Kidnappers

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said the payments were made between May 2023 and April 2024. According to the NBS’s latest Crime Experience and Security Perception Survey report published on Tuesday, 65 per cent of households…
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A retired senior police officer says a real-time tracking platform, once instrumental in helping to solve criminal cases by the Intelligence Response Team (IRT), was misused by politicians. According to Vanguard, the unnamed former…
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A geopolitical research firm, SB Morgen (SBM) Intelligence, says kidnappers demanded over N10.9 billion from victims and their families between June 2023 and July 2024. The research firm, in its latest report, titled, ‘Economics of…
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The Nigerian military has said its troops involved in operations across the country have eliminated 1,166 terrorists and also rescued 721 kidnapped hostages in the past 29 days. The troops also apprehended 1,096 suspects The Director…
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The Police Command in Benue has confirmed the release of 20 students of the University of Maiduguri and University of Jos kidnapped by gunmen in the north-central State on August 15. Its Public Relations Officer, Mrs Sewuese Anene,…
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The Kaduna State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), has vehemently 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…
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An Osun State High Court sitting in Ede has convicted and sentenced five men to death by hanging for the kidnap and murder of Alhaji Ibrahim Adamu, a Fulani man. The convicts – Ibrahim Issa, Lateef Bello, Abdul Ramon Soliu, Bello…
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The Police command in Kogi on Sunday confirmed the killing of two of the abducted students of Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara. The State Police Commissioner, Mr Bethrand Onuoha, said this when he spoke…
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The Police Command in Ogun said it has killed two suspected kidnappers terrorising travellers on the Sagamu-Ijebu Ode-Benin expressway in a gun duel. This is contained in a statement on Tuesday, in Abeokuta, by SP Omolola Odutola, the…
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The Police Command in Nasarawa State on Tuesday said it had arrested three suspected kidnappers for threatening to kidnap an uncle to one of the suspects in Karu Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. DSP Ramhan Nansel, Police Public…
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