Anxiety in Benue as criminal gang of late militia kingpin, Gana embark on killings, kidnapping
•Youths raise alarm, send SOS to IGP•Reports say 66 victims recorded so far By Ifeanyi Okolie There is anxiety in Benue state following the resurgence of massive killings and abductions by criminals suspected to be remnants of the dreaded gang members of late militia leader, Terwase Akwaza alias Gana. The bloodletting has gotten to the […]
How fraudulent Keke NAPEP rider almost caused religious crisis in Jos
By Marie-Therese Nanlong There was tension at the Anguwan Jarawa community, Jos North local government area on Monday when it was alleged that a tricycle rider and his friends were killed and his tricycle stolen when the rider went to the community to convey eggs from a poultry farm. Recall that Jos is highly polarized […]
Fear grips Lagos residents as ritualists dump corpses on streets
By Emma Nnadozie Fear has gripped residents of highbrow Adeniyi Jones and adjoining Adekunle village estates in Ikeja, Lagos state capital following strange discovery of decapitated remains of two teenage girls on the streets within 72 hours. The first corpse was discovered neatly packaged inside a travelling bag on the street at Jafac close in […]
IRT arrests two suspects over attack, kidnap of seven persons from NTLC Kaduna
By Evelyn Usman Operatives of the Force Investigation Bureau-Intelligence Response Team, FIB-IRT have arrested two suspected members of a kidnap gang that attacked the Staff Quarters of the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Centre, Zaria, Kaduna State, three months ago. The gunmen announced their presence at about 12.30 am, with sporadic gunshots and abducted seven […]
11 kidnappers killed during fight over custody of fleeing victim
By Evelyn Usman There was a violent clash between two kidnap syndicates recently, in a forest in Galadimawa Town, Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State, over an attempt by both camps to take custody of a female victim who escaped from one of the gang’s den. At the end of the bloody fight, 11 […]
Why we don’t kidnap women ― Kaduna bandit
By Evelyn Usman For some time now, communities in Kaduna state and other parts of the Northern region have been under kidnappers’ siege. Having succeeded in chasing farmers away from their farmlands, these kidnappers who hide under the guise of bandits, commandeered these farmlands into dens where kidnapped victims are kept until a ransom is paid. […]
