Tag: kidnap
Masked gunmen kidnap American woman in Kogi
Masked gunmen in central Nigeria kidnapped an American woman doing missionary work, with ransom the suspected motive for the attack,…
We’ll not deal with terrorists, says Japan after IS kidnap citizens
The Japanese government said Tuesday it will not give in to “terrorism” after a video emerged in which Islamic militants…
Boko Haram kidnaps 60 in deadly Cameroon attack
*Most of the captives are women, children Boko Haram fighters from Nigeria on Sunday kidnapped at least 60 people in…
Boko Haram kills 32, kidnap more women and girls in Borno
Boko Haram militants killed 32 people and kidnapped scores of others in an attack on the village of Gumsuri in…
Kidnappers of ex-Delta local council chairman’s wife jailed 51 years
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba A Delta State High Court in Asaba Tuesday sentenced three persons arrested and charged to court for kidnapping…
Ogun Police Arrest ex-Soldier, Four Others for Kidnapping
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Nemesis caught up with some suspected kidnappers who have been terrorizing Ogun state as men of the Special…
The Plight Of The Nigerian Child
Children are the greatest treasures of life, but as the the world celebrates today the 25th anniversary of the Convention…
Driver Sentenced To Death By Hanging For Armed Robbery, Kidnapping
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba A 43-year old commercial bus driver, Peter Onwusiribekan has been sentenced to death by hanging by an…
Boko Haram still holding kidnapped German hostage
Boko Haram’s leader Abubakar Shekau claimed in a new video obtained by AFP on Friday to be holding a German…
Rivers Police confirm rescue of Diezani’s sister from kidnappers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers state Police Command has confirmed that Osiya Agama, sister of the Minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani…
Gunmen kill four police, kidnap six in Bayelsa
Gunmen on a speedboat in Nigeria’s oil-producing south killed four policemen and kidnapped six Nigerian employees of the Agip energy…
Police Foil Kidnap Attempt By Fake Soldiers
Cyriacus Izuekwe A team of police have foiled a kidnap attempt by four men suspected to be fake soldiers at…
Alison-Madueke’s sister kidnapped in Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Police command has confirmed the kidnap a woman known as Osio Agama while returning from…
Man Pays N20m Ransom After 9 Days in Captivity
Cyriacus Izuekwe The managing director, Dapsey Oil, Chief Oladapo Coker who was recently kidnapped has regained his freedom after he…
NBA President call for immediate release of Wali
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The national president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Augustine Alegeh, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN),…
TASUED Deputy VC Kidnapped
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Prof. Joseph Olusoga Olusanya, the deputy Vice Chancellor of Tai Solarin University of Education, TASUED, Ijagun in Odogbolu…
Court okays secret trial for Ozekhome’s kidnappers
Nnamdi Felix/ Abuja Justice Adeniyi Ademola of a federal high court in Abuja has ruled that the alleged kidnappers of…
Abducted school teacher rescued by police
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba The police in Delta state has rescued a kidnap victim, Abemu Gabriel, a school teacher from the hands…
Gunmen kidnap Chinese in Kogi State
Gunmen kidnapped a Chinese national from his residence in central Nigeria’s Kogi state, police said on Wednesday, vowing to track…
Police Zone 5 Rescues 19 Kidnap Victims
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A total of 19 kidnap victims were rescued by the Zone 5 Command of the Nigeria Police between…
Kaduna urges residents to guard against kidnapping, abduction
The Kaduna State Government on Wednesday urged all residents to be vigilant in view of the increasing cases of abduction…
Four arrested over kidnapping of Carlos Tevez’s father
Argentine police have arrested three men and a woman over the kidnapping in July of the father of star footballer…
Israel charges chief suspect in W.Bank teens’ kidnap
A prime suspect in the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank has been charged with…
Delta Police Command Rescue Kidnap Victims
JETHRO IBILEKE/Asaba Pressure mounted by operatives on the Delta State Police Command on unknown gunmen who abducted four members of…
Chadian troops rescue 85 Nigerians from Boko Haram
Chadian troops have rescued around 85 Nigerians kidnapped by Boko Haram Islamists last weekend from fishing communities in Nigeria’s extreme…
Boko Haram kidnaps scores in Borno
Boko Haram Islamists kidnapped scores of people from fishing communities in Nigeria’s extreme northeast, hauling some of the hostages away…
DSS nabs 4 over kidnap, muder of school proprietress
The FCT Command of the Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested four suspected kidnappers over the alleged kidnap and…
Police nab 9 over robbery, kidnapping in Rivers
Tunde Ogunsakin, the Commissioner of Police in Rivers, said on Thursday that they had arrested 11 persons in connection with…
Gunmen kidnap German in Adamawa
Gunmen on motorcycles kidnapped a German national on Wednesday in Adamawa state, police said, in the latest assault in the…
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.…