SPECIAL REPORT: Inside Nigeria’s worsening kidnap-for-ransom scourge (1)
A study of reported cases of Kidnap-for-ransom in the media reveals that the crime has become perhaps the biggest security...
Nicholas Ibekwe is PREMIUM TIMES' Head of Investigations. He is a graduate of English Language from the Lagos State University. He has a Master's in International Journalism from City University, London, United Kingdom.
Nicholas, who is 2016 fellow of the World Press Fellowship, has won several awards for his work including the Wole Soyinka Prize for Investigative Journalism, two-time finalist, FAIR( Forum for African Investigative Reporters) Award, and Chevening Scholarship. Twitter: @nicholasibekwe
A study of reported cases of Kidnap-for-ransom in the media reveals that the crime has become perhaps the biggest security...
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