A 28-year-old nursing mother was among the 38 suspected armed robbers, kidnappers, car snatchers and local ammunition fabricators paraded by the police force headquarters yesterday in Abuja. The suspect, Simeon Esther, was arrested by police operatives for allegedly being in…
Residents rescue teenage girl from ritualist’s den in Lagos (Guardian)
Providence yesterday saved a 17-year-old girl, Rachel, when she was rescued by some residents from the hands of a three-man gang of suspected ritualists, who abducted her along Ibasa Road, Alasia, Ijanikin, a Lagos suburb on Wednesday. The girl, an…
Crime: Kidnappers arrested, dealer jailed for car fraud, and the other suspects
What is a city without crime? Every Friday, thisislagos descends into the Lagos underground to search out the baddest guys committing the craziest crimes in LasGidi. Don’t get caught!!! Man in court for posting fake picture of insane girl on…
I was kidnapped on the Kaduna express way and here is my story
I suddenly found myself alone with the phone! I quickly dialed my brother and told him to keep negotiating, never to give up. You see, once a victim speaks to their family,
Woman gives birth to triplets after losing two children to kidnappers (Punch)
More than two years after losing two children to suspected kidnappers, joy has returned to the family of Fatai and Suliat Azeez, who have welcomed a set of triplets at their home on Aiyepe Avenue in the Okokomaiko area of…
Kidnappers miss ex-PCA, capture LG service commission DG, driver (Guardian)
Former President of the Court of Appeal (PCA), Justice Mamman Nasir, has escaped from kidnappers that waylaid him in his home state, Katsina. But the director of administration with Ekiti State Local Government Service Commission, David Jejelowo, and his driver…
‘I’ve not seen my wife, daughter 2 years after their abduction’ (DailyTrust)
The immediate past chairman of Abaji Area Council, Alhaji Yahaya Garba Gawu, has said he has not seen his wife since she was abducted by gunmen two years ago despite payment of N5.5 million ransom to the kidnappers. Gawu, who…
Of kidnappers, cultists, herbalists and killer policemen
What is a city without crime? Every Friday, thisislagos descends into the Lagos underground to search out the baddest guys committing the craziest crimes in LasGidi. Don’t get caught!!! Police rescue ‘child kidnapper’ from mob (Nation) The police on Wednesday…