Tag: Kidnapping
Nigeria’s Crisis Of Governance
By Bayo Onanuga We are all victims of Nigeria’s crisis of governance, and we all experience its symptoms: failed schools,…
Community leader in Pres. Jonathan’s town kidnapped
The police in the southern Nigerian state of Bayelsa on Monday confirmed that gunmen abducted, Chief Inengite, 65, in Otuoke,…
Manko Calls For Reform Of Criminal Justice System
Cyriacus Izuekwe The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Umar Manko has said the effort of the police will be…
8 Kidnappers Arrested
The Director of the State Security Services (SSS) in Anambra, Mr Alex Okeiyi, has said that the services have arrested…
Airforce corporal, 6 others arrested for kidnap, death of bizman
Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS), has arrested Lance Corporal Suleiman Mohammed of the Nigerian Air Force and six others…
Nigeria: Primate Akinola kidnapped
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokutaand Seun Bisuga The retired Primate of the Anglican Church of Nigeria, Peter Akinola, along with his driver, was…
Hassan Zein, Lebanese national kidnapped in Nigeria
The Police Command in the northern Nigerian state of Kano on Monday confirmed the abduction of a Lebanese national, Mr…
Ex- army major, wife released by kidnappers after ransom paid
JETHRO IBILEKE/Asaba A retired army Major, Azum Asoya and his 55-year-old wife, Elizabeth, whose fingers were sent in a parcel…
Kidnapped Italian regains freedom
An Italian man kidnapped in Nigeria last week has been released, the Italian foreign ministry said on Thursday without giving…
Reports: Boko Haram Holding Kidnapped French Priest
Boko Haram is holding a French priest who was kidnapped in northern Cameroon, a source within the banned Nigerian Islamist…
No Word From Kidnappers Of Engineer
Three weeks after he was kidnapped, there is no word from the kidnappers of an engineer, Mr Tolu Ayoola. His…
4 Arraigned For Kidnapping
The police on Wednesday arraigned four men before an Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court for alleged kidnapping. The Police Prosecutor, Sgt. Ebenezer…
How Kelvin, Ozekhome’s Kidnapper Operated, By Aide
Kelvin Onyiara, the dreaded kidnap kingpin who abducted human rights lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome, had recruited and trained over 300…
Nigerian state makes kidnapping capital offence
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Convicted kidnappers in Edo state, southern Nigeria, will henceforth face the death penalty, Governor Adams Oshiomhole has said.…
Nigeria’s Unemployed Graduates Turn Kidnappers
Two unemployed university graduates have been arrested by the police over their alleged involvement in kidnapping in Lagos State, southwest…