Trending News: SPORTGolden Eaglets to participate in China invitational tournamentXenophobia Crisis: 66 Nigerians Brought Back From South AfricaMr Ibu’s Family Speaks on Challenges Faced Since His PassingSouth Africa Joins List of African Nations With Victory at World Cup 2026‘State Police Can Help Protect Persecuted Christians in Nigeria ’ —US Congressman MooreOld Pipeline Infrastructure Blamed for Blast in Owaza CommunityInsecurity: CAN Calls for Enhanced Protection Measures in Oyo ChurchesReligious Leader Addresses Controversy Surrounding Comments on KwankwasoDelta Government Debunks Reports of Uduaghan’s DeathRights Activist Warns State Police Could Deepen Nigeria’s Ethnic DivisionsMan Receives 20-Year Jail Term for Sexually Assaulting 85-Year-Old womanNollywood Star Nancy Isime Opens Up on the Struggles of Life and Choosing Not to Be a MotherNollywood Star Omeche Oko Survives Horrific Bike Accident on Movie Set Days Before BirthdayAbia State Hosts Inaugural South East Amateur Boxing ChampionshipKaduna Governor Declares Bandits Deserve No Second Chance, Labels Them TerroristsPower Is Taken, Not Given, Says Wike as He Urges PDP to Gird for BattlePolice Clarify Viral Clip: ‘Individuals in Video Are Vigilante Members, Not Bandits’WHEN SCIENCE DECLARES WAR ON CRIME: ENUGU’S DNA FORENSIC REVOLUTION BEGINSGov Mbah to Criminals: “You can run, but can’t hide”Legal Giant’s Fall: Top Human Rights Lawyer Mike Ozekhome Suspended as SANTinubu Can’t Be Everywhere Fighting Crime, We’re His Foot Soldiers – OdodoIran Blames U.S. for Middle East Instability, Rejects Rubio’s Claims Ahead of Fresh Nuclear TalksSenate Advances Tinubu’s State Police Bill, Paving Way for Historic Security ReformUba Sani Emerges Key APC Strategist as Influence Grows Within Tinubu’s Political CircleNigeria’s Intra-African Trade Rises 21% to $9.02bn as AfCFTA Expands Export OpportunitiesCoal City University Denies Salary Arrears, Six-Month Strike Claims, Defends Handling of Student IncidentConcerned Citizen Urges Gowon to Convene National Prayer for Peace, Unity and Economic RecoveryLafarge Africa Rebrands as HBM Nigeria Plc, Signals New Era of Growth and InnovationCourt Fixes June 30 to Rule on Sowore’s Bid to Restore Bail, Set Aside Arrest WarrantBill Gates says he didn’t witness crimes but may have been in presence of Epstein VictimsRapper Kanye West’s July 4 show at risk of cancellation over past hate speechCourt fixes June 30 for ruling on Sowore’s bail applicationFrance detects first Ebola case outside Africa in current outbreakInsecurity: Oyo state govt declares 16-hour curfew in 10 LGAsRussia says Nuclear weapons the ‘only’ guarantee against global warChild under the age of 12 euthanized in Netherland in first of its kind caseIran’s U.S. entry terms changed for final group gameUS court sentences Anambra LG chairman to five years imprisonment for $3.5m romance scamI don’t see the level of hunger Nigerians are complaining about – Presidential media aide, Bayo OnanugaState Police: Lawyer Oshoma Warns Against Giving Governors Excessive ControlMilitary Launches ‘Thunder Strike’ Exercise in BauchiFG, Enugu Join Forces to Tackle Youth Unemployment Through YEIDEP InitiativeFormer Vice President Speaks Out on El-Rufai’s Trial and Bail ConditionsCourt Session Begins as Sowore Arrives From Kuje PrisonOndo Government Ordered to Compensate Family Over Child’s DisappearanceNigerian Stock Market Extends Rally as Investors Gain N1.64 TrillionNigeria Rolls Out Model PPP Agreement to Counter $2.3 Trillion Infrastructure DeficitLagos Police intercept truck with military camouflage uniforms, illicit drugsIt Would Be Top”: Ronaldo Hints at Dream World Cup Battle with MessiCourt Urged to Admit Statements in Plot to Overthrow Nigerian Government TrialOk Movement Backs Obi’s Demand: Tinubu Should Resign for Ineffective GovernanceUS Sanctions Three Nigerian Bureaux de Change, Financier Over Alleged ISWAP Terror FundingNDLEA Begins Trial of Billionaire Businessman Ukatu, Two Others Over Alleged 322kg Tramadol TraffickingPRP Denies Reports of Selling Nomination Forms to Kwankwaso‘Peter Obi Needs Schooling on Democracy, Constitution’ — Presidency Condemns Resignation CallGovernors Push for Greater Authority Over Security OperationsCrisis Rocks ADC in Ogun State as Members File Petition Against ChairmanAhanotu Accuses Peter Obi of Abandoning His PeopleTroops Engage Kidnappers in Fierce Exchange, Rescue Two AbducteesKwara Poly Suspends Lecturer Over Flogging of Latecoming IJMB CandidatesPolice Confirm IED Blast in Lagos Commercial Hub, Victim HospitalisedSix Nations Secure Spots in FIFA World Cup Round of 32 with Perfect RecordsADC Candidates Reject Adamawa LG Election Results, Call for Fresh PollNaira Gains Against Dollar at Official Market After Four-Day SlumpNew U.S. Designations Target ISIS Money Movers: French, Syrian, and Nigerian Nationals Pose Global ThreatCONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO SEN. 