Tag: gunmen kidnap
Gunmen Abduct NPC Commissioner, Aides At Rivers Section Of East-West Road
Yenagoa, - The Bayelsa Federal Commissioner at the National Population Commission, Mrs Gloria Izonfuo has been abducted by gunmen.
Police...
Before we are all kidnapped, By Fredrick Nwabufo
The first casualty of capricious election seasons in Nigeria is security. Governance is abandoned, and all efforts and expense are dissipated on party politics....
Gunmen kidnap Abuja-based naval officer, demand N3m ransom
LOKOJA - Gunmen have kidnapped an Abuja-based officer of the Naval Headquarters in Abuja, Musa Lawal.
The victim, with enlistment no. X12775 ABRP3, was whisked away...
Gunmen kill retired Air Force officer, demand N50m ransom for his...
LAFIA - Gunmen have killed a retired Nigerian Air Force officer and former Commissioner of the National Population Commission (NPC), Mr. Zakari Umaru-Kigbu, in...
Gunmen break into Catholic parish under Kukah, abduct 2 priests
KATSINA - Gunmen early Wednesday broke into one of the parishes presided over by the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan-Kukah, The...
Gunmen invade Plateau Polytechnic, kidnap students
JOS - Gunmen on Wednesday night invaded the main campus of the the Plateau State Polytechnic and abducted not yet known number of students...
JUST IN: Gunmen kidnap wife, child of Enugu commissioner’s younger brother
Gunmen have reportedly kidnapped the wife and a child of Mr Eugene Edeoga, younger brother of the Enugu State Commissioner for Environment, Hon Chijioke...
Gunmen kidnap three-year-old girl in Ondo
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a three-year old girl in front of second Army barrack gate, along Ondo road, Akure the state...
Gunmen Kidnap Chief Imam And His Two Sons In Abuja, Demand...
Abdullahi Abubakar Gbedako, the Chief Imam of Yangoji Central Mosque in Kwali Area Council, Abuja alongside his two sons, Aliyu Usman Abubakar and Ibrahim...
Gunmen kidnap AVM Smith in Lagos
Gunmen on Monday evening kidnapped a former Chief of Logistics, Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Sikiru Oladimeji Smith (rtd) in Lagos.
Smith,...
Gunmen kidnap retired Air Force General, AVM Smith in Lagos
LAGOS - Masked gunmen have abducted Air Vice Marshal Sikiru Smith (retd.), in the Ajah area of Lagos State.
Smith is a cousin to a...
Gunmen invade Bauchi community again, abduct nursing mother
There was pandemonium in Birshin Fulani, a suburb of Bauchi metropolis when gunmen invaded the area and allegedly kidnapped a nursing mother, Rukayyat Odedoyin.
According...
My brother will never die in vain —Sowore
Former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, says his younger brother, Olajide, will not die in vain.
He stated this in a Facebook post on Thursday night...
Gunmen Kidnap 18 Lagos-Bound Passengers In Ondo
According to a report by SaharaReporters, no less than eighteen passengers heading to Lagos have been kidnapped in Ondo state.
The passengers, who were travelling...
Gunmen abduct retired NBC director, daughter, others in Katsina
Gunmen suspected to be bandits, on Tuesday, abducted a former General Manager of the Katsina State Television, Alhaji Ahmed Abdulkadir, and his teenage daughter.
Abdulkadir...
Idris Mohammed, Niger State information commissioner kidnapped in his house
MINNA - Mallam Idris Mohammed, the Commissioner for Information and Strategy in Niger State has been kidnapped by gunmen and taken to an unknown...
Kidnappers abduct 38-year-old man in Jigawa, demand N60m
The Police in Jigawa said kidnappers have abducted a 38-year-old man in Kiyawa Local Government Area of the state.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO),...
Breaking: Bandits abduct Emir, 12 family members
KADUNA - Armed bandits have abducted a second class Emir of Kajuru, Alhaji Alhassan Adamu at his residence in Kajuru Local Government Area of...
Imo: ‘Unknown gunmen’ shift to rural areas
OWERRI - Investigations have revealed that hoodlums operating as “unknown gunmen” have relocated to the rural areas of Imo state.
It was gathered in Owerri...
Abducted UNIJOS lecturer regains freedom
A senior lecturer with the University of Jos, Dr Dan Ella, who was kidnapped by gunmen has regained his freedom.
It was learnt that Ella...