JOHOR BARU: Police recover more than RM7mil of the RM20mil ransom that was paid to a group of kidnappers of a Johor businessman. Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department director Comm Datuk Seri Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain said the money, in various currencies, was recovered following the arrest of 14 suspects involved in the Oct 13 … Read more
Police on Tuesday rescued a 7-year-old schoolboy within six hours of his kidnapping from a school bus and arrested two kidnappers. Police claimed that the boy was kidnapped for ransom. The SP said that police are interrogating the arrested persons and some more persons will be arrested. (Representational photo) The boy, a student of Krishna … Read more
Last Updated: September 01, 2024, 18:06 IST AAP Councillor Ram Chander with Former Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia. (Image: X/BawanaRam) Ram Chander, who is a councillor from Ward No 28, was one of the five members who joined the BJP last Sunday The Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday accused the BJP of “kidnapping” its councillor … Read more
Goodnews Emuemu, known as Gnewzy, a Nigerian singer, recently shared the ransom details about his abduction. PREMIUM TIMES reported that the singer who was kidnapped on 29 April at Eklat road in Ughelli, Delta State, was released on 3 May, six days after being held captive by gunmen. The abductors, after the kidnap, contacted Dilly … Read more
JOHOR BAHRU: Police will apply to extend the remand of a 31-year-old male suspect in the kidnapping of a six-year-old girl at a Johor shopping centre, when his remand ends on Monday (Jul 29). Johor police chief M Kumar said the extension of remand would be for seven days from Tuesday until August 5. The suspect … Read more
The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) has condemned the kidnapping of two of its members and their families. The police have also provided more information on the abductions and said operatives are working to secure their release. PREMIUM TIMES reported the kidnap of the two journalists, AbdulGafar Alabelewe and Abdulraheem Aodu, and some members of … Read more
Three Indians and one Nigerian who were kidnapped along the Sagamu-Ijebu Ode expressway on Sunday night have regained their freedom. They were freed on Wednesday when men of the Ogun State Police Command stormed the hideout of the abductors and engaged them in a gun duel. Two of the kidnappers were reportedly killed in the … Read more
The police command in Kogi on Sunday confirmed the killing of two of the abducted students of Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara. The State Police Commissioner, Bethrand Onuoha, said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in LokoJa Mr Onuoha described the killing by their abductors as very … Read more
The police in Abia State and their counterpart in Anambra State have contradicted themselves on the kidnap of a Nigerian archbishop and his family members in the South-east. The kidnap There were reports that some gunmen, on Wednesday, kidnapped the Archbishop of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, Uka Osim, and his family members … Read more
Gunmen have abducted a fast-rising Nigerian singer, Gnewzy, real name Emuemu Goodnews, in Delta State. The kidnappers are demanding $200,000 (over N220 million) as ransom. The singer, who signed on to Eric Many Records in December 2023 and is famous for his ‘Sneakers’ single, was abducted in the early hours of Monday. The record label, … Read more
