Tag: kidnap
Drama in Anambra: Lady stages own kidnap, parents pay ₦1.2m before police bust plot
Ikenga warned young people against resorting to crime, stressing that the police would continue to clamp down on such criminal…
2 kidnapped victims rescued in Edo
Iwegbu said the operation followed a distress call on Sept. 22 from distraught indigenes of Ago-Orio community along Benin-Lagos road.
Ex-convicts, herbalist arrested for armed robbery, fraud in Ekiti
Abutu said a gang of armed robbers had also on Aug. 5, stormed Fayose Market, broke into different shops and…
College of Fisheries student busted over attempt to kidnap Provost
The spokesman said the suspect has been arraigned before a Chief Magistrates Court on a two-count charge of criminal conspiracy…
32 Itugbe Kings football players rescued, 5 still missing – Police
The Edo State Police Command through its Uronigbe Divisional Headquarters, in the Orhihonwon Local Government Area, Edo State, on August…
Kano man Isah Musa arrested over attempt to kidnap neighbour
Haruna-Kuyawa said that the command’s Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Abubakar Zubairu, instructed a team of detectives led by SP…
Police smash kidnap gangs in Rivers, rescue Pastor, Bolt driver
Also, Rives police command announced rescue of Karibo Awantaye, a Bolt driver who was kidnapped along Rumubiakani in Eneka road…
Mohammed, Yaye remanded for alleged threat to kidnap in Lagos
Mohammed and Yaye threatened to kidnap Garima, if he failed to give them the sum of N20 million as ransom.
Ondo Police react to kidnap of couple
Odunlami, however, explained that the victim was a security man, who was killed by a hit-and-run driver. He said the…
Muezz Abiola remanded for kidnapping 16-year-old girl
Abiola on Jan .13, at about 7: 30 p.m. at Abojupa area in Oyo town of Oyo State, unlawfully kidnapped…
Ajani, Orolade remanded for alleged kidnap attempt
The women and others at large, on Nov. 3, 2021, at about 1 p.m in Alakia, Wema axis, Ibadan, attempted…
Kidnapped Nigerian Okinedo found dead in South Africa
A South African newspaper reported that his body was discovered near a bush in Newlands – Kwazulu Natal on Wednesday…
Shoemaker Nurudeen Garba remanded for attempted kidnapping
A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered the remand of a 30-year-old cobbler, Nurudeen Garba, in a correctional centre…
Kwara police rescue 4 kidnapped victims
The statement said some suspects had been arrested and were helping the command in its investigation.
Banditry: Katsina Police foil kidnap attempt, rescue victim
The Katsina Police Command said it has foiled an attack by suspected bandits at Layin Minister, in Malumfashi Local Government…
Abducted Kubwa residents freed after ransom
The two residents of Byazhin area in Kubwa, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), kidnapped by gunmen have…
Kidnapped PLASU final year student released
Prof. Yohana Izam, the Vice-Chancellor, Plateau State University, Bokkos, has announced the release of a student of the institution, Stanley…
Police, vigilante rescue abducted village head, 3 others in Ebonyi
Police in Ebonyi have rescued four victims of alleged kidnap in Oshiagu Amia-Ngbo, Ngbo Community in Ohaukwu Local Government Area…
Thunder strikes 18 kidnappers dead in Cameroun
The Adamawa Police Command has said the alleged killing of 18 suspected kidnappers by a thunderstorm did not happen in…
Kidnap kingpin Wadume’s co-accused not dropped: Justice Minister Malami
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has denied dropping the names of the co-accused…
Gunmen kidnap Gov Nyako’s brother
Adamawa Police Command on Thursday confirmed the kidnap of Alhaji Dahiru Nyako, a brother to former governor Murtala Nyako.
24 suspected kidnappers arrested in Ondo
No fewer than 24 suspected kidnappers have been arrested in Ondo State by the Nigeria Army within two weeks of…
Lebanese Nollywood actor rescued from kidnappers
The police in Rivers State have rescued a Lebanese Nollywood actor, Bilal Nosser, who was kidnapped by gunmen recently.
Kidnapped Ekiti Commissioner freed by abductors
Ekiti State Commissioner for Agriculture, Chief Olabode Folorunso, who was abducted by unknown gunmen last week has regained his freedom…
Abducted Oyo monarch’s wife, daughter freed
The kidnapped wife of a traditional ruler in Oyo State, Funbi Ojo, has regained freedom from her abductors.
Zamfara govt confirms kidnap of district head, 2 others
Zamfara Commissioner of Security and Home Affairs, Alhaji Abubakar Dauran, has confirmed the kidnap of the District Head of Wuya…
Police rescue kidnapped JAMB staff
The police in Kogi said that one of the JAMB staff kidnapped on Kabba–Lokoja road last Sunday had been rescued.
4 kidnapped victims rescued in Abuja
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Monday, rescued four kidnapped victims from a notorious kidnappers’ den…
Police arrest suspected cultists over Benue killings
The Benue Police Command on Friday said it arrested 16 suspected cults members in connection with several killings in the…
Nursing mother, others abducted in Kaduna
A nursing mother and five others has been abducted by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers in Kaduna State.