Tag: KIDNAPPING
Police confirm release of 2 Americans, 2 Canadians abducted in Kaduna
The Kaduna State Police Command has said that the two Americans and two Canadians that were abducted on Tuesday by gunmen have been released.
Two policemen...
Kidnappers abduct 2 Americans, 2 Canadians; kill police escorts in Kaduna
The Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of four foreign nationals on Kwoi-Jere Road in Kagarko Local Government Area of the state.
State...
Kidnapped Taraba lawmaker, Hosea Ibi, found dead
The police in Taraba on Monday confirmed the death of Hosea Ibi, the lawmaker representing Takum 1 constituency in the Taraba House of Assembly.
Mr...
Kidnapped reverend sisters regain freedom after 53 days
Three Catholic reverend sisters and three other females who were kidnapped by gunmen in Edo State have been released.
The sisters of the Eucharistic Heart...
Gunmen release abducted doctor in Cross River
Gunmen early on Sunday released Dr Usang Ekanem, a medical practitioner with the Cross River College of Education Medical Centre, Akamkpa, kidnapped on December...
NSCDC records 29 cases of kidnapping in Niger in 2017 –...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Niger Command, on Wednesday said it recorded 29 cases of kidnapping and 12 cases of cattle...
I-G says police curtailing cases of kidnapping
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, on Monday said the Nigeria Police Force had curtailed the activities of high class kidnap kingpins in...
Man sells daughter, neighbour’s child to raise money for in-law’s burial
An artisan on Waidi Ogunseye Street, Meiran, Lagos State, Kingsley Oriaku, has owned up to selling one of his five children, a one-and-a-half-year-old girl,...
Former sports minister, Damishi Sango, kidnapped
A former Minister of Sports, Damishi Sango, was on Wednesday evening abducted by unknown gunmen along Jere Road in Kaduna State.
Mr Sango is the...
Former Ekiti senator, Ayo Arise, kidnapped in Kogi
A former Senator representing Ekiti North Senatorial District, Ayo Arise, was on Sunday kidnapped by gunmen along the Okene-Lokoja road in Kogi State.
The All...