Tag: KIDNAP
Commissioner for information Yakubu Lawal abducted
Gunmen have abducted Nasarawa State commissioner for information, culture and tourism Yakubu Lawal.
The police confirmed the incident in a statement on Tuesday.
Spokesperson of the...
Court jails kidnap kingpin Wadume for seven years
A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced a kidnap kingpin Hamisu Bala aka Wadume, and two others, to seven years’ imprisonment.
The court found...
Kidnapped actors Cynthia Okereke, Clemson Cornel were released unharmed – Emeka...
The national president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria Emeka Rollas has noted that kidnapped actors Cynthia Okereke and Clemson Cornel were released unharmed.
Emeka...
Actors Cynthia Okereke, Clemson Cornel feared kidnapped
Actors Cynthia Okereke and Clemson Cornel, popularly known as Agbogidi, have been reported missing.
This was disclosed in a statement by the communications director of...
Court frees Ameerah Safiyan over mental health
A Wuse Zone 2 Magistrates’ Court in Abuja on Wednesday discharged Ameerah Safiyan with conditions for falsely claiming she was kidnapped.
The police charged Safiyan,...
Ameerah Safiyan pleads guilty to false kidnap claim
Abuja-based lady Ameerah Safiyan has pleaded guilty to raising false alarm and misleading public servants.
Safiyan was arraigned on Wednesday by the police at the...
Abuja woman Ameerah Safiyan arraigned over false kidnap tweets
The police on Wednesday arraigned Ameerah Safiyan at the Zone 2 Magistrate Court for allegedly raising false alarm and misleading public servants.
According to the...
Missing Abuja lady Amira found, wasn’t kidnapped — Police
Police in the FCT on Friday said they have found Safiyanu Amira, who tweeted that she and 17 others were abducted by armed men...
Female NYSC member kidnapped on Abuja-Kaduna highway regains freedom after ‘N2m...
A member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Faith Onoriode, who was kidnapped on the Abuja-Kaduna highway two months ago, has regained freedom.
Her...
Army to question Methodist prelate over claims of soldiers’ complicity in...
The Nigerian Army says it will invite for questioning the prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria Samuel Kanu-Uche over his claims that soldiers...