Tag: abduction
Bamigbetan: My Ordeal In The Hands Of Kidnappers
Kazeem Ugbodaga& Jamiu Yisa Kehinde Bamigbetan, Chairman of the Ejigbo Local Council Development Area, LCDA, in the Nigerian state of…
Bamigbetan’s Kidnap And Its Wider Implications
On Monday, at about 11 pm, when the Chairman of Ejigbo Local Council Development Area, Lagos, Comrade Kehinde Bamigbetan (former…
Suspected Kidnappers Of Iweala’s Mom Paraded
The Lagos State Police Command Monday paraded suspected kidnappers of the mother of the Coordinating Minister and Minister of Finance,…
Professor Slumps, Dies In Office
Ambrose Alli University in Ekpoma, Edo State, was thrown into mourning Thursday, after Professor Solomon Momoh of the Institute of…
Abductors of female journalist want N8m
Four gunmen on Thursday in Akure, capital of the western Nigerian state of Ondo, abducted Olubunmi Lawal Oke, a journalist…
Gunmen kidnap Zimbabwe politician
Gunmen abducted an ally of Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Saturday, his party said, as the country voted on…
Spanish kidnapped By Nigerian lover rescued
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The Edo State Police Command has rescued a Spanish, Jose Anthonio Murili Turrillo who was kidnapped and held…
Boko Haram Beheads Informant
A man accused of being an informant has been beheaded by Islamist group Boko Haram. The incident was recorded in…
Briton, Greek, Italian, 4 others abducted in Nigeria
Gunmen stormed a construction site in northern Nigeria, kidnapping seven foreign workers and killing a security guard, police said Sunday,…
Edo Assembly Adjourns Over Abducted Member
The Edo House of Assembly on Monday adjourned sitting till February 11, following Sunday’s alleged abduction of its member, Mr.…
School Boy Freed After N5M Ransom Paid
Kazeem Ugbodaga Kidnapped Nigerian two-year old school boy, Emmanuel Alonge has been returned to his parents by the kidnappers after…
Driver, houseboy arrested over school boy kidnap
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Nigerian police command in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria has arrested two persons in connection with the kidnap…
Okonjo: Army Release 63 Suspects
The 63 suspects arrested last Saturday at Osanogoho, Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State, in connection with the…
Police: We knew where Okonjo was held hostage
The Nigerian police authorities that failed to fish out the abductors of Professor Kamene Okonjo, before the woman emerged Friday…
Kamene Okonjo: Nigerian soldiers arrest 63 suspects
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin About 63 people were Wednesday arrested in Ozanogogo town, Ika South local government area of Delta State by…
Abducted Kamene Okonjo’s police guards face probe
Two Nigerian police officers who were not at their assigned posts at the home of the mother of the country’s…
Nigeria: Wife of retired army general abducted
Titilayo, the wife of retired Brigadier-General Oluwole Rotimi, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Ibadan, capital of Oyo state…
Frantic search for Okonjo-Iweala’s mum
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta state said on Channels TV this morning that he has given an order for the…
Russian crew members abducted in Nigeria
Kidnappers have boarded a ship off Nigeria and abducted seven crew members, including six Russians and one Estonian, in the…
Masked gunmen abduct 2 school kids
Four masked gunmen on Tuesday kidnapped two children of the same parents in Calabar, capital of Cross River state, in…
Edo deputy governor’s press aide abducted
JETHRO IBILEKE, Benin Unidentified gunmen suspected to be kidnappers Saturday night in Benin City, abducted Kelly Odaro, Chief Press Secretary…
Abductors of ESUT VC want N200m
The Enugu State University of Technology (ESUT) has confirmed that the abductors of its Vice-Chancellor, Professor Cyprian Onyeji, are demanding…
Enugu University vice-chancellor kidnapped
Gunmen on Wednesday fired shots, injuring some police officers, before kidnapping the vice chancellor of a state university in southeastern…
Nigerian judge abducted in Delta
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Justice Marcel Okoh of the High Court of the oil-rich Delta State was reportedly abducted by suspected kidnappers…
Traditional ruler abducted by armed men
Some gunmen on Sunday kidnapped Robert Chukwudilim Eze, the traditional ruler of Ukpo community in Dunukofia Local Government Area of…
Gunmen kill abducted college bursar
Armed men, suspected to be robbers, on Friday night abducted and killed Stephen Omole, a bursary staff member of Federal…
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Obodo: Nigerian police vow rescue
Nigerian police on Sunday vowed to rescue international footballer Christian Obodo unhurt after he was kidnapped near the oil city…
Nigerian police in frantic search for abducted girl
The Nigerian police in Enugu State has launched an operation to rescue a six-year-old girl, who was kidnapped more than a week ago. The…
Nigerian, Lebanese Killed; another Lebanese abducted
By Femi Adi/Kaduna Kaduna Police Command today confirmed the killing of a Lebanese, and Nigerian engineer by gunmen suspected to…
Polytech teacher abducted in Nigeria
A senior lecturer with Auchi Polytechnic in Edo state,Nigeria, Mr Moses Egbape, has been abducted by gunmen at his residence…