End of the road: Herbalist, ‘okada’ rider arraigned for kidnapping in Lagos

by ‘Jola Sotubo The end of the road has come for two suspects in Lagos State as they have been arraigned before an Ebute-Metta Chief Magistrate Court, Lagos, on a four-count charge of kidnapping, stealing, and conspiracy. Okula Bamiwola, a 32 year old herbalist and Whenayon Kikisuhu, 28, an “okada” rider, resident in Tande... Read More

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August 21, 2013

Insecurity: Kidnappers kill one policeman, abandon 6 victims in Delta

By ‘Jola Sotubo Suspected kidnappers struck in the Obiaruku area of Delta State, killing a policeman and taking his firearm. The quick response of the Special Anti-Kidnap team of the Delta State police command was instrumental in the saving of 6 lives including the vice chair of Uhumnwonde Local Government Council, Edo State, Mr. Walter Aiwekhoe,... Read More

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August 17, 2013

Opinion: Abia’s tortuous journey to 22

by Ndukwe Ugbuaja The kidnapping menace that nearly crippled activities in the state is now a thing of the past. That is why the state has remained the most peaceful state in the country today and has become a haven for prospective investors. By August 27, Abia State will be 22 years old having... Read More

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August 16, 2013

Busted: ‘LAUTECH student’ arrested for kidnapping 2-year-old girl

by Oge Okonkwo A 24-year-old student of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, identified as Tosin, was arrested and paraded by the Oyo State Police Command,for allegedly kidnapping a two-year-old girl. The suspect was apprehended yesterday after being trailed into the bush following a distress call, this was made in a statement addressing newsmen at Eleyele... Read More

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July 31, 2013

Opinion: Nigerian universities and irregular admission processes

by Obinna Akukwe This non-transparent process have made many parents to sell family land, properties and life savings to send their frustrated wards to schools in Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Russia while few buoyant ones send theirs to UK for admission. The processes of gaining admission into Nigerian universities have been bastardized by the trio of... Read More

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July 10, 2013

Woman, 25, in court for stealing a 2-year-old boy

by Rachel Ogbu A 25-year-old woman has appeared in court for kidnapping a two-year-old child. Blessing Omaye, was arraigned before a Yaba Magistrate’s Court accused to have “fraudulently stolen the child” in June 2013 at Mojoyinola Street, Bariga, Lagos. The charge read, “That you, Blessing Omaye,f, on June 12, 2013 at 5.15pm at No. 2,... Read More

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July 6, 2013

Man arrested for kidnapping his own wife

New York City Police Department cars A New York man along with two others were arrested and charged with kidnapping, according to police reports. The man, 21-years-old, is accused of kidnapping his teen wife from her Maplewood, New Jersey home and taking her to Brooklyn, New York, where she was rescued by members of the... Read More

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July 2, 2013

Gang in India ‘chop off eight-year-old girl’s arm with sword after she is main witness in kidnapping of younger brother’

A gang in India chopped off an eight-year-old girl’s arm with a sword as her family tried to secure the release of her kidnapped younger brother. Uzma Ara had travelled to Patna, in Bihar, east India, with her family in a bid to free the four-year-old boy who was snatched from a street near their... Read More

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May 24, 2013

Terrible: Lebanese arrested for kidnapping his aunt “to punish her” (PICTURED)

by Rachel Ogbu A 23-year-old Lebanese has been arrested for kidnapping his 61-year-old aunty. On Thursday, Mohammed Dannawi told journalists that he committed the crime to punish her. “My aunty did something very bad to my wife and I and so I decided to punish her. I met with Obi (Kwentua) and told him that... Read More

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May 19, 2013

Federal Ministry of Kidnapping: “Over 20 lecturers, relations abducted in Delta university”

Chairman Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Delta State University, DELSU, Abraka branch, Dr. Emmanuel Mordi, at the weekend, said at least 20 lecturers, their spouses and relations, had been kidnapped in the last two years by gunmen. He stated this in Abraka while briefing the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Ikechukwu Aduba,... Read More

