Tag: kidnapping
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Police rescue 4 teenagers, arrest suspected abductor
The Police Command in Lagos state says its personnel rescued four teenagers and arrested a suspect alleged to have abducted them in the Surulere area of the state.
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Kidnapping: Police confirm release of Agbaje, UI Professor
The Nigeria Police Force, Oyo State Command, on Monday confirmed the release of Prof. Adigun Agbaje, a former Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Ibadan, from dens of his abductors. Its Public Relations Officer, SP. Adewale Osifeso, made this known to newsmen in Ibadan. Newsmen recalls that Agbaje, along with other travellers, including two female students of…
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Police rescue 4 kidnap victims in Benue
Police in Benue State have rescued four kidnap victims in Oju Local Government Area of the State. Police spokesperson, SP Sewuese Anene stated on Tuesday in Makurdi that the quartet was kidnapped on Sept. 23 on Ijegwu-Opirikwu Road in Obi Local Government Area of the state.
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The burgeoning kidnapping industry – By Dakuku Peterside
Nigeria is a land of mysteries with too many unexplained and unexplainable phenomena. It is inexplicable that it has not secured a place in the Guinness book of records on account of socio-economic mysteries. Mysterious social occurrences defy logic and common sense and happen in everyday national life. One of the mysteries of today’s Nigeria…
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BREAKING: Kidnap kingpin, Evans, accomplice sentenced to 21 years imprisonment
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday sentenced the convicted kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans and his accomplice, Victor Aduba to 21 years imprisonment to life imprisonment for kidnapping a businessman Slyvanus Ahamonou and collecting N$420,000 as ransom from his family. Recall that, Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of a Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja,…
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20-year-old mother, lover arrested for selling baby for N500,000
The Police in Ebonyi have arrested a 20-year-old mother of a baby boy and her lover who sold their baby to a maternity home operator for N500,000.
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Zamfara gov signs death penalty for kidnappers, bandits and cultism
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has signed into law a death penalty on anybody found guilty of banditry, cattle rustling, cultism, or serving as a bandits’ informant. He made the announcement in a broadcast to the people of the state on Tuesday morning. He said: “On the 28th of June this year, I assented…
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Analysis: Unending reign of terror in Nigeria: Where is next?
Insecurity in Nigeria has reached an alarming proportion, manifesting in the form of banditry, kidnapping, mass shootings and political violence, forcing many in the country to now live in the throes of fear as ransoms paid since this year have already exceeded N1 billion. The country’s North-central and Northwest regions continue to experience communal militia…
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Banditry, kidnapping, cattle rustling, and cultism attract death penalty in Zamfara
Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, has signed the anti-banditry and other related offences bill into law. The law which comes into force with immediate effect has the death penalty for those found guilty of banditry and other related offences in Zamfara.
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Police urge public to ignore video on blockade of Abuja-Lokoja highway by herdsmen
The Kogi Police Command has urged the public to ignore a trending video alleging the blockade of the Abuja – Lokoja highway and the kidnapping of passengers by herdsmen. The Commissioner of Police, Edward Egbuka, gave the advice on Friday in Lokoja in a statement issued by the command’s image maker, SP William Ovye-Aya. Egbuka…