Tag: kidnap
Police rescue 10-year old boy from kidnappers
The Police in Lagos on Saturday said they rescued a 10-year old boy and arrested one of the suspected kidnappers.…
Kidnappers got N10m to release two girls – DSS
The Department of State Services (DSS), said ten persons who kidnapped two sisters in Abuja on 8 June, received N10…
Kidnap of President’s uncle: DSS arrests student, herbalist, four others
The Department of State Service (DSS) has arrested six suspects in connection with the kidnap of Chief Nitabai Inengite, uncle…
India nurses return from Iraq to emotional welcome
A group of 46 Indian nurses held “against their will” in a part of Iraq seized by Islamic militants returned…
How Kidnap Of Umaru Dikko Was Foiled 30 Years Ago
Thirty years ago, there was an attempt to kidnap a Nigerian minister, Alhaji Umaru Dikko, who died in London on…
Engineering Student Jailed For Kidnapping
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Ndudi Ogwu, an ND II Mechanical Engineering student of Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku, has been convicted and sentenced…
US executes man for kidnap, rape, murder
The United States on Tuesday carried out its first execution since a botched lethal injection in Oklahoma in April, after…
Kidnapped father of lawmaker regains freedom
Pa Ogbewe Samson, the father of Rep. Osagie Samson, Minority Whip, House of Representatives, who was kidnapped on 18 May,…
Niger Delta terrorists kidnap 3 Dutch citizens
Three Dutch citizens have been kidnapped in Nigeria’s southern oil-producing Niger Delta region, police said Monday. The three Dutchmen were…
Libyan gunmen kidnap Jordan envoy
Gunmen travelling in two cars on Tuesday abducted the Jordanian ambassador to Tripoli, Fawaz Aitan, in an attack that left…
Nigerian pirates kidnap 2 US sailors
Armed pirates have attacked an oil supply vessel off the Nigerian coast and kidnapped the captain and chief engineer, both…
Sister of Oronto Douglas, Jonathan’s adviser kidnapped
The Nigerian Police Command in southern state of Bayelsa has confirmed the kidnap of Mrs Augusta Douglas-Ayam, the elder sister…
A Nation Under Siege Of Kidnappers
In recent times, the rising wave of kidnapping in Nigeria has been frightening. Kidnapping for huge ransoms is now the…
Nigerian Baby Kidnapped In S/Africa
A six-month-old Nigerian baby has been kidnapped by his parent’s neighbours in South Africa. A couple, believed to be Pakistanis, …
French President Vows To Rescue Kidnapped National
French President Francois Hollande confirmed yesterday that a French national had been kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria and said Paris…