abduction
13 Apr
Channels Television reporter, Joshua Rogers, who was abducted from his residence in Rumuosi, Obio/Akpor area in Rivers, has been freed.
4 Apr
Operatives of Osun Amotekun Corps have arrested a 35-year-old man, Abayomi Timothy Babalola for allegedly abducting a married woman, identified as Sofiyat at Ode-Omu, and holding her hostage for three weeks amid random sexual intercourse.
4 Apr
Crack detectives attached to the Monitoring Unit, Zone 2 Police Command headquarters, Onikan, Lagos, have arrested a Ghanaian chauffeur, Kwesi Samuel and two accomplices for allegedly conniving with others to kidnap the 10-year-old son of his employer.
28 Mar
A man identified simply as Prince a.k.a Don P, has allegedly abducted a 13-year-old girl and repeatedly defiled her for two days.
9 Mar
Mr Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has bemoaned continued security challenges in Nigeria, insisting that Nigeria children must be allowed to learn in a secure and safe environment.
5 Mar
A Coalition of civil rights organisations, yesterday, urged the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, to ensure swift release of the abducted wife of Mutairu Kabiru Igene, a traditional leader in Agbede, a community in Edo State.
8 Feb
It was a traumatic scene at a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, yesterday, when Aliu Abubakar, the father of a nine-year-old boy kidnapped in the Mushin area of the state in 2022, narrated his son’s ordeal. Abubakar, the first prosecution witness, in his testimony before Justice Adenike Coker, said after the kidnappers released the…
19 Jan
A man simply known as Northern Man on X (formerly Twitter), yesterday, narrated how he miraculously escaped being kidnapped in the Lugbe area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
22 Dec
Two suspected cultists reportedly abducted a 14-year-old girl and defiled her in an apartment, at Mile 3, Diobu, Port Harcourt City Council, Rivers State.
2 Nov
The Police Command in Adamawa has confirmed the abduction of Usman Sahabi, the Chief of Staff to the Speaker, of the Adamawa House of Assembly.
6 Jul 2023
Lagos State government, yesterday, arraigned a 17-year-old boy before Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, sitting in Ikeja, for allegedly abducting and defiling a 15-year-old girl.
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