Tag: kidnappers
Soldiers nab 5 suspected kidnappers of timber merchant
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Five suspected kidnappers a popular timber merchant have been arrested by soldiers of 19 Battalion of the…
Police kill 2 suspected kidnappers, arrest 11 others
The police in Akwa Ibom say they have killed two of a three-man suspected kidnap gang in a gun battle…
Gunmen abduct Commissioner, Gov Dickson’s sister in Bayelsa
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Sunday abducted the Bayelsa State Commissioner for Local Government Madam Serefina Otazi, family sources…
Police gun down kidnappers, rescue victims
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Police Command has again announced that the recent onslaught by the Command to smoke out…
Police rescue woman, daughter from kidnappers
BY YUSUF MUHAMMED The police at Alakuko Division have rescued a woman Mrs. Oluyemi Ogunmuyiwa and her daughter Miss Oreoluwa…
Kidnappers threaten to bury Eke, Nollywood star, alive
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State-born singer and entertainer whose stage name is Muma Gee, has cried out that abductors of…
Rivers police kill four kidnappers, robber, rescue kidnapped victim
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Police Command has announced that it killed four kidnappers and one suspected armed robber…
Kidnappers of 78-year-old woman demand N50m
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Kidnappers of Ma Mabel Dagomie Abiante have demanded N50 million ransom or she would be killed even…
I don’t have money, Siasia tells Mum’s kidnappers
Flying Eagles coach Samson Siasia has told kidnappers of his mother in Bayelsa state that they chose a wrong target…
Kidnappers free Lagos bizman after weeks in captivity
Cyriacus Izuekwe Kidnappers of a Lagos businessman, Sir James Uzochukwu Uduji, have released him after several weeks in captivity in…
Kidnappers free 75-year-old woman
Hajiya Fatima Mohammed, the 75-year-old woman kidnapped a week ago at Kebbe, in Kebbe Local Government Area of Sokoto State,…
Suspected kidnappers of VC’s son, others arrested
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Men of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested four persons suspected to be behind the abduction…
Kidnappers collect N100m ransom, demand extra N120m
Cyriacus Izuekwe The collection of N100m ransom and demand for an extra N120m by kidnappers of a business mogul, Chief…
Kidnappers shoot bizman after collecting N30m ransom
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta . An Abeokuta-based oil magnate, Mr Akeem Lawal, 36, was kidnapped and shot after the kidnappers were paid…
How my wife was found – Nwosu
Eromosele Ebhomele Steve Nwosu, Deputy Managing Director of The Sun Newspapers whose wife, Toyin, regained freedom from kidnappers in Lagos…
Kidnappers release Toyin, wife of The Sun DMD, Steve Nwosu
Femi Anjorin Unconfirmed report said that the wife of the Deputy Managing Director/ Deputy Editor-in Chief of the Sun Publishing…
As Lagos Descends Into Crime
Lagosians are worried that criminals are gradually creeping back into the mega city after they were sent packing by law…
We’re waging war against the rich —kidnappers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Columnist with Vanguard Newspapers, Ms Donu Kogbara, who regained her freedom on Friday night after spending about…
Robbers, kidnappers kill 19 policemen in Kogi in 8 months
The Kogi Police Command said on Tuesday that 19 of its officers were killed by armed robbers and kidnappers between…
Wanted: More Protection For Children
Children everywhere in the world are the most vulnerable segment of the society. They can’t help themselves when faced with…
Bayelsa cracks down on kidnappers, registers 200-horsepower engine boats
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt As part of efforts geared towards tackling kidnapping, sea piracy and other criminal activities in Bayelsa, the…
Kidnappers to lose property in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Kidnappers in Rivers State will henceforth lose their properties to the state when convicted under the new…
Police arrest 4 kidnappers in Kwara
Four members of a suspected kidnap gang that had been terrorising residents of Omu-Aran, Kwara, and its environs have been…
Kidnappers of Oshiomhole’s cousin arrested
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A crack team of Edo State Police Command have arrested two persons suspected to be kidnappers of a…
JTF alerts public on new antics of kidnappers
The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta, Operation Pulo Shield, on Friday alerted the public on the new…
Kidnappers to get death penalty in Cross River
Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River on Wednesday sent an Executive bill seeking death penalty for convicted kidnappers in the…
Oyedepo Curses Kidnappers
Founder and General Overseer of Living Faith Church Worldwide a.k.a. Winners’ Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, has cursed kidnappers for bringing…
Ogun Police rescue man, 97, from kidnappers, arrest ritualists at den
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Pa Iposiola Samaye, 97, who was kidnapped last Thursday at Isire village in Ijebu East local government has…
Kidnappers Of Winners Pastor Demand N60m
Daniels Ekugo Kidnappers of the Senior Resident Pastor of the Living Faith Church, a.k.a. Winners Chapel situated along IBB Way,…
Ozekhome’s abductors received N28m ransom
Frank Azuekor, one of four suspects charged with kidnapping Chief Mike Ozekhome, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, on Tuesday, said…