Baban Tunga News Today

Idris was abducted in his home in Baban Tunga, Tafa Local Government Area of Niger State, on August 9, 2021. A few hours after his abduction, the terrorists demanded N500million from his family.

Niger is one of the states in Northern Nigeria much hit by the scourge of mass kidnapping and abduction for ransom by bandits. Early this year, bandits

It is increasingly becoming worrisome that school children, including kids abducted by bandits in various attacks, have not been freed. It would be recalled that armed bandits attacked Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri in Kebbi State, where four teachers and dozens of students were abducted in broad daylight on Thursday, June 17, 2021. While two […]

Prior to his abduction at his residence in Baban Tunga village in Tafa Local Government Area of Niger State by some gunmen in the early hours of Sunday,

Niger State Commissioner for Information, Mohammed Idris is out of bandits' captivity. He was released around 9:30pm at a location in Suleja and taken to

The kidnappers had established contact with his family, demanding N500 million in ransom for his release.

The kidnappers who took hostage of Nigers State Commissioner and Strategist, Muhammad Idris, have demanded a ransom totaling $1.2 million for his release.