Tag: Kidnapping
Terrorists kill 2, kidnap 18 in Kaduna
Terrorists have killed two persons and abducted 18 others in an attack on Ungwan Dantata in the Gefe community, Kajuru Local Government Area of...
Gunmen kill one, kidnap travellers on Sagamu-Benin expressway
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed one person and abducted a yet-to-be-ascertained number of travellers at Ilisan/Iperu axis on the Sagamu-Benin expressway in...
Gunmen kidnap RCCG pastor, 14 others in Oyo
Gunmen have kidnapped Pastor of Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Olugbenga Olawore, and 14 others.
Olawore and other passengers of a 14-seater bus were...
Governors: How we’ll end kidnapping in North
The Northern Governors’ Forum has agreed on new options at a meeting with service chiefs to address the recent spate of kidnappings in the...
Police arrest woman for kidnapping 3 pupils in Lagos
The operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a suspected female kidnapper and rescued three pupils from her in the state.
The command’s...
Remi Tinubu to govs, lawmakers: Set capital punishment for kidnapping
First Lady Oluremi Tinubu has called on state governors and lawmakers to prescribe capital punishment for kidnapping in the country.
Oluremi, while condemning various abductions...
Varsity student nabbed for kidnapping, collecting N50,000 ransom
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ondo State Command, has arrested a 21-year-old undergraduate, Anthony Oscar, for allegedly kidnapping a 17-year-old girl.
Oscar...
NAF officer foils kidnapping attempt in Abuja, arrests 3
A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) officer, Air Commodore John Ijudigal, has foiled a kidnapping attempt by suspected criminals popularly known as 'one-chance' in Abuja.
The...
Police Inspector dismissed for kidnapping, extortion of $3,000
A Police Inspector, Michael Odey, with Rivers State Command has been dismissed for kidnapping and extortion of $3,000 from two persons at gunpoint in...
UNILORIN: No kidnapping on our campus
The management of University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) in Kwara State has debunked a report being circulated of kidnapping in the institution.
A report had, last...
