Tag: Kidnapping
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…
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…
Police Arrest 14 Robbery/Kidnap Suspects In Imo
The Imo Police Command said it had arrested 14 out of 15 kidnap suspects in connection with the murder of…
Briton kidnapped in Lagos
A yet to be identified British national has been kidnapped by gunmen shortly after landing at the international airport in…
2 abducted Chinese freed in Nigeria
Two Chinese nationals who were abducted on Monday near the Military Cantonment in Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun state,…