The Nigerian government called on Commissioners for Women Affairs across the country to use their platforms to promote policies aimed at tackling human trafficking. This plea…
Browsing: Kidnapping
An 83-year-old British missionary and his aide were freed approximately 48 hours after being kidnapped by an armed group, according to a statement from his church…
Brigadier-General Maharazu Tsiga (rtd), a former Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has been freed after enduring 56 days in captivity. Tsiga was taken…
The Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri has confirmed the abduction of one of its priests, Reverend Father John Ubaechu, who serves as the parish priest of Holy…
The management of the Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue State, has announced the school’s closure according to an internal memo titled “Security Situation…
The Kwara State Police Command has successfully thwarted two kidnapping attempts, leading to the arrest of four suspects in the Baruten and Ifelodun Local Government Areas.…
An Algerian court has sentenced a man to life in prison for kidnapping his teenage neighbour and holding him captive for 26 years in a cellar.…
Russia has sentenced a US citizen to six years in prison for attempting to take his son, a Russian citizen, out of the country without the…
Nigeria’s Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, has welcomed the release of two Kaduna-based journalists who were abducted from their homes in the…
An 18-seater bus operated by Big Joe Motors, which departed from Aduwawa Motor Park in Benin, Edo State, and was headed to Abuja, has been hijacked…