Tag: kidnapped
JUST-IN: Abducted Kogi monarch regains freedom after joint security rescue
The District Head of Bagaji Odo in Kogi East Senatorial District, His Royal Highness David Akpa, who was kidnapped on…
Head of Buhari’s Daura district kidnapped
Alhaji Musa Umar, the District Head of Daura in Katsina State has just been kidnapped. Daura is the District of…
Nasarawa: Abductors demand N5m for release of journalist’s wife
Suleiman Abubakar, the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Chairman, Correspondents’ chapel, Nasarawa State has said that the gunmen, who attacked…
Gunmen abduct former Jalingo NBA Chairman
Unknown gunmen in the early hours of Wednesday abducted the immediate past Chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Jalingo…
Kidnapped Edo monarch regains freedom
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Enogie (Duke) of Ukhiri, HRH Godwin Aigbe, who was abducted last Saturday has been released by his…
Election: Kidnapped corps member regains freedom in Anambra
Police have confirmed the release of the abducted member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) deployed to Indiokolo community…
Kidnapped 12-year old regains freedom in Plateau
A 12 year-old boy, Kim Dido kidnapped in Barkin Ladi local government area of Plateau State, has regained freedom from…
90 kidnapped Cameroonian students freed
Ninety Cameroonian students kidnapped from Presbyterian Secondary School, Nkwen Bamenda in the country’s Anglophone region have been freed after a…
Africa’s youngest billionaire kidnapped in Tanzania
Africa’s youngest billionaire was kidnapped on Thursday morning by gunmen in Tanzania’s economic capital Dar es Salaam, officials said.
100 people kidnapped along road in Kaduna
At least 100 people have been kidnapped along a road in northern Nigeria in the past few days, officials, witnesses…
Traditional ruler’s son kidnapped in Port Harcourt
Prince Fortune Obumgbada, son of the paramount ruler of Rumualogu community in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, has…
Kidnapped radio journalist regains freedom
The Benue Police Command on Tuesday confirmed the release of a Radio Journalist, Mrs Iyuadoo Tor-Agbidye, who was kidnapped four…
10 kidnapped persons rescued in Abuja
The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, said 10 persons kidnapped in Kuje Area Council of Abuja had been rescued by…
Breaking: Former Minister of State (Foreign Affairs), kidnapped
Mr Bagudu Hirse, former Minister of State (Foreign Affairs), has been kidnapped, his brother, Chief John Hirse, has confirmed. “I…
Breaking: Cleric kidnapped on Kaduna-Jos road
The administrative secretary of the Jama’atu Nasirl Islam, JNI, in Plateau State, Abdulaziz Yusuf, has been kidnapped. He was abducted…
90-year old man kidnapped in Ekiti
A nonagenarian, Pa Ajagunna Adalumo, has been kidnapped in his home at Oke-Ijebu in Ikole Ekiti, a family member, Bimbo…
Lawyer, judicial worker kidnapped in Kogi
A lawyer and a judiciary worker in Kogi State have been abducted by gunmen believed to be kidnappers and taken…
Kidnapped Osun Perm Sec, others, regain freedom
The Permanent Secretary, Osun Ministry of Finance, Mrs Adebimpe Ogunlumade, who was kidnapped on Friday along other two officials, have…
3 Osun State officials kidnapped in Kogi
Three Osun Government officials were on Friday kidnapped by gunmen on the Obajana – Lokoja road in Kogi. The victims…
Kidnapped Rivers commissioner freed
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Ibibia Walter, commissioner for Water Resources in Rivers State who was abducted by unidentified gunmen on Saturday…
Kidnapped APC chieftain freed
Elyon Ntiero Elijah, an APC chieftain and former leader of Andoni Local Government legislative Assembly has been released. He regained…
Kaduna senior civil servant kidnapped
Femi Adi/Kaduna A senior Director in the Kaduna State Ministry of Finance, Alhaji Aminu Sambo has reportedly been abducted at…
Kidnapped Deeper Life pastor regains freedom
Kazeem Ugbodaga Twelve days after he was kidnapped, State Overseer, Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Kebbi State, Pastor David Onubedo was…
Kidnapped Delta monarch regains freedom
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt King Odiologbo of Olomoro Kingdom, Delta state, HRM Josiah Umukoro Agbaza II, who was kidnapped last week…
Pastor of Kumuyi’s church kidnapped, N50m ransom demanded
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Kebbi State Overseer of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, DCLM, Pastor David Onubedo was on Monday evening…
Two doctors kidnapped in 48 hours in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Less than 48 hours after Dr Mrs I.B. Apriokor, an Ophthalmologist with the Braithwaite Special Memorial Hospital,…
Female doctor kidnapped in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A medical doctor, Mrs I. B. Apriokor of Braithwaite Memorial Specialist Hospital, the Rivers State-owned apex hospital,…
Engineer kidnapped, freed, wife taken away
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta A building contractor, Engr. Adewale Akindehinde was at the weekend abducted by some unidentified gunmen in Ijebu Ode,…
Ex-presidential candidate, Olu Falae, kidnapped
Former Nigerian presidential candidate and ex-secretary to the Federal Government, Olu Falae, has been kidnapped. Falae whose birthday is today,…
Kidnapped professor rescued, suspect arrested
Nasarawa State Police Command on Friday rescued Prof. Emmanuel Ogundele of the University of Agriculture, Makurdi, who was abducted by…