Tag: Ransom
Kidnappers now using banks to collect ransoms — Expert raises alarm
A security expert, Dr. Kabir Adamu, has raised concern that kidnappers in Nigeria are now using banks to collect 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…