Ransom

Bandits who abducted former Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), retired General Maharazu Tsiga, have demanded a N250 million ransom for his release. A source close to the family who doesn’t want his name to be…
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A masked witness, identified as Prosecution Witness-D (PW-D) on Thursday, told a Federal High Court in Abuja that he paid N80 million ransom for the release of his mother and sister during the 2022 Abuja-Kaduna train terrorists attack. …
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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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An Abuja-based Lawyer, Mr Bala Dakum, on Thursday, narrated how his 85-year-old father, Deh Idi Dakum, was kidnapped and later murdered after ransom was paid. Dakum, while speaking with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, said he is…
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The Kogi Police Command has confirmed the kidnap of three relations of former Daily Trust Editor, Malam Ahmed Ajobe. The victims included Mr Ajobe’s immediate younger sister, Halimtu-Sadiya Tahir. They were reportedly kidnapped on…
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By Aminu Abubakar A SolaceBase review of SBM intelligence data has shown that fifteen Northern states paid the sum of N362.85 million as ransom to kidnappers between July 2023 and July 2024. SBM Intelligence is an Africa-focused…
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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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Gunmen have reportedly kidnapped the acting Rector of Benue State Polytechnic, Ugbokolo, Dr Emmanuel Barki, his driver and some management staff of the institution along the Ugbokolo-Otukpo highway of the state. It was gathered that the…
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Terrorists who abducted a Kaduna female judge and her children, have killed the eldest son and threatened to kill the other children if the ransom they demanded was not paid. The incident occurred in the Mahuta New Extension, Chikun…
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Abductors of Hajiya Hauwa’u Adamu mother of the famous Hausa musician, Dauda Adamu popularly known as Rarara, have reportedly demanded a ransom of N900m for her release. A source close to the family in Kahutu, who craved anonymity,…
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