Tag: Kidnapping
Kidnapping: 60-yr-old Ifa priestess, 2 sons arrested
The Police Command in Lagos State has arrested a 60-year-old Ifa chief priestess and her two sons in connection with…
Photo News: See the evil housewife who planned her kidnap and demanded N15m
This is the housewife who conspired with others to plan her kidnap and demanded a whooping N15m king size ransom…
Police arrest 14 suspects for armed robbery, kidnapping, others in Niger
The Police Command in Niger has arrested 14 suspects for kidnapping, armed robbery, murder and theft in different parts of…
Buratai task officers to end kidnapping, cattle rustling
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Thursday, charged officers to redouble effort toward tackling the spate…
Kidnappers abduct INEC official, demand N10m ransom
Mr Mike Igini, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in Akwa Ibom has confirmed the kidnap…
Uganda launches joint operations to combat kidnapping
Ugandan security agencies on Wednesday launched joint operations to combat the rising kidnap-for-ransom cases in the East African country.
2 siblings, others remanded in prison over alleged kidnapping
An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday remanded five persons in prison for allegedly kidnapping Alhaji Hassan Wahab of Chikanda in…
Farmer remanded over alleged kidnap of girl, N4m ransom demand
A Magistrate Court in Minna on Friday ordered the remand in prison custody of a farmer, Jibrin Adamu, for allegedly…
2 Tunisians kidnapped in Cameroon
An armed group in southwestern Cameroon has kidnapped two Tunisians working on a road construction project for a Tunisian company,…
Police foil kidnap attempt, arrest 2 in Lagos
The Lagos State Police Command on Monday said it arrested two suspects over alleged attempted kidnap of a teenager (name…
Army launches operation `Karamin Goro’ to tackle kidnapping
The 1 Division, Nigerian Army, Kaduna has launched a special operation in parts of Kaduna and Niger States to tackle…
Four foreign nationals kidnapped in Kaduna
Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of four foreign nationals on Kwoi-Jere road in Kagarko local government area…
Medical doctors protest in Calabar over kidnap of colleague
Over 150 doctors from private, public and missionary hospitals and those in tertiary institutions in Cross River, on Wednesday, protested…
Kogi records zero case of robbery, kidnapping in last 60 days
Kogi Government in collaboration with various security agencies had recorded tremendous success in checking criminal activities in November and December…
Kidnapping: NMA threatens withdrawal of services in Cross River
Members of the Cross River Branch of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), have threatened indefinite withdraw of their services to…
Police rescue 2 abducted boys, arrest 8 suspects
The Police Command in Kebbi, said on Thursday that it had rescued two boys from suspected kidnappers who demanded N2.5…
kidnappers abduct 4, kill 1 in Niger
The Niger Police Command on Monday announced the kidnapping of two persons each from Zazzaga and Masuku villages.
Kidnapping: Edo police to collaborate with local hunters, others
Newly deployed Commissioner of Police, CP, to Edo State, Mr. Johnson Kokumo, has said that the Command will form partnership…
Police to intensify community policing
The Police Command in Niger says it will intensify community policing to curb cattle rustling, kidnapping and other security threats…
Kidnapping: Judge hands-off Evans case
Justice Abdulazeez Anka of the Federal High Court, Lagos on Wednesday declined to hear a fundamental rights suit filed by…
Benin Monarch advocates traditional solution to kidnapping, robbery
The Benin Monarch, Omo N'Oba N'Edo Uku-Akpolkpolo, Oba Ewuare ll, has tasked traditional rulers, priests, enogies and other stakeholders in…
Delta governor says kidnapping on downward trend
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Wednesday said the spate of kidnapping and other security challenges were on the downward…
26 suspects in police net for kidnapping, rape, armed robbery
The Nigeria Police Force said it had arrested 26 suspects for kidnapping, armed robbery, rape and unlawful possession of prohibited…
Lagos Neighbourhood Watch, Police to curb kidnapping, rituals
The Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Agency (LNSA) on Thursday pledged to collaborate with the police in curbing the rampant kidnappings, ritual…
Nigerian military confronting 14 security threats nationwide – Olonisakin
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Abayomi Olonisakin, says in New York that Nigerian military is currently confronting no fewer…
Ambode: Enemies within responsible for kidnappings in Lagos
Lagos Stat Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday said some kidnappings in the state were the handiwork of enemies within and…
Kidnapping And Weak Value System
Prior to its reaching an escalating height, kidnapping did not rank among the most ardent security concerns or crimes in…
Era of kidnapping will soon be over—IGP
The Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris has reassured Nigerians that the era of kidnapping will soon be over…
Police arraign man for attempted kidnapping
The Police in Lagos on Thursday brought a 23-year-old man, Umoru Abdullahi, 23, before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court…
Kidnapping: Soldier, engineer in police net
Bayelsa Police Command on Saturday said it arrested two suspects, a serving soldier and an engineer, for allegedly kidnapping a…