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April 29, 2013

Inside job: Man charged for kidnapping his uncle in Lagos

by Chi Ibe A man was arraigned recently in connection with the kidnapping of his uncle. The prosecutor from the State Security Service, Peter Okerimodu told Chief Magistrate, Adeola Adedayo how Dominic Nwaezeapu was lured out of his house to meet a nephew. That was where he was abducted. According to reports, the nephew who operates a lottery business... Read More

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April 22, 2013

Cheta Nwanze: Why are we encouraging bad behaviour? (Y! FrontPage)

You do not, as a government show any form of weakness to miscreants. There is no surer recipe for anarchy as this kind of behaviour gives all sorts of miscreants the confidence to perpetuate their activities. There were two events that happened on the same day last week in different parts of the world. To... Read More

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April 20, 2013

Resource control: “Fasehun and I must share pipeline security contract” – OPC Gani Adams

by Isi Esene In this Punch Newspapers interview, the leader of a faction of the Oodua Peoples Congress, a Pan-Yoruba group, speaks on oil pipeline vandalisation, his relationship with OPC founder, Dr. Frederick Fasheun, and his family. Read excerpts of the interview below: Now that kidnapping is taking place in the South-West, which is the... Read More

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April 19, 2013

France’s foreign minister travels Cameroun to greet French family after their release by Boko Haram (PHOTO)

by Rachel Ogbu France Foreign minister, Laurent Fabius is in Yaounde, capital of Cameroon today to meet the French family celebrating their freedom from Boko Haram’s snare. The family of seven which includes four children aged between 5 and 12, were “all healthy” according to President Paul Biya who announced the release. The family were... Read More

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April 19, 2013

Police parade kidnappers of NTA reporter, Akure chief’s daughter

by Akan Ido The Ondo state police command on Wednesday paraded suspected kidnappers who, according to security agents, have been terrorising Akure, the state capital, and its environs. Patrick Dukumor, the state police commissioner said two of the paraded suspects were arrested in connection with the abduction of Olubunmi Oke, a Nigeria Television Authority (NTA)... Read More

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March 22, 2013

“We will not free these 7 French hostages while our members are held and brutalised” – Boko Haram

by Rachel Ogbu “We are proud to say that we are holding the seven French hostages,” Boko Haram member announced on Thursday in the video aired by France’s i-Tele channel with French sub-titles. The Nigeria’s terrorist group went on to warn government officials not to use force as an attempt to rescue Tanguy Moulin-Fournier, a French... Read More

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March 1, 2013

5 passengers kidnapped from bus along Lagos-Benin Expressway

by Rachel Ogbu Five passengers travelling to Lagos from Warri, Delta State were kidnapped along Lagos-Benin expressway on Wednesday February 27. The passengers were travelling in a Greener Line space wagon Siena bus when suspected kidnappers blocked a section of the road by Ogbemudia farms with a truck, while the bus driver on sighting the barricade,... Read More

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February 28, 2013

“It’s a deathtrap”: Youths protest over Eket-Ibeno Road, as 6 children die in accident (SNAPSHOT)

by Chi Ibe The death of six pupils in a road accident on Eket-Ibeno road, Akwa Ibom State caused people to go into the streets on Wednesday staging an anger protest against the government for not fixing the roads. It was claimed that the school driver lost control of the vehicle as he tried in vain to dodge... Read More

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February 23, 2013

JTF in ‘massive manhunt’ for French family kidnapped in Cameroun by Boko Haram

The Nigerian security forces were in a “massive manhunt” Friday for seven members of a kidnapped French family after Paris said the abductors had likely separated the victims into two groups. “As long as there are rumours of their cross-border movements, then security agencies must be intensely searching for them,” police spokesman Frank Mba told... Read More

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February 3, 2013

An eye for an eye: Boko Haram must pay for what they’ve done – Victim

by Rachel Ogbu A victim of the Boko Haram attacks in the Northern recently demanded that the sect members must be made to account for their actions, which had caused economic hardship felt by many Nigerians. Hauwa Tokwede, who is from the North but her husband is from Warri in Delta State, said its members... Read More

