Tag: Kidnapped

The victim, Emeason Chima, was kidnapped on Saturday near Maduka University in Ekwegbe, Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area of Enugu State.

The police had confirmed the kidnap of the 20 medical students.

The kidnaps occurred in two separate incidents Saturday night in the same Kaduna community.

The passengers were travelling to Abuja when gunmen attacked and kidnapped them around Okene in Kogi State.

Emergency management official says banditry was hampering rescue operations in the area of the accident.

DHQ also said the troops rescued 253 kidnapped victims in one week.

20 of the 24 students of the university kidnapped last week have been rescued by security operatives and local hunters

“Investigation is in progress. Updates will be provided accordingly," the police said.

Mrs Agbu said the students regained freedom Thursday night after the payment of an undisclosed amount of money to their ...

Residents of the area told PREMIUM TIMES that the gunmen on Monday afternoon released seven captives.

In Kaduna, north-west Nigeria, over 200 students were kidnapped last week by yet-to-be-identified bandits.

The Inspector-General of Police said the records demonstrated the plausible efforts of the police at fighting crimes and criminality and ...

Governor Oyebanji said security agencies in the state are already on the trail of the abductors with a mandate to ...

“The men who kidnapped him were heavily armed. They were dressed in police uniforms.”

Gunmen abducted six sisters and their father in the Bwari Area Council of Abuja on 2 January.

The gunmen, numbering about 40, reportedly came into the Kawu community on Thursday through the Kuyeri Forest in Kaduna State.

The IGP directed the deployment of police officers with guarded security equipment to be stationed on the road and ensure ...

The victims were kidnapped in two major incidents that occurred in the first week of the new year thus depicting ...

Those kidnapped include a pregnant woman and children.

The army said the operator was part of its offensive to get rid of terrorists from the region.

Diaz's father has been rescued 12 days after he was kidnapped hale and hearty

According to him, the police officers are currently combing nearby forests, routes and suspected hideouts to track the bandits and ...

Information Commissioner, Matthew Abo, was kidnapped from his residence in Zaki-Biam on Sunday, 24 September by some armed men in ...

The cleric was abducted with his daughter.

Security agencies say one of the church attackers was killed during a successful rescue operation.