Tag: Kidnapping
5 Indian sailors kidnapped in Bonny freed, India govt. thanks Nigeria
Five Indian seafarers who had been kidnapped about two-and-a-half months earlier in Nigeria were rescued on Thursday, according…
Alleged Kidnapping: Evans Moves To Call Femi Falana As Witness
The trial of suspected billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike popularly known as Evans continued on Thursday at the Lagos…
Gunmen abduct senior Anglican priest in Rivers
Reverend Canon Bernard Hanson, the Vicar of St Jude’s Anglican Church Odiemerenyi in Ahoada Diocese of the Anglican…
Police arrest businessman for staging own abduction
The police have arrested one Abdullahi Mohammed, a Nasarawa-based businessman, for allegedly planning his own kidnap. Abubakar Kamal,…
Troops arrest 61 suspected bandits, rescue 20 kidnap victims
Troops of the Nigerian Army 1 Division Kaduna, under Operation Harbin Kunama III, have arrested 61 bandits and…
Taxi driver lands in trouble for kidnapping 10 children in Abuja
The police on Wednesday arraigned a 25-year-old taxi driver, Kenneth Edet, in a Grade I Area Court in…
3 abducted Lebanese regain freedom
Rivers State Police Command says it has secured the release of three kidnapped Lebanese abducted on 8 June…
NYSC debunks alleged kidnap of corps members in Ondo
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Ondo State on Wednesday denied the news making rounds that ten…
Kidnapping: Osinbajo never used the word ‘exaggerated’ — Aide
The presidency has made clarifications on the statement made by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in New York on…
Court remands eight farmers over alleged armed robbery, kidnapping
Eight farmers from Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State were on Monday remanded in prison on the…
Police rescue four kidnapped corps members, two others
The Rivers State Police Command have rescued four members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and two…
Buhari seeks death penalty for kidnappers
Sen. Abdulfatai Buhari (APC-Oyo North) on Sunday recommended capital punishment for kidnapping and other forms of violent crimes…