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Trending News: SPORTGolden Eaglets to participate in China invitational tournamentXenophobia Crisis: 66 Nigerians Brought Back From South AfricaMr Ibu’s Family Speaks on Challenges Faced Since His PassingSouth Africa Joins List of African Nations With Victory at World Cup 2026‘State Police Can Help Protect Persecuted Christians in Nigeria ’ —US Congressman MooreOld Pipeline Infrastructure Blamed for Blast in Owaza CommunityInsecurity: CAN Calls for Enhanced Protection Measures in Oyo ChurchesReligious Leader Addresses Controversy Surrounding Comments on KwankwasoDelta Government Debunks Reports of Uduaghan’s DeathRights Activist Warns State Police Could Deepen Nigeria’s Ethnic DivisionsMan Receives 20-Year Jail Term for Sexually Assaulting 85-Year-Old womanNollywood Star Nancy Isime Opens Up on the Struggles of Life and Choosing Not to Be a MotherNollywood Star Omeche Oko Survives Horrific Bike Accident on Movie Set Days Before BirthdayAbia State Hosts Inaugural South East Amateur Boxing ChampionshipKaduna Governor Declares Bandits Deserve No Second Chance, Labels Them TerroristsPower Is Taken, Not Given, Says Wike as He Urges PDP to Gird for BattlePolice Clarify Viral Clip: ‘Individuals in Video Are Vigilante Members, Not Bandits’WHEN SCIENCE DECLARES WAR ON CRIME: ENUGU’S DNA FORENSIC REVOLUTION BEGINSGov Mbah to Criminals: “You can run, but can’t hide”Legal Giant’s Fall: Top Human Rights Lawyer Mike Ozekhome Suspended as SANTinubu Can’t Be Everywhere Fighting Crime, We’re His Foot Soldiers – OdodoIran Blames U.S. for Middle East Instability, Rejects Rubio’s Claims Ahead of Fresh Nuclear TalksSenate Advances Tinubu’s State Police Bill, Paving Way for Historic Security ReformUba Sani Emerges Key APC Strategist as Influence Grows Within Tinubu’s Political CircleNigeria’s Intra-African Trade Rises 21% to $9.02bn as AfCFTA Expands Export OpportunitiesCoal City University Denies Salary Arrears, Six-Month Strike Claims, Defends Handling of Student IncidentConcerned Citizen Urges Gowon to Convene National Prayer for Peace, Unity and Economic RecoveryLafarge Africa Rebrands as HBM Nigeria Plc, Signals New Era of Growth and InnovationCourt Fixes June 30 to Rule on Sowore’s Bid to Restore Bail, Set Aside Arrest WarrantBill Gates says he didn’t witness crimes but may have been in presence of Epstein VictimsRapper Kanye West’s July 4 show at risk of cancellation over past hate speechCourt fixes June 30 for ruling on Sowore’s bail applicationFrance detects first Ebola case outside Africa in current outbreakInsecurity: Oyo state govt declares 16-hour curfew in 10 LGAsRussia says Nuclear weapons the ‘only’ guarantee against global warChild under the age of 12 euthanized in Netherland in first of its kind caseIran’s U.S. entry terms changed for final group gameUS court sentences Anambra LG chairman to five years imprisonment for $3.5m romance scamI don’t see the level of hunger Nigerians are complaining about – Presidential media aide, Bayo OnanugaState Police: Lawyer Oshoma Warns Against Giving Governors Excessive ControlMilitary Launches ‘Thunder Strike’ Exercise in BauchiFG, Enugu Join Forces to Tackle Youth Unemployment Through YEIDEP InitiativeFormer Vice President Speaks Out on El-Rufai’s Trial and Bail ConditionsCourt Session Begins as Sowore Arrives From Kuje PrisonOndo Government Ordered to Compensate Family Over Child’s DisappearanceNigerian Stock Market Extends Rally as Investors Gain N1.64 TrillionNigeria Rolls Out Model PPP Agreement to Counter $2.3 Trillion Infrastructure DeficitLagos Police intercept truck with military camouflage uniforms, illicit drugsIt Would Be Top”: Ronaldo Hints at Dream World Cup Battle with MessiCourt Urged to Admit Statements in Plot to Overthrow Nigerian Government TrialOk Movement Backs Obi’s Demand: Tinubu Should Resign for Ineffective GovernanceUS Sanctions Three Nigerian Bureaux de Change, Financier Over Alleged ISWAP Terror FundingNDLEA Begins Trial of Billionaire Businessman Ukatu, Two Others Over Alleged 322kg Tramadol