Tag: kidnapped
Pirates attack boat, abduct 2 monarchs, security escort
Unidentified gunmen suspected to be sea pirates on Wednesday, attacked two passenger boats and kidnapped three persons along the Ogbia…
Mother-in-law of richest Nigerian monarch kidnapped
Mrs Omogbene Adeborile, 65, the the mother-in-law to Oba Fredrick Obateru-Akinruntan, the Olugbo of Ugboland, has been kidnapped in Igbotako,…
Border strifes: Benue, Taraba exchange kidnapped indigenes
The Benue State Government on Friday in Makurdi handed over three indigenes of Taraba, kidnapped during the communal crises between…
Ignatius Ajuru Varsity VC Kidnapped
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Vice Chancellor of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, southern Nigeria, Professor Rosamund…
Ex-NBA President Okey Wali Released
Former NBA President Okey Wali has been released by his abductors in Port Harcourt today. In a press statement issued…
Rivers Police find car of abducted ex-NBA President by waterfront
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers state police said they have found the car of abducted former NBA President Okey Wali by…
Two Algerian diplomats freed after two years’ captivity in Mali
Two Algerian diplomats kidnapped in Mali in April 2012 by the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO)…
Tevez’s father freed after kidnapping in Argentina
The father of Argentine football star Carlos Tevez was kidnapped early Tuesday before being released hours later, a lawyer for…
Tevez’s father kidnapped in Argentina
The father of Argentine football star Carlos Tevez was kidnapped Tuesday in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, local media reports…
Kidnapped Motor Dealer Pays N4m for freedom
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta A motor dealer in Ijebu Ode, Abiodun Olokodana, popularly known as Abbey Motors who was abducted last Tuesday…
UN chief condemns Israeli teens’ kidnapping
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday condemned the kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers, called for their safe return…
Chibok residents in Lagos seek Fashola’s help on abducted school girls
Some indigenes of Chibok residing in Lagos on Monday 28 April called on Governor Babatunde Fashola to help towards facilitating…
Boko Haram Threatens To Kill Abducted Schoolgirls
The fate of over 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram from their hostels at Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok,…
Whereabouts of kidnapped Sokoto bizman unknown
The Nigerian police in the northwestern state of Sokoto on Sunday declared that it had yet to ascertain the whereabouts…
Gunmen kidnap Libyan Prime Minister
An armed group has kidnapped Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan. He was kidnapped at dawn on Thursday and taken to…
Ansaru terror group posts video of French hostage
Nigeria’s terror group, Ansaru on Friday released a video of a French national kidnapped in December, issuing threats to the…
Kidnapped Archbishop Kattey freed
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Nigeria’s Anglican Archbishop Ignatius C.O Kattey, and the Dean of the Anglican Communion in Nigeria kidnapped eight…
Money Stalls Ozekhome’s Release
Seventeen days after human rights lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome was kidnapped, there are indications from sources close to the family…
Abductors of Nigeria’s ex-oil minister demand ransom
Nigeria’s former oil minister was kidnapped Friday by gunmen who stormed his vehicle outside a mosque in the restive city…
Family of 7 kidnapped in Cameroon, near Nigeria
Seven French tourists, members of the same family—three adults and four children, were kidnapped Tuesday by unidentified men in northern…
2 year old boy Kidnapped
By Kazeem Ugbodaga & Cyriacus Izuekwe Emmanuel Oluwatumise, the two-year old son of a Nigerian school proprietor, Olusegun Alonge, was…
How The Weeping Actress Was Abducted
Nkiru Sylvanus, Nigerian actress and Special Assistant on Public Relations to the Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, was kidnapped from…
Delta commissioner kidnapped
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Delta state Commissioner for Higher Education, Professor Hope Eghagha has been seized by unidentified gunmen. He was kidnapped…
Nigerian king flogged by kidnappers…then freed
A Nigerian king abducted for eight days in Bayelsa state, has regained his freedom, after days of flogging by his…
27 oil workers freed by Nigerian soldiers
Nigerian military forces stormed the hideout of a militant gang operating on the waters of oil-producing Cross River State and…
Nigeria: Kidnapped Spanish doctor freed
A Spanish doctor kidnapped in the south-eastern Nigerian city of Enugu on April 4 has been freed and is in…
Man Beheaded As Towns Clash
Two communities in Cross River State may soon clash as a man, Raymond Egbara, was kidnapped and later beheaded recently…
Ogoni Leaders Want Kidnapped NNPC Staff Freed
Ogoni leaders have called for the release of Monday Uebari, aged, 50, a staff of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation…
N10m Ransom For Kidnapped Man
A 31-year-old man, Anthony Chohwora, from Ugwueli Local Government Area, Delta State, South south Nigeria, has been kidnapped by unknown…
Alamieyeseigha’s Cousin Kidnapped
King Oweipa Jones Ere,the Ebenanawei, and Paramount Ruler of Ogboin Clan of Southern Ijaw local Government area of Bayelsa,and also…