Tag: kidnap
kidnapped ex-Ebonyi Deputy governor’s father dies in kidnapper’s den
Abakaliki, March 6, 2026 (NAN) The Police Command in Ebonyi has confirmed the death of the kidnapped former Ebonyi Deputy Governor, Mr Kelechi Igwe’s...
Ondo: Gunmen shoot farmer, kidnap wife – Police
Akure, March 5, 2026 (NAN) The Police Command in Ondo State has confirmed gunshot injuries sustained by a farmer and the abduction of his...
Ondo: 6 church worshippers kidnapped, 1 suspected informant arrested — Police
Akure, Feb.25, 2026 (NAN) The Police Command in Ondo State has confirmed the abduction of six worshippers of a celestial church located along Uso/Owo...
Police bust 10-man kidnapping syndicate, recover ransom in Akure
Akure, Feb.24, 2026 (NAN) The Police Command in Ondo State says it has arrested 10 suspected kidnappers and recovered money to be used as...
Ondo: Police arrest 2 suspected kidnappers, recover motorcycles
Akure, Feb.23, 2026 (NAN) The Police Command in Ondo State says it has arrested two suspected kidnappers and recovered motorcycles used by the suspects...
Couple abducted, 1 shot in Ondo community — Police
Akure, Feb. 21, 2026 (NAN) The Police Command in Ondo State has confirmed the abduction of a couple by gunmen on Friday evening in...
Police rescue minor, arrest kidnap suspect in A’Ibom
Uyo, Feb. 05, 2026 (NAN) The Police Command in Akwa Ibom says it has rescued a three-year old child from a suspected kidnapper in...
Police detain 52 suspects, recover firearms, ammunition in Enugu
Enugu, Jan. 31, 2026 (NAN) The Police Command in Enugu State has detained 52 suspects, recovered firearms, ammunition, and rescued three kidnapped victims between...
Nigerian Army rescues kidnapped cleric, neutralises gunman in Enugu
Abuja, Jam. 30, 2026 (NAN) Troops of 82 Division Nigerian Army/JTF South East, Operation UDO KA, have rescued a kidnapped cleric in Enugu State...
Army, police rescue 8 kidnap victims in Kaduna forest
Abuja, Jan. 28, 2026 (NAN) Troops of Sector 7, Operation Safe Haven (OPEP), in collaboration with the Zango Kataf Police Area Command, Civilian Joint...
Gunmen kidnap pregnant woman in Ondo
Akure, Jan. 28, 2026 (NAN) The Police Command in Ondo State has confirmed the abduction of a pregnant woman at Ayede Community in Akure...
Army sustains offensives against terrorists, rescues dozens of kidnapped victims nationwide
Abuja, Jan. 28, 2026 (NAN) The Nigerian Army has sustained coordinated offensive operations nationwide in the last 24 hours, neutralising terrorists, destroying camps and...
Troops rescue 11 kidnapped victims in Kaduna
Abuja, Jan. 27, 2026 (NAN) Troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued 11 kidnapped victims in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State following...
Police in Anambra reunite escapee with family
Awka, January 16, 2026 (NAN) The Police Command in Anambra has reunited a kidnap victim, who escaped from kidnappers’ den in Orumba South Local...
UK sanctions Russians over kidnap, re-education of Ukrainian children
London, Sept. 3, 2025 (dpa/NAN) Russian officials, a military commander and a nongovernmental organisation (Mother of Kremlin-backed Chechen) have been sanctioned by the UK over the...
Again, Police smash kidnapping gang in Imo, free 4 hostages
The Police Command in Imo on Saturday said it had smashed a kidnapping and armed robbery syndicate at Umuokanne in Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area...
Police declare 2 wanted over alleged murder, kidnapping
The Nigerian Police Force, Zone 5 Headquarters, Benin, have declared two persons wanted in connection with alleged multiple murders, kidnapping, unlawful possession of firearms,...
