Tag: KIDNAP
Kaduna-Abuja road now safe — El-Rufai
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has said that Kaduna-Abuja
Highway is now safe for travellers.
El-Rufai said this on Monday after a visit to President
Muhammadu Buhari...
Father of kidnapped 5-day-old baby banished from community
Father of the five-day-old male child kidnapped on April
11 at Ijagbe community, Kogi State, Tosin Ojuola, has been banished from the
community.
Mr Ojuola told the...
N5m paid to herdsmen to release me – OAU professor
Orthopaedic surgeon at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Professor Olayinka Adegbehingbe, has said that the sum of N5.045 million was paid to secure...
Gunmen release Plateau Polytechnic’s assistant registrar’s sister
Younger sister of the assistant registrar of Plateau
State Polytechnic, Abigail Amos, has been released by her abductors.
Abigail, an OND one student of the Polytechnic,...
Boko Haram wants N200m ransom for kidnapped NYSC member – Colleague
A colleague of Abraham Amuta, a member of the National
Youth Service Corps (NYSC) who was kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents, has said
that the insurgents...
Kidnapped OAU professor regains freedom
Professor Olayinka Adegbehingbe of Obafemi Awolowo
University (OAU), Ile-Ife, who was kidnapped on his way from Ibadan to Ife, has
been released.
His release comes 24 hours...
Wike threatens to unseat monarchs over kidnapping, cultism
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has threatened to dethrone
traditional rulers whose communities encourage cultism and kidnapping.
Wike, visibly upset with rising insecurity in the state,...
NYSC confirms kidnap of corps member in Borno
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has confirmed the kidnap of a male corps member, Abraham Amuta, by Boko Haram insurgents in Borno State.
The state...
Assistant registrar’s sister kidnapped at Plateau Polytechnic staff quarters
Unidentified gunmen early Monday stormed Plateau
Polytechnic staff quarters at Heipang, Barki Ladi local government area of the
state.
Younger sister of the polytechnic’s assistant registrar,
Ezekiel Rangs,...
OAU professor kidnapped
Professor Olayinka Adegbehingbe of Obafemi Awolowo
University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has been kidnapped on his way from Ibadan to Ife,
Premium Times reports.
Adegbehingbe lectures at the College...