Kidnapping

TACKLING THE RISING WAVE OF KIDNAPPING

Thisday Editorial Security agencies must do more to stem the scourge  Kidnapping for ransom has assumed anarchic proportions in Nigeria. Hardly a day passes without chilling reports of abductions, sometimes of a whole family. But…


His Emmence Samuel Kanu-Uche

Methodist Prelate: Unravelling The Kidnap ‘Industry’

By Punch Editorial Board There is trouble in the land. Gun-toting kidnappers are running riot across the country without respect for rank or calling. Recently, on the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, Abia State, they stunned the…


Court Convicts Evans, 2 Other Co-Defendants

Court Convicts Evans, 2 Other Co-Defendants

By Tribune Online The Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has convicted kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike popularly known as Evans on a two-count of conspiracy and kidnapping of a businessman, Donatus Duru. Justice Hakeem Oshodi…


Nigerian Police

Delta Police Nab Abductor With Guns

By Dele Ogunyemi Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have rescued unhurt a 37-year-old kidnap victim (name withheld) of Egbo-Urhie community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of the state. PUNCH Metro gathered that…



Suspected Herdsmen

Suspected Herdsmen Kidnap Anglican Priest In Delta

By Matthew Ochei An Anglican priest, Revd Anthony Oyi, has been kidnapped by suspected Fulani herders on his farm at Issele-Mkpitime, Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State. Sunday PUNCH gathered that the priest,…