Tag: kidnap
Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s mother kidnapped by gunmen
Gunmen Sunday abducted the mother of the Minister of Finance, Prof Okonjo-Iweala in Ogwahi-Uku, Delta State. Okonjo-Iweala’s mother who is ...
Kidnappers of ex-Delta SSG’s father get 180 years jailterm
Four persons standing trial over the kidnap of the father of a former Secretary to the Delta State Government, SSG, ...
Armed men kidnap former attorney-general in Enugu
by Akan Ido Five armed men yesterday morning abducted the former Vice Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University and a two-time ...
Baby boy kidnapped from labour room by armed men in Abia State [Updated]
This sounds like a fairy tale but it is true. Gunmen have invaded the labour room of a maternity home ...
How kidnapped wife of Vanguard reporter regained her freedom
by Isi Esene Marian Onoyume, the wife of Vanguard Newspaper’s Rivers State correspondent, Jimitota Onoyume, who was abducted on Monday ...
TICKER: UK couple wins adoption rights after Nigerian fraudsters told them it was a “miracle baby”
A little girl at the centre of a ‘bizarre’ tug of love baby scam will finally today be returned to the ...
How 51-year-old widow was killed by suspected ritualists
by Isi Esene Helen Ilonge, the primary healthcare coordinator in Bekwara Local Government Area of Cross River State, who was ...
TICKER: Kidnappers demand N200m ransom for Osun Speaker’s wife
Less than 24 hours after the kidnap of Muiba, wife to Osun State House of Assembly Speaker, Mr. Najeem Salaam, ...
TICKER: Face of shame: 195-kg man accused of attempting to kidnap 10-year-old boy (PHOTO)
A 425-pound gang member in Southern California has been arrested on suspicion of trying to kidnap a 10-year-old boy ...
One officer dead as Navy engages kidnappers in gun battle
by Isi Esene A Naval officer was on Thursday killed in a shootout between a naval patrol team and a ...
Sharp Warri boy? 17-year-old fakes his own kidnap to extort money from his dad
by Stanley Azuakola That’s what happens in a country where young people see that many times, crime pays. A 17-year ...
Freakshow: Man colludes with mother to kidnap and ‘murder’ uncle (and now they fight for his property)
by Isi Esene The Police in Enugu State yesterday arrested eight people said to be involved in the attempted kidnap ...
“I left Nigeria to escape being kidnapped” – former child star Tosin Jegede reveals
by Stanley Azuakola “Parents listen to your children. We are the leaders of tomorrow. Try and pay our school fees ...
Pirates kill two sailors, kidnap four foreigners off the coast of Nigeria
by Isi Esene The Nigerian Navy has today confirmed that pirates off the coast of the Niger Delta have killed ...
Get this policeman out of our state, he’s a kidnapper – Delta Assembly tells IG Abubakar
by Stanley Azuakola A recent development in Delta State has sorely displeased the members of its House of Assembly. It ...
Liar, Liar: We saved Christian Obodo not the police, says community
by Hauwa Gambo While Nigerians celebrate the release of footballer Christian Obodo who was abducted days ago, a community vigilante ...
Super Eagles midfielder Christian Obodo freed by the police
by Stanley AzuakolaIt was the kind of operation that even the American Navy Seals would have been proud of. The ...
SNAPSHOT: Kidnapped Igbinedion University students released
by Hauwa Gambo The four students of Igbinedion University, Edo State who were kidnapped on Thursday have been released. The ...
Do you know this man? He may have kidnapped three young children
by Tolu Orekoya The three boys in the picture above, Chinemerem, 5, Okechukwu, 4, and Nzube, 2, have been missing ...
Home at last: Kidnapped child, Kosisochukwu Akilo returned to her parents
by Tolu Orekoya Kosisochukwu Akilo, the 6-year-old kidnapped from her home in Benin during a botched robbery has been reunited with ...
Rescued: Kidnapped Italian engineer, American business man freed
by Tolu Orekoya Nigeria has been in the news lately for a series of kidnappings and failed rescue attempts, resulting in the ...
Another foreigner killed in failed rescue attempt in Kano
by Stanley Azuakola A JTF raid this morning to free a German, Raufach Edgar, who was kidnapped in Kano on ...
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