kidnappings
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News
Police parade suspected kidnappers of Greenfield University students, rapists
61 Firearms, 376 Ammunition, 22 cartridges, N2m recovered The Force Intelligence Bureau Special Tactical Squad (FIB-STS) operatives have arrested 31…
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News
Police arrest 14 notorious kidnappers in Adamawa
The Adamawa State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of 14 suspected notorious kidnappers terrorising people of the state. DSP…
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News
Kaduna records 222 deaths, 774 people abducted in three months
A total of 222 deaths were recorded and 774 people kidnapped as well as 8553 animals rustled in Kaduna State…
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Africa
Cameroonian separatists ‘kidnap to make money’
Separatist fighters in Cameroon have kidnapped hundreds of people since 2017, Human Rights Watch (HRW) says in a report. Those…
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News
Kidnappings: Senate probes $20m Safe School Initiative fund
The Senate has mandated the Committees on Education (Basic and Secondary); and Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND to investigate the utilization…
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Opinion
Financiers of terror: A coterie of ghosts
We often attribute terror to suicide bombings, beheading and radical groups, although terrorism is much more than that and all…
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News
Troops rescue 23 victims, arrest bandits’ collaborator in Katsina
Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have rescued 23 kidnapped victims comprising 18 women and five children in Katsina State, the…
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News
5 high-profile kidnappings that rattled Kano in 2020
Auwal Sani The state has not been without its own share of criminal activities but kidnapping of residents for ransom…
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News
Kankara ransom: FG wasn’t part of negotiations — Presidency
The Federal Government, yesterday, said it was not part of any negotiations or payment of any ransom for the release…