Showing posts with label Kidnap Hotspots in Nigeria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kidnap Hotspots in Nigeria. Show all posts
Tuesday 17 April 2018

German Expat Kidnapped in Northern Nigeria

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Gunmen on Monday kidnapped a German national working for a construction firm in Kano in an attack that also killed a police officer, poli...
Monday 16 April 2018

Rampaging Kidnappers Kill 2 Policemen, Abduct 21 in Kaduna

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Daredevil gunmen on Thursday night killed two policemen, and abducted 21 persons in Birnin Gwari area of Kaduna State, North Central Nig...
Friday 12 May 2017

Gunmen Kidnap Legal Practitioner, Kidnapped School Principal Rescued in Delta State

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A renowned legal practitioner and one-time president of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), lsoko chapter, Chief Kennedy Uwubiti, was on W...
Sunday 26 February 2017

Nigerian Government Set To Launch New Anti-Kidnapping Measures 

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A fresh initiative by the Federal Government to curb the growing menace of kidnapping across the country is on the way.
Friday 17 February 2017

Gunmen Kidnap Catholic Priest in Akwa Ibom State, South-South Nigeria

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A Roman Catholic priest of Ikot Ekpene Diocese, in Akwa Ibom State, Rev. Father Felix Akpan has been abducted by unknown gunmen.
Monday 13 February 2017

Ex Dept. of State Security Director Kidnapped in Kogi State, Freed

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Premium Times reports that a retired State Director of the State Security Service, otherwise known as the Department of State Security, ...
Thursday 9 February 2017

Gunmen Kidnap Residential Estate Secretary, Kill 3 Security Guards in Lagos

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Barely a week after the Lagos State governor signed the Lagos State anti-kidnapping bill into a law , Channels Television reports that d...
Saturday 14 January 2017

Breaking: Two Staff, 3 Students of Turkish International School Kidnapped in Nigeria

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Vanguard newspaper reports that five persons, three students and two members of staff of the Turkish International School, Isheri, a bor...
Monday 2 January 2017

Gunmen Kidnap Kogi Monarch, Demand N20m Ransom

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Unknown gunmen have abducted a traditional ruler in Kogi, a family source said in Lokoja on Sunday.
Saturday 10 December 2016

Kidnapping Scaring Foreign Investors From Nigeria — Guild of Editors

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The Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, has expressed concern over the upsurge in kidnapping across Nigeria, which has become a national mena...
Tuesday 29 November 2016

Gunmen Attack Lagos Community, Kidnap Seven

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Kidnappers in military uniform at the weekend reportedly abducted seven at the Kodjo Farm, Igbodu, Epe area of Lagos State. The victims, ...
Monday 21 November 2016

Gunman Kidnap Nigeria's Former Minister of External Affairs

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Nigeria's former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bagudu Hirse has been abducted by gunmen in Kaduna State, northwest Nigeri...
Friday 21 October 2016

House of Assembly Propose Death Sentence For Kidnapping in Lagos State, South-West Nigeria

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Guardian newspaper reports that in a bid to rein in incessant cases of kidnapping in Lagos State, a private member bill sponsored by the...
Thursday 13 October 2016

Retired Police AIG Joseph Mbu’s Wife Kidnapped, Rescued

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The wife of retired Assistant Inspector General of Police, Mr. Joseph Mbu was kidnapped yesterday near her house in the Satellite Town cl...
Sunday 2 October 2016

Security Agencies Issue Kidnap Advisory To Govt Officials, Politicians; Suspected Kidnappers of CBN's Wife Arrested

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Sequel to increase in kidnappings in Nigeria , the Nigeria Police Force and the Department of State Services have issued a security advis...
Friday 30 September 2016

BREAKING! Heavily Armed Men Kidnap Wife of Nigeria's Central Bank Governor; Demand N1.5bn Ransom

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Bands of heavily armed kidnappers yesterday, Thursday, 29th September 2016, reportedly abducted Mrs. Margaret Emefiele, the wife of Niger...
Saturday 17 September 2016

Gunmen Kidnap 4 Men in Isheri G.R.A, Lagos - Ogun Border Town, South-West Nigeria

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Gunmen have reportedly kidnapped four men in Isheri North, a border town between Lagos and Ogun states, South-West, Nigeria.
Friday 2 September 2016

Gunmen Kidnap 14 Oil Workers in Rivers State, Nigeria

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No fewer than 14 workers of an oil company, Nestoil Plc have been kidnapped by unidentified Gunmen in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government ...
Thursday 1 September 2016

Gunmen in Military Camouflage Abduct 3 Landlords From Residential Estate in Lagos

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There's p alpable tension in New Haven Estate, Igbelaju, in the Iba area of  Lagos State, after some gunmen dressed in military unifo...
Sunday 14 August 2016

Gunmen Kidnap 5, Including Party Chieftain Along Abuja-Lokoja Highway

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A chieftain of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in Kogi State, Idris Ozi Shaibu, and four others were reportedly kidnapped at Osara a...