Tag: abduction
Abducted wife, daughter of Ogun ex-deputy speaker freed
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Relief has come the way of the former Deputy Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly,…
Kidnappers of Odogbolu council official, daughter, demand N150m ransom
Kidnappers of Mrs Bola Oshin, 53, the Director of Information in Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun State, declared missing…
Igho, president of Urhobo youth union abducted
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The anti-kidnapping unit of the Delta state Police Command is on the trail of abductors of Ovie…
Buhari vows to end mass killings, abductions
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday pledged that mass killings of innocent Nigerians, abductions and other criminal atrocities would soon become…
Lagos APC condemns abduction of schoolgirls in Ikorodu
The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has condemned the dastardly kidnap of three secondary school students…
PSC to sanction policemen involved in Ese’s abduction
The Police Service Commission said it would sanction any police officer found culpable in the alleged abduction of 14-year-old Ese…
Pastor in prison over abduction of housewife, extortion
An IIorin Magistrates’ Court on Monday remanded in prison a 45-year-old pastor, Adeyemi Tayo, over alleged abduction of a housewife.…
Abducted son of UNIPORT VC freed
Ejire Lale, son of the Vice Chancellor of the University of Port Harcourt, abducted on Monday by gunmen has been…
Abduction of Vanguard columnist: APC decries insecurity in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The All Progressives Congress, APC, Rivers State chapter, has decried the abduction of renowned essayist /columnist, Ms…
In Video: Nigerians mark 500 days of Chibok Girls abduction
Women for Peace and Justice in a peaceful protest at Alausa today to mark over 500 days of Chibok girls…
500 Days: Nigerians mark Chibok girls abduction
Abuja (AFP) – Relatives of over 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants marked, on Thursday, 500 days since…
Housewife Abducted In Ikorodu
Kayode Aponmade A 38-year-old housewife, Mrs Gbemisola Basorun has been reportedly abducted from her residence in Ikorodu, southwest Nigeria. Gbemisola,…
Woman Abducted, Raped, Murdered
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A 23-year-old woman, identified as Joy Ojolede Okoh, has been reportedly abducted, raped and murdered in Benin City…
Gunmen Kidnap Ondo Regent
Unidentified gunmen this morning abducted the regent of Akungba Akoko township in Ondo State, Princess Mojisola Omosowon. P.M.NEWS gathered that…
Traditional Ruler Kidnapped In Rivers State
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of Eze Samuel Amaechi, the monarch of Igbo-Agwurasa…
Chibok Girls: Will They Ever Be Found?
Nigerians bare their minds on the fate of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by the Boko Haram insurgents over a year…
Police confirm abduction of Rivers LG boss
The Nigerian Police Command in Rivers state has confirmed the abduction of Chief Cassidy Ikegbudu, Chairman, Caretaker Committee of Ahoada…
Chibok Girls And Social Decadence In Nigeria
By Bilikis Bakare It has been a year now that over 200 girls were abducted from their hostel at the…
Housemaid Demands N15m For Kidnapped Kids
Cyriacus Izuekwe The police have now confirmed that the three children declared missing by their parents, Mr and Mrs Leke…
Chibok Girls Who Escaped Boko Haram Return To School
The twenty-one Chibok schoogirls who escaped when Boko Haram abducted hundreds of them on 14 April last year are back…
Alison-Madueke’s Brother Kidnapped
Gunmen kidnapped the younger brother of Nigeria’s oil minister and current OPEC president Diezani Alison-Madueke in southern Bayelsa State on…
Medical Students Association Seeks Release Of Abducted Colleague
Damilare Okunola The Nigerian Medical Students Association, NIMASA, has appealed to security operatives in the country to help ensure the…
Jilted Youth Abducts Girlfriend
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The police in Benin has arrested a 25-year-old man, Ekuase Sunday, for arranging the kidnap of his girlfriend…
Libya’s OPEC representative abducted in Tripoli
A Libyan senior oil official who represents his company in the OPEC cartel is believed to have been abducted in…
Yemen: Huthi rebels admit abducting chief of staff
Shiite militiamen in control of Yemen’s capital said they seized President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi’s chief of staff Saturday, a claim…
Yemen’s chief of staff abducted by armed men
Gunmen on Saturday seized Yemeni President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi’s chief of staff, whose nomination as prime minister last year was…
Kidnappers Kill Monarch’s Wife After Collecting Ransom
The wife of Oba Ayelomi, the traditional ruler of Lumure Ayeka-Okitipupa in Ondo State, Dupe, who was kidnapped from her residence…
Military: Claims of mass abduction are under investigation
The military said it had yet to verify reports of alleged kidnapping of scores of villagers at Gumsuri in Borno,…
Anxiety Over Release Of Chibok Girls
Anxiety continued to mount on Monday ahead of the release of over 200 Chibok schoolgirls abducted on 14 April this…
Breaking: Kidnappers free TASUED deputy VC
Prof. Joseph Olusoga Olusanya, the deputy Vice Chancellor of Tai Solarin University of Education, TASUED, Ijagun in Odogbolu local government…