Tag: Kidnapping
Kidnapping: Lawmaker’s wife, 8 others rescued
The police in the eastern Nigerian state of Ebonyi have rescued the wife of a member of the state assembly…
Nigerian Police And Arbitrary Charge
By Apata Akinsemoyin Mukaila Fellow Nigerians, whether we like to admit it or not, we have a group of untrained…
3 corps members kidnapped in Rivers State
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Three Nigerian corps members serving at Government Comprehensive Secondary School in the oil producing state of Rivers…
Police And Extra Judicial Killings
By Prince Mukaila Apata Akinsemoyin At the risk of and discomfort of my life, I will courageously tell the truth…
Freed French sailor recounts kidnap ordeal in Nigeria
A French sailor freed from his kidnappers in Nigeria this week described on Thursday the attack on his ship and…
Edo State imposes partial ban of motorcyles
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The use of motorcycle as means of transportation has been outlawed in three Local Government Areas of Edo…
5 Soldiers Guard 1 Foreigner Against Kidnapping —Minister
The Minister of Niger Delta, Chief Godsday Orubebe has disclosed that five soldiers guard one road construction expatriate in the…
Kidnapped MD, Son Freed
The Managing Director of Smartpoly Products Ltd and Tokslordmart Ltd, Martins Adams, who was abducted along with his seven-year old…
Gunmen Kidnap MD, 7-Yr Old Son
The police in Lagos have launched a manhunt for the suspected kidnappers of the Managing Director of Smartpoly Products and…
Houses used by kidnappers to be demolished
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Any building used by criminals to harbour kidnap victims in Edo State will now be demolished. This was…
Reports: Oil Vessel Hijacked Off Bayelsa, Crew Kidnapped
Latest reports said Pirates have hijacked a fuel tanker off the coast of Nigeria’s oil-rich delta region, taking Pakistani and…
Fashioning A Workable & Realistic Constitution For Nigeria
By Ambassador Adegboyega Ariyo Commendable efforts have been made to restore the country to the path of sustainable development, where unity…
I Did Not Plan My Kidnap, Says Lagos Businessman
A Nigerian businessman, Ayodele Olaoye, on Friday told a Lagos High Court that he did not plot and execute his…
5-Man Kidnap Gang Smashed
Operatives of the Delta State Special Security Patrol code-named Dragon 30, have smashed a five-man gang of armed robbers/kidnappers suspected…
Kidnappers On The Loose
The rising wave of kidnapping in Nigeria and government’s inability to curb it is creating tension in the country Nigeria,…
Granting Amnesty To Kidnappers
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Nigeria is a blessed nation. Its people are unbelievable. Its leaders are ingenious. Quite very ingenious leaders! …
A Nation Adrift
There is no doubt that the security situation in the country is on the verge of total collapse given the…
Boko Haram Holds Women, Children Hostages
The purported head of Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram has claimed two recent deadly attacks in the northeast in a…
7 kidnappers killed, Lebanese regains freedom
A Lebanese contractor with Consolidated Construction Company, Mr Roumauos Marroun, abducted 7 May has regained his freedom. Marroun, kidnapped at…
Three brothers arrested in stunning US kidnap
CLEVELAND, Ohio, (AFP) – US police searched an ordinary home in a working class neighborhood of Cleveland on Tuesday after…
Medical doctor kidnapped in Abakaliki, guard killed
A Nigerian medical doctor in the eastern Nigeria state of Ebonyi has been kidnapped. Police said Dr Pius Mauyike, a…
Kidnapping: Lagos police chief warns on domestic staff
The Lagos State Security Council Wednesday met under the chairmanship of Governor Babatunde Fashola (SAN) with the State Commissioner of…
Growing Insecurity In Lagos
The spate of criminalities, including armed robbery, in Lagos State, seems to be on geometric rise The recent abduction of…
Insurance company CEO kidnapped in Lagos
Kidnappers are still on the prowl in Lagos Nigeria, capturing their victims without the police able to do anything about…
Youth Unemployment, A Time Bomb
After spending five days in captivity, the Chairman of Ejigbo Local Council Development Authority, Mr. Kehinde Bamigbetan, finally regained his…
Kidnappers release Bamigbetan
Kazeem Ugbodaga Chairman, Ejigbo Local Council Development Area, LCDA, Kehinde Bamigbetan has been released by his captors. P.M.NEWS gathered that…
25 Suspected Kidnappers Arrested
The Edo Police Command, southsouth Nigeria, said it has arrested more than 25 kidnap suspects, describing their modus operandi as…
Death penalty for kidnappers in Delta, Governor vetoed
The House of Assembly of Nigeria’s southern state of Delta, once notorious for being the axis of kidnappers, on Wednesday…
Bamigbetan’s Kidnap And Its Wider Implications
On Monday, at about 11 pm, when the Chairman of Ejigbo Local Council Development Area, Lagos, Comrade Kehinde Bamigbetan (former…
Bamigbetan: Kidnappers Abandon Get-Away Car At Festac
There are indications that the kidnappers of Kehinde Bamigbetan, the chairman of Ejigbo Local Council Development Area, LCDA, have abandoned…