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7 Jul
Iraq has opened an investigation into the suspected kidnapping of an Israeli-Russian academic after her disappearance in Baghdad, a government spokesman said.
29 Apr
The Police Command in Lagos State says it has arrested a couple (name withheld) over alleged self-kidnap for N5 million ransom.
27 Mar
A Magistrate's Court in Ado-Ekiti has ordered three suspects be remanded in a correctional centre for alleged kidnapping and murder of an 82-year-old man, Michael Obasuyi.
11 Mar
The Zamfara police command has dislodged a bandits’ camp and rescue 14 kidnapped victims in Zamfara, who had spent 68 days in captivity.
23 Jan
The Commissioner of Police in Plateau, Mr Bartholomew Onyeka, on Monday paraded six suspects allegedly linked to different crimes in the state.
20 Nov 2022
Security operatives in Kaduna State have foiled attempt by terrorists to kidnap inhabitants of Giwa community, forcing the terrorists to flee with bullet wounds after gun battle with troops.
17 Nov 2022
Justice Hakeem Oshodi of a Lagos State High Court Ikeja, yesterday, dismissed a post-conviction bail application filed by convicted dethroned Baale (Monarch) of Shangisha in the Magodo area of the state
14 Nov 2022
Terrorists are demanding N10 million ransom to release body of a dead victim, the late Obadiah Ibrahim, who was kidnapped few weeks ago, the family has revealed.
12 Nov 2022
Troops of Operation Forest Sanity on Friday eliminated eight bandits and rescued four kidnapped victims during a clearance operation at bandits’ camps in Zamfara forest.
5 Nov 2022
Mrs Victoria Dandaura, the kidnapped wife of the head of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad (CG’SSIS) Mr Appollos Dandaura, has been rescued by security operatives.
4 Nov 2022
A Psychotherapist at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Olukolade Olugbemi, has urged the government to make kidnap victims’ care a priority to adopt preventive measures against abduction and strengthen protection
13 Oct 2022
Suspected kidnappers have hijacked a fully loaded commercial bus conveying 18 passengers along Port Harcourt-Owerri road at Omurele community in Ikwerre Local Council of Rivers State.
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