Officers of the Akwa Ibom Police Command have arrested a self-kidnap suspect, Imaobong Sampson, and her boyfriend, Beltus Ebong, in Mbierebe Obio village, Ibesikpo Asutan Area of the state. This was disclosed by the spokesperson for the state police command, Odiko Macdon, on Monday. Macdon said the suspects were nabbed in their hideout by […]
Rivers Police command has uncovered a gang of notorious kidnappers and car snatchers formed by unrepentant ex-convicts. The police said members of the gang conducted their criminal enterprise along the popular Ikwerre Road from Mile one to Mile three. A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Grace Iringe-Koko, said the gang was […]
Police have disclosed that most reported kidnap cases across the country are either fake or stage managed. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Muyiwa Adejobi made this known during the presentation of medals to the athletes that participated in the boxing and archery categories of the 14th edition of the Biennial Police Games tagged […]
Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, on Saturday assured parents and families of kidnapped pupils and staff of the Apostolic Faith Group of Schools, Emure Ekiti, that they would soon be rescued to rejoin them. Oyebanji promised that efforts were in top gear to secure the release of the abductees safely and as well apprehend […]
Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, says it was the army that rescued the Al-Kadriyar sisters and other persons abducted from the Bwari area council of Abuja on January 2. The Al-Kadriyar sisters were reportedly released around midnight of Saturday. Last week, there were reports that Nabeeha, one of […]
The kidnappers of Barrister Cyril Adikwu’s wife and two in-laws from the Army Estate in Kurudu, Abuja, have demanded over 30 million naira in ransom. Recall that kidnappers invaded the estate on Thursday night at about 10:00 p.m. and took away his wife and two in-laws. Speaking with Vanguard about the incident, Barrister Cyril […]
The FCT Police Command has confirmed the arrest of one Chinaza Phillip, a notorious Abuja kidnapper by police operatives of the Kaduna State Police Command on Thursday. The suspect has been handed over to FCT police Command on Friday and currently in police custody. More details will be communicated soon….
Bandits who abducted six sisters and their father in the Bwari area council of the federal capital territory (FCT) have threatened to kill more girls if N100 million ransom is not paid. In a statement on Sunday, a family member of the girls who pleaded not to be named for security reasons, said the […]
Two South Koreans abducted nearly three weeks ago by an unidentified armed group in Rivers State, Southern Nigeria have been released, the foreign ministry in Seoul disclosed Saturday. The two Koreans, who were abducted on December 12, are employees of Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co., a major South Korean builder, according to Seoul’s Yonhap […]
The police authorities in Nasarawa State have rescued a lecturer with the state university in Keffi, Isaac Igbawua, from his abductors. Igbawua, of the Department of Microbiology, was kidnapped by gunmen from his residence along Old Barracks, Kokona Local Government Area on December 27, 2023. A day after his abduction, the Nasarawa State Police […]