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January 30, 2013

Gunmen abduct mother of leader of Bayelsa House of Assembly

by Isi Esene The mother of the Leader of Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Hon. Peter Akpe has been abducted by unknown gunmen. Madam Esther Akpe, 59, was abducted on Tuesday night by a group of men who invaded her home at the riverside Ebedebiri community in Sagbama local government area of the state. The... Read More

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January 3, 2013

Just in: Kidnapped Gombe lawmaker freed

by Isi Esene Jalo Ganga, the member representing Gombe North constituency in Gombe State House of Assembly who waas abducted on Sunday has been released. The lawmaker was released Wednesday night and was reunitef with his family arounfd 10:30pm. The lawmaker’s younegr brother, Malam Abdulkadir Mohammed-Yelwa, said Ganga arrived his residence in motorcycle around 10pm... Read More

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December 23, 2012

Kidnappers reject govt bailout… in last week’s news with a pinch of salt

by Stanley Azuakola “Did that coffin not hold a soul, from which we should take example and fear? When the coffin of anyone passes by you – whether Jew, Christian or Muslim – rise to your feet.” Those rejoicing should heed the words of the Prophet and be ashamed of themselves. Kidnappers reject govt bailout... Read More

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December 22, 2012

Emeka Oparah: How Nigerians can avoid a black Christmas

by Emeka Oparah …I think the ordinary Nigerian has given up and now lives in fear but with hope in divine intervention. As I sat listening to the homily being delivered by Rev. Fr. Tony Obieke, a young Nigerian catholic Priest at the Holy Cross Catholic Church, Austin, Texas, where I am safely (and I... Read More

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November 25, 2012

Ebuka Obi-Uchendu: (In)security (YNaija Frontpage)

I keep trying to have faith in our security operatives but they never help their case. If I were to get N50, for every time government and security agencies in this country have said the words; “Nigerians have been advised to go about their normal duties as security operatives are on top of the situation”;... Read More

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October 5, 2012

“Had I married earlier, I wouldn’t be a kidnapper” – Female suspect explains

by Isi Esene Ngozi Onuonwu, 36, who was arrested as a member of a kidnapping syndicate in Lagos said she got involved in kidnapping because she was frustrated. She said she got frustrated because of her single status, she said if she had gotten married earlier she would not have had to live with her... Read More

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September 29, 2012

Temie Giwa: Arms and the plan (YNaija Frontpage)

The North is being burnt by unemployed despondent youths. While in the South, young kidnappers and car jackals constantly terrorize all as the Nigerian police spend their time watching movies, eating Titus sardines and asking for bribes while dangerous criminals smoke marijuana in the front of the barracks. Two months ago, I moved my... Read More

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August 12, 2012

Justice Okoh’s abductors demand N40m ransom

by Isi Esene The kidnappers of the Delta High Court Judge, Justice Marcel Okoh have opened a line of contact with his family demanding a N40million ransom. The justice was abducted last week monday on his way to resuming his new position as Delta High Court judge in Warri. He was in June sworn in... Read More

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August 8, 2012

Delta State judge abducted, whereabouts unknown

by Isi Esene A newly appointed judge of the Delta State High Court, Justice Marcel Okoh, was yesterday abducted by gun-wielding youths at Oria-Abraka on his way to the oil rich city of Warri. Justice Okoh was the former director general of Public Prosecution (DPP) of Delta State and the vacation judge for High Court... Read More

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August 6, 2012

VIDEO: Attempted abduction of 10-year-old girl caught on CCTV

by Adeniyi Abdul A man, identified by police as Figueroa Fagot, was caught on CCTV cameras in South Philadelphia attempting to abduct a 10-year-old girl. He grabbed the girl while she was walking with her 2-year-old brother but she fought him off as her brother screamed. He man eventually let her go and escaped. At... Read More

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