Tag: Kidnapping
Kidnapping: Traditional ruler, 3 others to remain in prison
A Kaduna Chief Magistrate Court on Monday adjourned the case involving Mr Damina Ishaku, the Chief of Kurama in Lere…
2 Labourers Docked Over Attempt To Kidnap Employer’s Daughter
Two factory workers, Idowu Azeez, and Abdullahi Jablet, who allegedly attempted to kidnap their employer’s daughter, were on Wednesday charged…
Bauchi approves death sentence for kidnapping
Kidnapping in Bauchi State is now punishable by death or life imprisonment as Gov. Mohammed Abdullahi signed into law a…
Kidnapping: Lagos beefs up security in Epe, assures farmers of safety
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday assured farmers in the State especially in Epe axis of adequate measures to protect…
Akwanga residents decry incessant kidnapping, rape
Residents of Akwanga Local Government Area of Nasarawa State have called on the government to check the rampant cases of…
Lagos and the war against Kidnapping
By Kayode Oyekanmi A few days back, over 20 gunmen allegedly stormed the Isheri North Estate and kidnapped the Secretary…
Epe Farmers storm Ambode’s Office, protest incessant kidnapping
Hundred of Epe farmers on Monday stormed the office of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos to protest incessant abduction of…
Kidnapping: Ambode orders security beef up in schools
*Award Contracts for Renovation of 174 Classrooms, 8 New Blocks Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday ordered security agencies…
Kidnapping: Is capital punishment a deterrent?
By Hon. Mufutau Egberongbe Yes, Lagos is more than a country if it is to be compared with some countries…
4 remanded in prison for kidnapping, stealing
An Asaba Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered that four men be remanded in Ugwasi-Uku Prison over alleged kidnapping and robbery.…
How to avoid being kidnapped – NOA Director
Malam Mohammed Aliyu, the Director of National Orientation Agency (NOA), Kano state, has cautioned commuters in the state to always…
Nigerian editors worry over kidnapping
The Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, has expressed concern over the upsurge of Kidnapping in the country. In a communique…
2 herdsmen remanded for alleged kidnapping
Two herdsmen, Usman Muhammed and Manu Saleh, on Wednesday, appeared before a Wuse Zone 2 Chief Magistrates’ Court in Abuja…
We’re determined to stamp out kidnapping in Lagos-Ambode
Lagos State Government, Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday said his administration is determined to stamp out kidnapping and violent crime from…
4 remanded over kidnap of Iba monarch
Four men, who allegedly kidnapped Oba Goriola Oseni, the traditional ruler of Iba in Lagos State, were on Monday remanded…
Tricycle rider arrested for kidnapping, raping 15-year old girl
Kazeem Ugbodaga The operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of Lagos State Police Command have apprehended a tricycle operator, popularly…
Kano Assembly plans life imprisonment for kidnappers
A bill to provide life imprisonment as punishment for kidnappers in Kano State on Monday scaled the second reading at…
Kidnapping: Epe residents want improved security
Some traditional rulers and residents of Eredo Local Council Development Area in Epe, Lagos, have called on the state government…
Archbishop blames kidnapping on joblessness
The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Adewale Martins, on Wednesday urged government at all levels to create job opportunities,…
Kogi gets 300-man security outfit to fight robbery, kidnapping
The Kogi State Government has inaugurated a new 300-man-joint security outfit dedicated to fighting kidnapping, armed robbery, cultism and other…
Kidnappers of Lagos monarch for trial
The four suspects arrested in connection with the kidnapping of a Lagos monarch will soon be prosecuted, the Lagos State…
South African woman jailed 10 years for child theft
A woman who snatched a newborn from a South African maternity ward 19 years ago was sentenced to 10 years…
Lagos vows to seize houses, hotels used for kidnapping
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government on Tuesday said it will henceforth seize houses and hotels used as hideouts for…
Kidnapping: IGP orders deployment of special strike force to Kogi
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Acting Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Ibrahim Idris has ordered the immediate deployment of a Special Strike Force…
Kidnapping: IG deploys helicopter, mobile cops to Kogi
The Inspector-General of Police (IG), Mr Solomon Arase, has approved the deployment of a helicopter and more policemen to Kogi…
Kidnapping: 3 to die by hanging in Delta
Jethro Ibileke/Warri A Delta State High Court sitting in Effurun, has sentenced three persons, Augustin Akpojivi, Dawel James and Collins…
El-Rufa’i promises to end kidnapping in Kaduna
Governor Nasir El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State has promised to end incessant cases of kidnapping to guarantee the safety of lives…
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Iyabo Anisulowo: Police in manhunt for abductors
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Five crack police teams are on the trail of abductors of a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress,…
Fisherman, 2 others jailed 60 years for kidnapping
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba An Asaba High Court, Delta state, has convicted and sentenced three men, Igane Enekorogha, 37, a fisherman; Godwin…
3 more suspects arrested over kidnap of Ikorodu schoolgirls
Cyriacus Izuekwe Three more suspects have been arrested over the recent kidnapping of three schoolgirls in Ikorodu area of Lagos…