Tag: Ransom
Zamfara bandits mock government after killing 38 despite ransom payment
The mass killing underscores the worsening security crisis in Zamfara, where communities continue to face frequent raids, mass abductions, and…
Army urges families of kidnap victims to intimate security agencies of demand for ransom
The Nigerian Army has urged the family members of kidnap victims to intimate security agencies of demand for ransom payment…
Kidnappers demand N20m ransom to release Edo APC LGA chairman
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The gunmen who abducted Mr. Henry Ashofor, the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akoko-Edo Local…
Farmer remanded over alleged kidnap of girl, N4m ransom demand
A Magistrate Court in Minna on Friday ordered the remand in prison custody of a farmer, Jibrin Adamu, for allegedly…
Abductors demand N200m for release of Turkish expatriates
Abductors of two Turkish expatriates in Akwa Ibom have demanded N200 million to release them. The victims were abducted on…
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Suspected kidnapper caught inside bank trying to withdraw N44m ransom
The police at the Lion Building Division, Lagos Island have arrested a suspected kidnapper, Abiodun Joshua, 28 for attempting to…
Isheri kidnappers demand N1.2 billion ransom
The gunmen who kidnapped four residents of Isheri area of Lagos State, are asking the families to pay N300m each,…
My father’s abductors haven’t contacted family for ransom-Son
Son of the abducted Lagos monarch, Alhaji Kabiru Oseni says his father’s abductors have not yet established contact with the…
New Zealand rules out ransom for Nigerian kidnappers
New Zealand Prime Minister, John Key, on Thursday ruled out paying a ransom as a long-held government standing for a…
Nigerian Government denies Chibok Girls ransom report
Nigeria’s information minister has denied media reports the Islamist militant group Boko Haram is demanding $50 million from the government…
3 clerics kidnapped in Kaduna, N100m ransom demanded
Abductors of the National President of Fellowship of Churches of Christ In Nigeria known in as “Tarayyar Ekklesiyoyin Kristi A…
CP: No ransom paid to free schoolgirls
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, says no ransom was paid to secure the release of the…
Breaking: Security agencies rescue Dickson’s sister without ransom
The younger sister of Bayelsa State Governor, Mr. Henry Seriake Dickson, has been rescued after spending over two months in…
Kidnappers of Rivers Info Commissioner’s mom slash ransom to N25m
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Kidnappers of Madam Patience Tam-George, the 85-year old mother of the Rivers State Commissioner of Information and…
Kidnappers demand N30m for mother of Rivers Commissioner for Information
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers Commissioner for Information and Communication, Dr Austin Tam-George has confirmed the kidnap of his 85 years…
Dickson to amend Bayelsa criminal code, warns against ransom to kidnappers
Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson on Friday in Yenagoa, read a riot act to criminals with a stern warning…
Don’t succumb to paying ransom to kidnappers – Dickson
The Bayelsa state governor, Henry Seriake Dickson on Friday in Yenagoa, read a Riot Act to criminals with a stern…
FG issues security alert, says Boko Haram plans abductions for ransom
The Federal Government warned on Friday that Boko Haram terrorists, who have been beaten and put on the run by…
Minister hints ransom helped free Poles from pirates in Nigeria
Poland’s foreign minister has hinted that a ransom was paid to free five Polish seamen abducted from a cargo ship…
Expatriate abducted, released after paying ransom
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta A Chinese businessman who was abducted last week in Sagamu township by some people has regained his freedom.…
Kidnappers collect N100m ransom, demand extra N120m
Cyriacus Izuekwe The collection of N100m ransom and demand for an extra N120m by kidnappers of a business mogul, Chief…
Kidnappers shoot bizman after collecting N30m ransom
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta . An Abeokuta-based oil magnate, Mr Akeem Lawal, 36, was kidnapped and shot after the kidnappers were paid…
Falae released without ransom payment – IGP Arase
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Solomon Arase, on Thursday said that no ransom was paid for the release…
Islamic State demands ransom for Norwegian, Chinese captives
Islamic State has claimed that it is holding two captives, one Norwegian and one Chinese, and is offering to release…
Abuja bishop kidnapped, N40m ransom demanded
Bishop of Gwagwalada Diocese, in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, has been kidnapped. Reverend Moses Tabuwaye, was on his way to Awka,…
4 suspected kidnappers arrested after collecting N3m ransom
Cyriacus Izuekwe Operatives of the Department of State Security Service, DSS, have arrested four suspected kidnappers and charged them before…
Kidnappers Of Winners Pastor Demand N60m
Daniels Ekugo Kidnappers of the Senior Resident Pastor of the Living Faith Church, a.k.a. Winners Chapel situated along IBB Way,…
Police lied, 10 freed Ekiti captives paid ransom to abductors
The ten persons, including an 11-year-old boy kidnapped in Ekiti a month ago were at the early hours of Saturday…
Kidnappers Demand N40m From Newspaper Agent
Henry Ojelu Kidnappers in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, have demanded the sum of N40 million from the family…
Gunmen Abduct Osun LG Boss, Demand N50m Ransom
Yet-to-be identified gunmen have abducted the Head of Local Government Administration of Atakumosa West Local Government, Osun state, southwest Nigeria,…