Abduction

From N300m to N900m — how kidnapping for ransom is booming in Nigeria

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Kidnapping, though existent before now, is on the rise and has become the new “oil boom” for miscreants and terrorists, who demand ransoms as high as 300-900 million Naira from their victims. Nigerians traveling on highways, between states, or even staying in their homes no longer feel safe as the rate of kidnapping skyrockets. Gunmen … Read more

SING Nigeria condemns abduction of Zamfara students, demands adequate security in schools

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The Sustainable Initiatives for Nurturing Growth (SING) Nigeria has condemned the abduction of students of Government Girls Secondary School in Jangebe, Zamfara State by gunmen. Gunmen, suspected to be bandits, had stormed the Zamfara school in the early hours of Friday and whisked away a yet-to-be-identified number of female students. In a statement by Agi … Read more