Suspected militants have kidnapped four British nationals in Delta state, southern Nigeria, police and community leaders said on Wednesday. The four had been providing “free medical care and religious activities” in the Burutu area of Delta state, said Chief Theo Fakama, from the local Enukorowa community. Fakama said locals were “saddened” by the kidnapping as […]
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The lawyer representing Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, the kidnap kingpin popularly known as Evans, Olukoya Ogungbeje, has accused the police of making his client plead guilty when he was arraigned at an Ikeja high court on Wednesday. Evans as well as two of the five suspects arraigned with him, pleaded guilty to the two-count charge of kidnapping […]
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Suspected billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and kidnapping before a judge of the Ikeja High Court, on Wednesday. Evans, who has been in police custody since June 10, was charged with kidnapping and collection of ransom. He pleaded guilty to the two-count charge. Hakeem Oshodi, the presiding […]
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The police command in Nasarawa State has confirmed the abduction of a former Minister of Labour and Productivity, Mr Hussaini Akwanga. Akwanga served during the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo but was removed on Dec. 4, 2003, following an alleged $214 million national identity card scam. The spokesman of the Nasarawa State Police Command, DSP. […]
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Twelve suspected kidnappers, including a woman, arrested by the police in connection with a suspected kidnappers’ den at Ile-Zik bus stop in Ikeja, were on Friday remanded at Ikoyi Prisons on the orders of a Lagos magistrate. Tajudeen Elias, chief magistrate, said the accused are to remain behind bars pending a legal advice from the […]
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Kidnapped students of Lagos State Model College, Igbonla, Epe, have been released. Dolapo Badmos, public relations officer of the Nigeria police force, zone 2, confirmed this on Friday evening, but could not give details at press time. Nevertheless, reports have it that the students who were kidnapped on May 25, were released at Aboto Creek in […]
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The Osun Head of Service, Mr Sunday Owoeye, on Friday confirmed the abduction and killing of the Permanent Secretary, Bureau of General Services, Office of the Governor, Mrs Olufunke Oluwakemi Kolawole. Owoeye, who confirmed the killing in a statement in Osogbo, said the killing of the permanent was a rude shock. It was gathered that […]
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The police in Akwa Ibom say two Turkish construction workers were expatriates abducted by gunmen in their hotel rooms at Eket, Eket local government of Akwa Ibom on Sunday. Chukwu Okechukwu, spokesperson of the command, told NAN in Uyo on Monday that the Turkish nationals worked for BKS Construction Company in Onna local government area […]
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Isah Achuja, the Ohi of Ajaokuta in Kogi state was abducted by unknown gunmen who demanded a ransom of N20 million on Sunday.Achuja was returning to his kingdom from Lokoja, the state capital, when his vehicle was intercepted on the Lokoja-Ajaokuta road. He was then taken to an unknown destination. A member of the royal […]
Continue ReadingTwo gunmen suspected to be kidnappers, on Tuesday night abducted Mrs Comfort Alaba, a staff of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Festac Town, Lagos. Sources told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos, that the two-man gang stormed Tastee Fried Chicken (TFC) outlet at 22 Road, FESTAC Town and abducted the woman at about […]
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