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Kidnappers In Kano Mistakenly Shoot Gang Member While Attempting Abduction

Three suspected kidnappers, Idris Abdullahi, Tukur Yusuf, and Ilyasu Aminu, have been arrested for attempting to kidnap a man and his son in Yarimawa village, Tofa Local Government Area of Kano State. Parading the suspects alongside others criminals, the State Commissioner of Police (CP) Muhammed Usaini Gumel said the kidnappers stormed the residence of one […]

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Bandits Kidnap 40 Kaduna Worshippers In Church, 15 Escape

Some bandits were reported to have at kidnapped at least 40 worshippers during service at Bege Baptist Church, Madala on Buruku Baringi road in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Sunday. The chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria, Kaduna State chapter, Rev. John Hayab, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Kaduna on Monday. […]

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Several Kidnap Victims Rescued As Troops Destroy Turji’s Hideouts In Zamfara

Troops of the Joint Task Force, Northwest Operation Hadarin Daji have rescued several kidnap victims and recovered ammunition during an invasion of the camps belonging to notorious bandits’ leader, Bello Turji. The troops in clearance operations conducted on Saturday from Magarya to Dutsi general area of Zurmi Local Government Area in Zamfara State discovered and […]

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Community Members Mobilizing Funds To Meet Demand Of Bandits In Zamfara

Residents of Wanzamai village in Zamfara State have said they are making efforts to raise the ransom demanded by armed bandits. Recall that last Friday, a group of bandits stormed Wanzamai community where they kidnapped 85 villagers, mainly women and children, as a reprisal attack against the killing of their members by the military operatives […]

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Kidnappers Of Zamfara Children Demand N30m Ransom

Gunmen, who kidnapped children and women in Wanzamai village, Zamfara State have demanded N30 million ransom, a family source told Daily Trust. Suspected bandits had on Thursday abducted at least 100 persons from farmlands in Zamfara and Katsina states. A resident of Wanzamai village in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State identified as Sani […]

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NANS Seeks Holistic Approach To Rescue Abducted Zamfara, Kaduna Students

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has appealed to authorities concerned to use all means to rescue university and secondary school students from their abductors. Two female Microbiology students of Federal University, Gusau, Zamfara, and another 10 female secondary school students of Kachia LGA in Kaduna State had been in captivity. Vanessa Kwere, the […]

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How Bandits Kidnapped Matawalle’s Aide In Zamfara

The kidnappers abducted Special Counsel to the Governor Bello Mohammad Matawallen Maradun, Hon. Lukman Ibrahim on Saturday in Mareri area of Gusau District, capital of Zamfara State. According to Ibrahim’s son, Maaji Ibrahim, his father was kidnapped on Saturday morning. He explained that his father was in the house when the kidnappers entered their compound […]

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Bandits Abduct Father, Four Children In Gusau, Zamfara

Armed Bandits have abducted five family members in Zamfara The Father one Mr. Moruf alongside his four children were kidnapped in the early hours of Monday at his residence in Saminaka area in Gusau, the capital city of Zamfara State. The wife of the Victim Mrs. Aisha and her son were spared by the bandits […]

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Abducted Wife Of Zamfara NULGE Chairman Gives Birth In Captivity

A woman identified as Ramatu Yunusa with nine months of pregnancy, abducted at Damba area of Gusau, the Zamfara State capital, has reportedly given birth at the bandits’ camp. According to the husband, Mr. Yunusa, Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, Zamfara State chapter, the woman delivered at about 3 am […]

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Zamfara Abductors Demand N1Bn Ransom For Former AG’s Children

Abductors of four children of the former Zamfara state accountant general Abubakar Bello Furfuri are demanding the sum of one Billion Naira as ransom Three wives, four children of the former Zamfara State accountant General and other persons were abducted by gunmen in Furfuri village in Bungudu local government area of the state early hours […]