Tag: KIDNAP
Kidnapped reverend sisters regain freedom after 53 days
Three Catholic reverend sisters and three other females who were kidnapped by gunmen in Edo State have been released.
The sisters of the Eucharistic Heart...
Gunmen release abducted doctor in Cross River
Gunmen early on Sunday released Dr Usang Ekanem, a medical practitioner with the Cross River College of Education Medical Centre, Akamkpa, kidnapped on December...
Doctors threaten strike over kidnap of colleague in Cross River
Members of the Cross River State branch of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), have threatened indefinite withdraw of their services to members of the...
Navy rescues personnel, daughter from kidnappers
The Nigerian Navy said it rescued a naval personnel abducted together with his daughter in the late hours of December 28 in Ozuoha/Omademe community...
I paid huge ransom for my release, kidnaped Osayomore Joseph confesses
Edo music icon, Osayomore Joseph, who was recently freed by kidnappers, has narrated his experience and said he paid a “colossal” amount as ransom.
“I...
Man sells daughter, neighbour’s child to raise money for in-law’s burial
An artisan on Waidi Ogunseye Street, Meiran, Lagos State, Kingsley Oriaku, has owned up to selling one of his five children, a one-and-a-half-year-old girl,...
Kidnapped former sports minister, Damishi Sango, others regain freedom
A former Minister of Sports and the Plateau State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Damishi Sango, and others kidnapped with him have...
Kidnapped Ekiti senator, Ayo Arise, regains freedom
A former Senator from Ekiti State, Mr Ayo Arise, who was kidnapped last Sunday, has regained freedom.
Arise, a governorship aspirant under the All Progressive...
We are working to secure Sango’s release – Lalong
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau has said that the Plateau and Kaduna State Governments are working round the clock with security operatives to have...
Sango’s abductors demand N100 million ransom
Abductors of Plateau Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chairman, Damishi Sango, have demanded for N100 million ransom.
“The abductors have contacted the family. Sango was also...