Showing posts with label kidnappings in Nigeria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kidnappings in Nigeria. Show all posts
Tuesday 4 October 2016

Recession, Upsurge in Crimes in Nigeria: 25 Security And Safety Tips For Nigerians

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The current recession in Nigeria is anticipated to have a multiplier-effect in criminal activities, cybercrime and general insecuri...
Sunday 17 July 2016

Lagos Oba Kidnapped, Abductors Killed Security Guard, Shot Wife

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Armed men reportedly abducted a first class traditional ruler in Lagos, Oba Yushau Goriola Oseni, the Oniba of Ibaland, killed his security...
Wednesday 22 June 2016

Suspected Militants Kidnap 5 Expats, Kill One in Calabar, South-South Nigeria

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At least five expatriates and two Nigerians were on Wednesday kidnapped at the Idundu axis of the Calabar-Oban road, south-south, Nigeria...

Nigeria Unveils Special Military Squad To Tackle Kidnapping In Kogi State

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The Nigerian government says it will deploy a special military squad to Kogi State to tackle kidnapping and other related crimes that hav...
Sunday 19 June 2016

'Niger Delta Militants' Kidnap Naval Officer, Two Others In Lagos, Demand N7m Ransom

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The Nation newspaper reports that gunmen claiming to be Niger Delta Militants Kidnapped three people last Monday along the Lagos/Ogun wa...
Saturday 4 June 2016

Gunmen Kidnap Journalist, Her Daughter in Ogun State, South-West, Nigeria

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The Nation newspaper reports that armed men have Kidnapped the Director of Information in Odogbolu Local Government Council of Ogun state...
Wednesday 4 May 2016

Nigerian Senate Sanctions Death Penalty for Kidnapping in Nigeria

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Given spike in kidnappings in Nigeria, the Nigerian Senate on Wednesday said it would soon pass a bill for a law that would make kidnappi...

Gunmen Kidnap University of Calabar Lecturer, Two Other Students

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Symptomatic of pervading insecurity and kidnappings in Nigeria, unknown gunmen in the early hours of Tuesday, 03/05/2016 reportedly inva...
Tuesday 22 March 2016

Christian Leaders Kidnapped In Kaduna State, Abductors Demand N100m Ransom

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SaharaReporters recounts that some church leaders in Kaduna have been abducted, a source at the headquarters of the Christian Association...
Wednesday 21 October 2015

Pirates Kidnap Lithuanian, Ukrainian Sailors Off Nigeria

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Gunmen have kidnapped two Lithuanian and two Ukrainian sailors off southern Nigeria, in the latest incident in a region described...
Friday 25 September 2015

Kidnappers Shoot Nigerian Businessman After Collecting N30 million Ransom

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An Abeokuta-based oil magnate, Mr Akeem Lawal, 36, was kidnapped and shot after the kidnappers were paid N30 million as ransom.
Wednesday 23 September 2015

Police Confirm Kidnap of Minna-based (Niger State) Hotelier By Gunmen

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The Nigeria Police in Niger on Tuesday confirmed the kidnapping of a hotelier, Cletus Ojukwu, the Director of Phoenix Hotel limited, Minna,...
Monday 21 September 2015

UPDATE: Kidnappers of Nigeria’s Ex-Finance Minister Demand N100million Ransom For His Release

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A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation and former presidential aspirant, Chief Olu Falae, who was kidnapped a while ago a...
Thursday 17 September 2015

BREAKING NEWS! Kidnappers Free Wife of The Sun Newspaper Deputy MD

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Mrs.Toyin Nwosu, the wife of the Deputy Managing Director of the Sun Publishing Limited, Mr. Steve Nwosu  has been released by her abduct...
Tuesday 15 September 2015

Gunmen Kidnap Son of Vice Chancellor of University of Port Harcourt

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Unknown gunmen have reportedly abducted the son of the newly appointed Vice Chancellor of the University of Port Harcourt, Prof. Ndowa La...
Friday 11 September 2015

Gunmen Kidnap Prominent Chief Imam, University of Nigeria Nsukka

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The Chief Imam of the University of Nigeria Nsukka and who also doubles as the Deputy Secretary-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for...
Wednesday 9 September 2015

Gunmen Kidnap Political Advicer To Governor of Bayelsa State, One Other

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Barely twenty-four hours after the two Okpoama chiefs that were kidnapped last week in the mangrove swamp of Bayelsa East senatorial distri...
Sunday 6 September 2015

Kidnappers Abduct Anglican Bishop In Nigeria, Demand N40m Ransom

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Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh, the Archbishop, Metropolitan and Primate of Nigeria, has advised Christians to be vigilant as kidnappers demanded ...
Tuesday 25 August 2015

Gunmen Kidnap 75-year-old Woman in Niger State, Demand N100m

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A 75-year-old woman and mother of a onetime chairman of Rijau local government area in Niger State, Hajiya Umma Rijau, has been kidnapp...
Thursday 30 July 2015

Notorious Kidnapper, Military Accomplice Apprehended in Onitsha

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A 28-year-old notorious kidnapper, Henry Chibueze, popularly called ‘Vampire’, has been arrested alongside his informant.