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By, Ayoofe Aiyedatiwa The Ondo State Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun Corps, has successfully rescued a young boy simply identified as Eriponmile, who was kidnapped in the Davog area of Ijoka, Akure, during an operation that also led to the arrest of members of a child trafficking and organ harvesting syndicate Ondo State Commander of the Corps, Akogun ...
May, 2025
December, 2020
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23 December
Senate working on law for hunters to tackle bandits, kidnappers
Senate has started a legislative process to enact a law that will legalise the activities of various hunter groups in Nigeria. The proposed legislation will put to rest the notion that the groups lacked the constitutional powers. Tagged ‘The Nigerian Hunters’ Council of Nigeria Bill, 2020 (SB. 477), the proposed law which has passed second reading, was sponsored by Senator ...
November, 2015
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2 November
Uncovered: MTN Huge Fine, Linked To Role In Olu Falae’s Kidnap!
Accordingto reports coming out from South Africa, the record fine levied on MTN Nigeria is linked to the role that unregistered MTN sim cards played in the kidnap of former minister of finance Olu Falae. The source, South Africa’s City Press, reports that Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said the phone lines that the kidnappers used to conduct ransom negotiations belonged ...
October, 2015
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8 October
Again, Fulani Herdsmen Attack Falae!
CHIEF Olu Falae’s farm in Akure has again been attacked by Fulani herdsmen, barely two weeks after the herdsmen kidnapped the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation and kept him for four days. The herdsmen reportedly moved in their cattle into the farm situated at Ilado on the outskirts of the state capital at about 2am on Monday ...
September, 2015
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29 September
Falae Exposes Police IG As Chronic Liar… “Ransom Paid, Police Didn’t Rescue Me”
A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae, has admitted that “certain amount of money” was paid as ransom before he was set free on Thursday by his abductors. Falae’s statement contradicted the claim by the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, that no ransom was paid before the elder statesman was rescued. Falae, who was ...
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17 September
Toyin Nwosu Release! Kidnappers Get Richer, Go Unpunished
No doubt money to the tune of millions would have exchange hands, but Nigerians are worried about the trend and associate ransome payment. It is an enticing big business. Can’t the security operatives apprehend them? The kidnapped wife of Mr. Steve Nwosu, The SUN Newspaper’s deputy director, Toyin, has regained freedom. Exactly four days after Mrs. Oluwatoyin Nwosu, was kidnapped ...
