected kidnapper was identified as Yomi Odudare, who is…
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According to reports, a man has been arrested in connection with a kidnap attempt on Lana Del Rey. The Guardian reported that the individual was arrested on Friday in Florida, and that he was armed when apprehended. Luckily, the police received a “tipoff about the kidnapping threat” from an unnamed source (via The Guardian), which led them to arrest…
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Unknown gunmen have abducted eleven passengers in a bus on Ndele-Elele axis of East-West road, Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, Monday night. The victims were said to have boarded the vehicle at Rumuokoro in Port Harcourt, Obio/Akpor LGA, and were travelling to Ndele, Elele and Ahoada before the incident happened. Vanguard learned that…
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For seven years, suspected dare-devil kidnapper, Chukwudemeje George Onwamadike aka Evans, escaped police dragnet. His escape during his daring kidnapping runs had conferred on him supernatural invincibility of sort. His reign, however, came to an end last Saturday, after a police special squad led by Abba Kyari, an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), arrested him…
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The traditional ruler of Elaite town in Kogi State, Alhaji Aminu Akwu, who was kidnapped on May 20, has regained freedom. Akwu, a third class traditional ruler, was released at about 5p.m. on Wednesday and had since reunited with subjects in the sleepy town located on Lokoja-Ajaokuta highway. Akwu was kidnapped as he was…
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Major General Tukur Buratai The Nigerian Army has announced a one million Naira cash reward for anyone with useful information that could lead to the rescue of its abducted officer, reports ChannelsTV. The Deputy Director, Public Relations of the One Mechanised Division, Colonel Usman Abdul, on Sunday disclosed that a senior army officer serving at the…
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Gunmen in the early hours of yesterday reportedly stormed Otuoke, Bayelsa State, hometown of former President, Goodluck Jonathan, abducting his uncle and foster father, Chief Inengite Nitabai. The 72-year-old former lecturer of the Rivers State University and a prominent chief of Otuoke in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, was whisked away at…
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