Tag: KIDNAP
Oyo monarch’s daughter among Lagos-Ibadan Expressway kidnap victims
Princess Temi Oyediran, daughter of the Onpetu of Ijeru Kingdom in Oyo State, Oba Sunday Oyediran, it has been revealed, was among recent kidnap...
Wife of kidnapped UI professor Adigun Agbaje speaks
Adebola Agbaje, wife of Prof. Adigun Agbaje, who was kidnapped along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway last Friday, has pleaded for the release of her husband.
Mrs Agbaje...
MAPOLY students start crowdfunding for kidnapped mates
Students' leaders at the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY) in Abeokuta, Ogun State, have begun a fundraising campaign to release their colleagues who were kidnapped...
UI former deputy VC Adigun Agbaje kidnapped, policeman shot dead
Gunmen have kidnapped a former deputy vice-chancellor (academics) of the University of Ibadan (UI) Prof Adigun Agbaje.
The professor of political science was among those...
US gave Nigeria time frame to find Olugbenga Owolabi’s killers —...
Ayorinde Owolabi, brother of the late hotelier, Olugbenga Owolabi, who was killed in August after coming to Nigeria to invest in hospitality business, has...
US-based hotelier Olugbenga Owolabi kidnapped, killed in Nigeria buried
The family of hotelier Olugbenga Owolabi, who was kidnapped and killed after a N5 million naira ransom was allegedly paid, has buried his remains.
Mr...
Kidnap suspect John Lyon not UNICAL graduate — Registrar
The University of Calabar (UNICAL) on Wednesday debunked claims that the alleged kidnapper John Ewa alias John Lyon is a graduate of the institution.
The...
John Lyon was a cleaner at a new generation bank –...
Bayelsa State Police Commissioner Ben Okoli on Monday said Abuja socialite, John Ewa alias John Lyon, arrested for alleged kidnapping was a cleaner at...
My job was to identify victims’ houses – Suspected kidnapper John...
Suspected kidnapper John Ewa alias John Lyon has claimed that his job was to identify the houses of his victims before they are kidnapped.
Lyon...
Banker turned ‘kidnap kingpin’ John Lyon arrested in Abuja
Police have arrested an ex-banker, John Lyon, for alleged involvement in a kidnap syndicate.
Lyon, who is believed to be a top member of a...