Tag: Kidnapping
Nine policemen arrested for kidnapping 43 students
Nine police officers have been arrested in Mexico in connection with the disappearance of 43 students of Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers’ College in 2014.
The Secretariat...
Police arrest 12-year-old boy for kidnapping 3-year-old girl in Bauchi
The operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command have arrested a 12-year-old boy, Dayyabu Abdullahi, for allegedly kidnapping a three-year-old girl, Mariya Yahaya, in the...
Abducted medical doctors regain freedom in Cross River
The two medical doctors kidnapped over the weekend in Cross River have regained their freedom.
The doctors along with two others were released on Tuesday,...
Kidnapping: Police beef up security on Lagos-Ibadan expressway
The Oyo and Ogun State Police Commands said they have beefed up security on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway following the resurgence of criminal activities along...
Ibadan Poly expels student for kidnapping, suspends 2 others
The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyo State says it has expelled one student and suspended two others for alleged kidnapping and armed robbery.
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Evans, accomplice jailed 21 years for kidnapping businessman
The Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, on Monday, sentenced kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans, to 21 years imprisonment...
Abia doctors embark on strike over colleague’s abduction
Medical Doctors in Abia, under the aegis of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), on Tuesday, began an indefinite strike to protest against the abduction...
Nigeria now world’s capital of kidnapping — Saraki
Former Senate President and presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Bukola Saraki, has described Nigeria as the world’s capital of kidnapping.
Saraki...
Evans: Co-defendant jailed five years for selling firearms
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Friday sentenced Frank Udeme, one of the co-defendants of the convicted billionaire kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, to...
4th Ekiti traditional ruler escapes kidnapping
The Atah of Ayede-Ekiti, Oba Afeleye Orisagbemi, narrowly escaped death in the hands of suspected kidnappers on Sunday.
Oba Orisagbemi is the fourth Ekiti State...
