Tag: kidnap
6 arrested over kidnap, murder of Ubulu-Uku king
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba The police in Delta State has arrested six persons in connection with the kidnap and gruesome murder of…
Isoko monarch kidnapped in pool office
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Police has confirmed that the traditional ruler of Olomoro, HRM Josaih Mukoro, Aghaza 1 who was kidnapped…
Kidnap: Monarch wants adequate security for royal fathers
Chairman of Urhobo Traditional Rulers Council in Delta, Ovie Riachrd Ogbon, has urged the state government to provide adequate security…
LG boss condemns abduction of Delta monarch
Itiako Ikpokpo, Chairman, Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta, has condemned the abduction of Josiah Aghaza the Odio-Ologbo of…
Abducted oil workers rescued in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Three oil workers who were reportedly abducted along Benin/Akure road on Tuesday, have been rescued unhurt by operatives…
Doctor shot in consulting room in failed kidnap bid
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A medical doctor was shot at midnight in his Consulting room in his abdominal region by gunmen…
Bayelsa: Abducted female commissioner, Sarafina Otazi, released after 30 days
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Commissioner for Local Government Bayelsa, Madam Sarafina Otazi who was kidnapped on December 20 in Otueke…
Abducted ex-Ondo Speaker, Olabimtan, freed
Former speaker of Ondo state House of Assembly and All Progressives Congress governorship aspirant, Victor Olabimtan, who was kidnapped on…
APC governorship aspirant kidnapped in Abuja
Former speaker of Ondo state House of Assembly and All Progressives Congress governorship aspirant, Victor Olabintan, has been reportedly kidnapped…
Abducted female member of Degema council, son released
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt After nine days in captivity, a Mrs Palsy Elekima, a member of Caretaker Committee of Degema Local…
Rivers Police rescue two kidnap victims
The Rivers Police Command said it had rescued two persons kidnapped by gunmen at Ogbakiri in Emohua Local Government Area…
Nollywood star, Prince Eke, regains freedom, sustains bruises
ke Abducted Nollywood star Prince Eke, has regained his freedom this morning. Eke was left with sustains bruises on his…
Four days after kidnap: Whereabouts of woman, 78, unknown
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Nothing has been heard about Mrs Mabel Abiante, the 78-year-old woman who was abducted by over 15…
5 Poles kidnapped on Nigerian waters ‘safe and sound’
The captain and four other Polish seamen abducted from a ship off Nigeria’s coast last week are fine and called…
Navy hands over woman rescued from kidnappers to Police in Bayelsa
Commodore Yakubu Wanbai, the Commander, Nigerian Navy Naval Base, Yenagoa, on Friday handed over a woman rescued from kidnappers on…
Group accuses Wike’s loyalists of violence, kidnapping in Rivers
The Rivers Progressives Front (RPF) has alleged that loyalists of the Governor Nyesom Wike’s administration are responsible for most of…
Herdsmen v Vigilante: One shot dead, another injured in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo State Police Commissioner, Mr. Chris Ezike, on Thursday confirmed that a shoot-out between Fulani Herdsmen and members…
Ogun Police rescue stolen two-week old baby, arrest suspect
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The combined team of Onipanu Police division in Ota and Ifo division on Saturday rescued a two-week old…
Kebbi governor probes two traditional rulers for kidnapping, armed robbery
Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi has set up a seven-man committee to investigate allegation of criminal activities against two traditional…
Nigerian Army rescues 20 abducted persons, clears Boko Haram enclaves
The Nigerian Army said on Saturday said it had rescued 20 abducted persons, after clearing four more suspected Boko Haram…
Police foil attempt to steal child in Abia
Police Officers attached to Umuoba Police Station in Isiala Ngwa LGA of Abia, on Monday foiled an attempt by two…
Abducted former NMA Chairman, another doctor, regain freedom
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Two of the three medical health workers who were kidnapped in Imo State about a week ago have…
3 kidnap victims rescued by hunters, police in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Three inter-state passengers who were abducted on Monday by suspected kidnappers along the Benin-Lagos express way have been…
We kidnapped Falae to get money to celebrate Eid-el-Kabir – Suspect
Abdullahi Usman (AKA Kadiri) one of the suspects paraded as the brains behind the kidnap of Chief Olu Falae, former…
Beyond Chief Olu Falae’s kidnap
By Femi Falana In October 2010, a traditional ruler and a college provost were abducted in Ekiti state by a…
Falae Kidnap Saga: We were not privy to ransom arrangement – IGP
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Solomon Arase says the police force is not privy to any arrangement…
Falae released without ransom payment – IGP Arase
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Solomon Arase, on Thursday said that no ransom was paid for the release…
IS kidnaps 127 children in Iraq
Politicians in Iraq reported that Islamic State (IS) militants had kidnapped 127 children in IS-held Iraqi city of Mosul to…
Constable, fishermen remanded for kidnap
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday remanded a 41-year-old policeman and three fishermen in prison for allegedly kidnapping…
Gunmen abduct former DSS DG’s brother in Cross River
Mr Asuquo Ekpenyong-Ekpe, the older brother to Mr Ekpenyong Ita, the immediate past Director General of the Department of State…