The police have arrested a 14-year-old housemaid, Favour Iwuozo in Ogun State for allegedly abducting the baby of her boss. Police authorities said in a statement issued on Tuesday that the suspect ran away with the two-year-old victim to neighbouring Lagos. Iwuozo, according to the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, was […]
Gunmen have reportedly kidnapped the wife and a child of Mr Eugene Edeoga, younger brother of the Enugu State Commissioner for Environment, Hon Chijioke Edeoga on Saturday night. They were said to have been kidnapped inside their house at the old Eke Market in Eha-Amufu, Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of the state. This is coming […]
A former governorship aspirant in Plateau State, Kemi Nicholas Nshe, has been kidnapped. Nshe, a chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, who aspired to govern the State in 2019 was before then, the Chairman of Shendam local government area and the ALGON Chairman in the State. He was kidnapped in Shendam on Saturday, alongside […]
The Kaduna chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) says two more abducted students of Bethel Baptist High School, Damishi, Chikun LGA have regained their freedom. John Hayab, the chairman of the chapter, said this in a statement on Saturday. He confirmed that a total of 120 abducted students of the school have been […]
A wife and two daughters of a lecturer with the Federal College of Education Technical, Gusau have been kidnapped by bandits in Zamfara state on Friday. Journalists were told that the wife, Binta Umar Jabaka and the two daughters, Maryam Abdurrazak and Hafsat Abdurrazak were kidnapped in their house, at Mareri suburb at around 1am. […]
The kidnapped traditional ruler in Plateau State, Charles Mato Dakat, has been released, ThePUNCH reports. Dakat who is the Paramount ruler in Gindiri chiefdom, Mangu Local Government of the state, was kidnapped when gunmen attacked his palace last Sunday around 1am . His abductors had made contact with the family members a few days later […]
Ibe Pascal Arogorn A former governorship candidate in Imo State, Uche Nwosu, has been kidnapped by gunmen at the St. Peter’s Anglican Church, Eziama-Obaire in Nkwerre Local Government Area of Imo State. The incident occured during the Outing Service of the victim’s mother, late Jemamah Nwosu. Nwosu was in the village for the burial last […]
Gunmen have attacked a Mosque at Tella town in Gassol local government area of Taraba State, abducting four worshippers. A resident of Tella, Suleiman Rabiu, told Daily Trust that the gunmen, about 12 in number, surrounded the mosque at about 7.12pm and abducted worshipers who were observing Isha’i prayers. The source said the gunmen after […]
Also, the Chairman of Umunwagbara village in Owerri Nchi-Ise kingdom, Sunny Unachukwu, has been abducted. The chief priest and the community leader were kidnapped on Saturday in Owerri, the state capital. An eyewitness, who does not want to be mentioned for security reasons, told our correspondent that the victims were abducted along Christ Church Road […]
A businessman, Mr Sylvanus Ahamonu, on Friday narrated before an Ikeja Special Offences Court, how he was allegedly kidnapped, tortured and made to pay $420,000 ransom by alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike (alias Evans) and his gang members. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ahamonu, gave evidence online via the Zoom App, as […]
