Why oil theft, kidnapping persist in Niger Delta—Defence minister, Badaru explains
Defence Minister Muhammed Badaru Abubakar has blamed the festering oil theft, illegal crude refining and kidnapping in the Niger Delta…
‘It’ll curb commercial kidnapping’—Jonathan says state police non-negotiable
Former President Goodluck Jonathan says the state police is crucial to addressing the challenge of insecurity in the country. Jonathan…
Rivers monarch faces trial for murder, kidnapping and other crimes
Port Harcourt—The paramount ruler of Kono-Boue community in Khana local government area of Rivers State, His Royal Highness, King Taalor…
Man organizes kidnap of his mother, gets N1m as share from N30m ransom
Gusau—The Zamfara State Police Command has arrested members of a notorious six-man kidnap gang including a 30-year-old man, Thomas Yau,…
Police to arraign popular kidnapper, John Lyon on Wednesday
Yenagoa—The Bayelsa State Police Command will on Wednesday, November 30, arraign popular kidnapper, John Ewa (John Lyon), who was arrested in…
Police parade Kidnap Kingpin, gang members in Yenagoa
Yenagoa—Trending kidnap kingpin, John Ikechuwkwu Ewa popularly known as John Lyon responsible for high-profile abductions in Bayelsa State has been…
Diri vows to secure freedom of kidnapped former Bayelsa commissioner, warns youths against crime
Yenagoa—The Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Tuesday had strong words for the abductors of a former Commissioner for…
Popular Kidnapper, Evans, two others sentenced to life imprisonment
Lagos—Justice Hakeem Oshodi of the Lagos High Court in Ikeja on Friday sentenced Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans, and…
We are intensifying efforts to rescue abducted Bayelsa commissioner, says Police
Yenagoa—The Bayelsa State Police Command has revealed that it is intensifying efforts to rescue the Bayelsa State Commissioner for Trade…
