Tag: kidnapping
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Police tackles Abuja-Kaduna highway crimes with air assets
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, has said the police have deployed air assets for aerial surveillance of the Abuja-Kaduna highway. The police boss explained that the assets would support ground police teams in the fight against kidnapping and banditry.
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Police arrest, parade kidnappers of Greenfield Varsity students
The Force Intelligence Bureau Special Tactical Squad (FIB-STS) operatives, following directives from the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, to clampdown on the perpetrators of crimes and criminality, as well as cutting off their supply of arms have successfully effected the arrest of 31 suspects connected with major violent crimes including Kidnapping, Culpable Homicide,…
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Police arrest killers of ex Guber aspirant, Alhaji Sagir Hamidu
Hamidu, ex-Zamfara State gubernatorial aspirant and owner of Famak British Schools, was killed when armed bandits opened fire on travelers near Rijana along Kaduna-Abuja Highway around 4pm on Sunday, November 21, 2021
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Kidnapping: Travellers suffer in gridlock as Edo communities barricade Benin-Lagos highway
Ten communities of Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo barricaded the Lagos-Benin Highway on Wednesday to protest incessant attacks by herdsmen.
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Kaduna Govt confirms killings in 6 villages of Giwa LGA
The Kaduna State Government has confirmed the killing of some citizens in six villages of Giwa Local Government Area of the state.
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HAPPENING NOW: Abuja residents protesting over incessant kidnapping barricade Gwagwalada [Photos]
Residents in Chukuku, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT have barricaded Gwagwalada, a major entry point into the city of Abuja. TheNewsGuru.com,(TNG) reports the protesters took to the streets to demand FG quickly comes to their aid to combat insecurity. In photos trending online the protesters carried placards asking FG to save them…
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BREAKING: Evans sentenced to life imprisonment
An Ikeja High Court on Friday sentenced kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike alias Evans, to life imprisonment for the kidnap of Mr Donatius Dunu, the Chief Executive Officer of Maydon Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
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BREAKING: Notorious Evans found guilty of kidnapping charges
Kidnap kingpin, Chukwudi Onuamadike, popularly known as Evans, and two others have been found guilty of conspiracy and kidnapping by an Ikeja High Court.
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