Tag: Kidnapping
Record $220,000 ransom paid to Nigerian kidnappers of Chinese expatriate
The Chinese expatriate, kidnapped in Ekiti state last week, has been released, with the payment of a record N100m ransom,…
Police: Gunmen abduct 10 residents of Abuja community
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Federal Capital Territory, FCT Police Command said its operatives had rescued five out of the 10 residents…
Daredevils: Kidnappers block Kano road, abduct 3
Daredevil kidnappers on Monday morning mounted a roadblock along Falgore Forest in Doguwa Local Government Area of Kano State and…
2 brothers, the Osujis kidnap younger brother for N7m ransom from granddad
Two brothers Lucky Osuji 25 and Reward Osuji 17 from Emekuku Owerri North local government area of Imo State, conspired…
AIT staff Osademe, wife rescued from kidnapper’s den in Port Harcourt
By Okafor Ofiebor Operatives of the Special Area Police Division, Rumuokoro and the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Squad, have…
Abducted Catholic priest regains freedom
Benue Police Command on Wednesday confirmed the release of Rev. Fr. David Echioda, a priest of Catholic Diocese of Otukpo,…
Insurgency: Army focused, ready to deal with challenges
Maj. Gen. Abubakar Tarfa, Commandant, Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), Minna, has said that the Nigerian Army was focused and…
Kidnapping: Police create 2 MOPOL bases on Obajana-Kabba road, Okene
The Kogi Government in partnership with the Nigeria Police Force said it has established two Mobile Police Squadron Bases along…
Meet Hauwa Yunus the beautiful Fulani woman who lures lovers to kidnappers
A beautiful Fulani woman is helping the Nigerian police to unravel the epidemic of kidnapping north of Nigeria, after she…
Gunmen abduct Permanent Secretary Jibrin Giza in Nasarawa
In another incident that underscores the insecurity in Nigeria, Alhaji Jibrin Giza, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works in Nasarawa State…
Police nab 13 over kidnapping, armed robbery, culpable homicide
The Police in Niger have arrested 13 suspects for alleged kidnapping, armed robbery, culpable homicide and abetment of banditry in…
3 Airtel staff, 17 other abducted victims regain freedom in Kaduna
Three staff of the telecom company Airtel were among the 20 victims of abduction in the Kaduna axis freed by…
4 seminarians kidnapped in Kaduna named
Four seminarians kidnapped in Kaduna by gunmen have been named by a leading Catholic charity, Aid to the Church In…
2 teachers kidnapped at gunpoint in Edo classroom
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers abducted on Monday two teachers at Obi Primary School, Obi Camp, in Avbiosi community of…
Police go after kidnappers of Cross River NLC Chairman
The Cross River Police Command has launched a manhunt for the abductors of the Nigerian Labour Congress Chairman in Cross…
Abducted Catholic priest Ndulue freed
The abducted Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Theophilus Ndulue, has been released, the police spokesman in Enugu said.
Pirates attack Norwegian ship off Benin coast , 9 kidnapped
Nine crew members of the Norwegian owned vessel MV Bonita were kidnapped weekend by pirates while the ship was anchored…
Sexual abuse, kidnapping, cultism: NAWOJ calls for sensitization
The Delta Chapter of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) has stressed the need for sensitization on the dangers…
JUST IN: Army rescues 6 abducted schoolgirls in Kaduna
Troops of Operation Thunder Strike rescued on Thursday six female students of Government Day Secondary School Gwagwada in Chikun Local…
Gunmen strike in Abuja again, kill one, kidnap NSCDC officer, his two kids
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have struck again in Kuje suburbs of Abuja, killing one person and abducting a Nigerian…
Kidnapping, a threat to Nigeria – Dino Melaye
Senator Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West in the Senate, has decried the threat posed by kidnapping to the Nigerian State,…
Fresh strike: 14 bus passengers kidnapped in Osun
Bandits, suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, have reportedly kidnapped 14 bus passengers, including the driver, along Otan/Imesi-Ile road in Osun.
6 Kidnapped in fresh strike on Kaduna-Abuja highway
The Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed the kidnap of six persons, by gunmen in military uniform, in Rijana village…
Kidnappers take seven in Kaduna, in fresh strike
The Police in Kaduna have confirmed the kidnap of five persons by armed men at Danbushiya Village, in the outskirts…
Taraba State University lecturer kidnapped
Mr. Benjamin Ezekiel, a senior lecturer with the Taraba State University, Jalingo has been kidnapped.
30 bus passengers kidnapped
About 30 bus passengers were abducted by Cameroon’s armed separatists on Friday along Fundong-Bamenda highway in the Northwest. The area…
How kidnapping, banditry can be arrested in Nigeria – AfDB President
President, African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina has said the menace of kidnapping and banditry in Nigeria would be…
Kidnapping: Ghana heaven compared with Nigeria, says minister
In the wake of the release of two kidnapped Canadians in Kumasi, Ghana’s Deputy Minister for Defence, Major (Rtd) Derrick…
Fulani alone not responsible for kidnappings, other tribes deeply involved – Falana
There is insecurity in the land. Kidnappers and bandits are on the prowl. There is an exercise of stereotyping going…
Police arrest 2,175 suspects for kidnapping, murder
The Nigerian police force says it has arrested Two Thousand, One Hundred and Seventy-Five (2,175) suspects for the following offences:…