TraffickingPRP Denies Reports of Selling Nomination Forms to Kwankwaso‘Peter Obi Needs Schooling on Democracy, Constitution’ — Presidency Condemns Resignation CallGovernors Push for Greater Authority Over Security OperationsCrisis Rocks ADC in Ogun State as Members File Petition Against ChairmanAhanotu Accuses Peter Obi of Abandoning His PeopleTroops Engage Kidnappers in Fierce Exchange, Rescue Two AbducteesKwara Poly Suspends Lecturer Over Flogging of Latecoming IJMB CandidatesPolice Confirm IED Blast in Lagos Commercial Hub, Victim HospitalisedSix Nations Secure Spots in FIFA World Cup Round of 32 with Perfect RecordsADC Candidates Reject Adamawa LG Election Results, Call for Fresh PollNaira Gains Against Dollar at Official Market After Four-Day SlumpNew U.S. Designations Target ISIS Money Movers: French, Syrian, and Nigerian Nationals Pose Global ThreatCONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO SEN. CHIEF IKEJE ASOGWA ON HIS VICTORIOUS EMERGENCE IN THE ENUGU NORTH SENATORIAL ZONE BY-ELECTIONBy-election Over, ENSSAA Announces Clampdown on Unauthorized Outdoor Advertisements Across Enugu StatePRP Denies Claims Kwankwaso Bought 69 Nomination Forms to Take Over PartyAngela Okorie Defends Burning Funeral Outfit After Backlash Over Alexx Ekubo BurialDSS Witness Tells Court El-Rufai Admitted NSA Wiretapping During TV InterviewGhanaian witch doctor says he will put a curse on Harry Kane ahead of England’s World Cup clash with Ghana“Missing a trophy for your child’s birth is worth it”- Media personality Solomon Buchi18 missing, 54 injured after factory explosion in QatarPeople in Africa are not starving – Elon MuskCourt remands activist and AAC presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore in Kuje prisonRussian journalist who exposed Putin’s secret is found de@dSZA fumes after discovering 238 of her songs were allegedly used to train AI models, calls industry supporters ‘disgusting’Troops arrest two underage herders over illegal grazing in PlateauLassa fever de@th toll hits 214Insecurity undermining religious freedom in Nigeria – UN envoyBy-Election: Kano NDC Fires Back at Abba Kabir Yusuf Over Comments Against PartyFederal Government Seeks Continued Detention of Ibekwe in Terrorism CaseGovernor Umo Eno Offers Incentives for Useful Security InformationFormer Governor Makarfi Raises Alarm Over Nigeria’s Security ChallengesDeadly Attack in Plateau Leaves 20 Dead, Police Officer MissingJAMB Ends Direct Entry Into 100 and 200 Levels in Colleges of EducationTransfer: Several European Clubs Line Up to Sign Akor Adams From Sevilla FCPanic in Owo as Armed Men Attack Pastor’s HomeUK Prime Minister Keir Starmer Steps Down From Office2027: ‘We’ll Teach Seyi Makinde a Political Lesson’ — Ayo FayosePolitical Analyst Claims Peter Obi, Not Tinubu, Is the Real Target in 2027 Race”Sheikh Gumi Declares End to Negotiations with Bandits, Citing Terrorism DeclarationFrancis Duru Dismisses Deathly Illness Rumors, Brands Them “Wicked Merchants”EFCC Summons VeryDarkMan Over Petition Filed by Lawyer Regarding Financial ActivitiesLove Alone Isn’t Enough”: Nancy Isime on Why Money Matters in MarriageOff the Market: Streamer Peller Officially Marries Jarvis After Paying Bride Price in Benin CityCustoms Succession Won’t Force Senior Officers Into Retirement, Lawmaker AssuresCriminals, Not Ethnic Groups”: Fulani Organisation Tackles Igboho, Demands Government InterventionEkiti 2022: ADC Candidate Rejects Result, Alleges ‘War Zone’ AtmospherePRP Accuses Kwankwaso of ‘Snatching’ 69 Nomination Forms, Creating Chaos in Kano
Thu. Jun 25th, 2026

KIDNAPPERS DEMAND N2OOM RANSOM FOR THE RELEASE OF Emir of Kajuru

Barely 24 hours after the abduction of the Emir of Kajuru, Alhaji Alhassan Adamu, the hostage-takers have made contact with the emirate, demanding a ransom of N200 million for his release.

The 85-year-old Emir was kidnapped at his residence in Kajuru, Kaduna, in the early hours of Sunday.

He was taken alongside 10 other members of his family, including two grandchildren and three women.

READ ALSO Court threatens warrant of arrest on ex Aviation Minister, Stella Oduah over alleged n10bn fraud

A source close to the palace confirmed to reporters Monday afternoon that the bandits have contacted the Emirate Council members and demanded N200 million.

The Kaduna State Police Command had on Sunday said that police and army personnel have been deployed to the forest to rescue the Emir.

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