Tag: Kidnappers
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JUST IN: Police arrest three kingpin kidnappers in Lagos
Lagos State Police have arrested three kingpin kidnappers and seven others in the Mushin area of the state. In a statement released to newsmen on Monday, the police also said it impounded 29 motorcycles in the state during the weekend. The statement added, “The three kingpins and the seven suspects whose identity are still being…
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NTA journalist regains freedom after spending five days in Kidnappers den
Five days after she was kidnapped at gunpoint at rail line axis of Woji, Obio/Akpor local government area of Rivers State, Mrs. Chidiebere Onyia, a reporter with the Nigeria Television Authority, Port Harcourt zonal office has regained her freedom. The nursing mother was said to have been released by her abductors in the early hours…
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Police kill eight suspected kidnappers in Edo
The Police Command in Edo has said that a total of eight suspected kidnappers were killed during various operations in the state in the last three weeks. The Commissioner of Police, Phillip Ogbadu, disclosed this on Friday in his maiden media briefing since assumption of office at the command headquarters in Benin. Ogbadu also disclosed…
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Gunmen demand N10m ransom after kidnapping seven children from Abuja’s orphanage home
The kidnappers of seven children from Rachel’s Orphanage Home in Naharati in the Abaji Area Council of Abuja, FCT, have demanded N10 million in ransom. The abductors are also asking for another N20 million ransom to be paid for the release of the security guard at the home and a couple, Momoh Jimoh and his…
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Photo: Cross River demolishes hotel harbouring suspected kidnappers
The Cross River Government security outfit, “Operation Akpakwu”, has demolished the “Save side hotel” at 8miles area in Calabar for harbouring suspected kidnappers that have been terrorising the state. Speaking after the exercise, Mr Henry Okokon, the Security Adviser, South, to Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River, told newsmen on Saturday that most recorded kidnap…
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Amotekun arrests four suspected kidnappers in Ekiti
The Ekiti State Security Network Agency otherwise known as Amotekun Corps has arrested four persons suspected to be members of a kidnap unleashing terror in the state. The Corps Commander, Brig. General Joe Komolafe who made the disclosure on Friday while speaking with newsmen in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital. Komolafe said the suspected kidnappers were…
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Insecurity: How Nigerians paid $18.34m ransom to kidnappers in 10 years – Report
By Emman Ovuakporie It is absurd but the truth that kidnapping in Nigeria has become so lucrative and within a period of ten years it has generated $18.34million into the pockets of kidnappers across the country. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) in this report based on an extensive research carried out by SBMorgan entitled: Kidnap Problems in Nigeria:…
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Exposed! How kidnappers use fish net to trap vehicles on Okene -Benin road [Video]
It has been exposed as to how kidnappers use fish nets to entangle tyres of vehicles traveling along Okene-Benin road via Anagbette in Edo State. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reports via a trending video online how suspected kidnappers use well woven fish net to trap vehicles. Exposed: How kidnappers use fish net to trap vehicles on Okene…
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Police arrest suspected kidnapper of Oyo lawmaker’s sister
The Oyo State Police Command has arrested a suspected kidnapper of a lawmaker’s sister, Jumoke Babalola. In a statement issued on Friday by the Police Public Relations Officer, Fadeyi Olugbenga, 35-year-old Babalola was abducted by armed men while returning from her shop by unknown armed men. Following the abduction, the police spokesman said the Anti-Kidnapping…
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Gunmen abduct Abuja-bound passengers in Edo
An unspecified number of passengers in an Abuja-bound commercial bus have been reportedly kidnapped along the Benin-Auchi road in Edo State. It was gathered that the incident occurred at about 11am, between the Ehor and Iruekpen axis of the highway. A commuter, who identified himself as Idris Audu, who spoke with journalists in Benin on…