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Senate Seeks Life Imprisonment For Kidnappers

Admin 1 3 years ago

By Abdullateef Salau The Senate, on Tuesday, considered a bill seeking stiffer punishment for the offence of abduction, wrongful restraint and confinement for ransom. The bill titled, “Abduction, Wrongful Restraints and Confinement Bill 2021” proposed a life imprisonment for anyone […]

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Kidnappers leak video of Forestry College students, demand N500m

Admin 1 3 years ago

Agency Report At least two videos of some of the 39 students kidnapped from the Federal College of Forestry Maintenance on Thursday are in circulation in the social media. The videos show the students cowering on a forest floor as armed captors […]

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Lagos to arraign Iba monarch’s kidnappers today

Admin 1 8 years ago

The Lagos State Government on Sunday said it would arraign the key suspects arrested for the kidnap of the traditional ruler of Iba Town, Oba Goriola Oseni before a Lagos High Court in Igbosere on Monday, Oct. 24.Mr Adeniji Kazeem, […]

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Two men remanded in prison for allegedly kidnapping teenager

Admin 1 9 years ago

A Magistrates’ Court in Minna on Tuesday ordered the remand in prison of two men, Abubakar Mohammed and Usman Kwore, for alleged kidnapping. The duo were first arraigned on Aug. 5 on a two-count charge of criminal conspiracy and kidnapping, […]

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Convicted Kidnappers to Forfeit Assets in Rivers as Wike Signs New Law

Admin 1 9 years ago

• State PDP hails Buhari on implementation of Unep report on Ogoni Ernest Chinwo in Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, yesterday assented to a new anti-kidnapping law passed by the state House of Assembly which stipulates that persons […]

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SSS arrests over 20 kidnappers across Nigeria

Admin 1 9 years ago

The State Security Service, SSS, in a combination of special tactical operations and robust actionable intelligence has arrested over 20 kidnap kingpins across the country. The operations sanctioned by the Director-General, Lawal Daura, succeeded in the arrest of the masterminds […]

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Pastor, 12 others arrested for alleged kidnapping in Ekiti

Admin 1 9 years ago

RESIDENTS of Ekiti State who have known Pastor Babatunde Balogun as a man of God were shocked when security agents yesterday paraded him and 12 others as kidnap suspects that have been terrorising the state in the last six months. […]

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Police kill 3 kidnap suspects

Admin 1 9 years ago

No fewer than three suspected kidnappers were on Tuesday, gunned down by policemen along East-West Road, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Daily Sun gathered that the operation followed a distressed call received by policemen at about 9.30pm about the abduction of […]