Tag: Kidnapping
Abducted ex-council boss, 3 others die in botched rescue
A former Chairman of Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area of southern Nigerian state of Akwa Ibom, Mr Usen Etim Ekene,…
Police Rescue Businessman From Kidnappers
The Police Area Commander in Aba, Abia, ACP Rabiu Dayi, on Monday said that the police rescued a kidnapped businessman…
Edo monarch regains freedom from kidnappers
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Kidnappers of Edo traditional ruler, HRH Patrick Igbinudu, the Iyase of Udo community in Ovia South West Local…
Curtailing Criminality In Nigeria
By Tayo Demola The rate of crime in Nigeria such as rape, kidnapping, armed robbery and other forms of criminal…
New Police BCMR Unnecessary
Beginning from today, the Nigeria Police will start its new Biometric Central Motor Registration, BCRMR, which they claimed would help…
Ozekhome: My Ordeal in the hands of kidnappers
Nigeria’s human rights lawyer and senior advocate, Mike Ozekhome, who was released Wednesday by kidnappers in Benin, has recounted his…
Edo Monarch Kidnapped
The traditional ruler of Udo Community and an in-law to the Benin Monarch, HRH Patrick Igbinidu, has been reportedly abducted…
Ozekhome Freed After 20 Days In Captivity
Exactly 20 days after he was forcefully abducted by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers, human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate,…
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…
Kidnappers Of Lawmaker’s Wife Killed
Two suspected members of a kidnap gang, Freeborn Okwundu and Monday Ekpeki, have been killed by operatives of the Delta…
‘We Don’t Have N250m Ransom’
Family members of kidnapped human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Mike Ozekhome, have said they don’t have…
Kidnapped workers released after ransom payment
The five construction workers who were kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria’s Bayelsa state on Friday have been released by their…
Ozekhome, senior Nigerian lawyer, 3 others kidnapped
JETHRO IBILKE/Benin Senior Advocate of Nigeria and human rights lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, has been abducted by suspected kidnappers in Edo…
Kidnapped council vice-chairman escapes
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Southern Nigeria’s state of Edo is fast gaining notoriety as kidnappers’ den, following the abduction of the Vice…
Nigeria: 4 Thai nationals kidnapped, 1 Nigerian drowns
A gang has abducted four Thai nationals in Rivers State, southern Nigeria, in what was believed to be a ransom…