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Lagos police free abducted 61-year-old Lebanese woman

May 16, 2013 no comments

Lagos – A 61-year-old Lebanese woman, Alhaja Essa Dannawi, who was kidnapped at her residence in Lagos on May 2, has been rescued by the police, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Umar Manko,...

No ransom paid for release of Ali Monguno, officials say

May 6, 2013 no comments

NAN – No ransom was paid for Monday’s release of Nigeria’s first Petroleum Minister, Shettima Ali Monguno, who was abducted on Friday, Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State has said. The gove...

Lagos police rescue American International School student after 10 day...

April 29, 2013 no comments

Lagos state police have rescued 16-year-old Olufolabi Adeniji, the 11th grade student at the American International School who was kidnapped two weeks ago. Authorities believe Adebayo John, the famil...

90-year-old baker kidnapped in Akure

April 24, 2013 no comments

Residents of Isolo street in Akure formed a small search party on Tuesday to find a 90-year-old man who they say was kidnapped on his way to the neighborhood mosque for early morning prayers. Witness...

16-year-old American International School student kidnapped in Lagos

April 20, 2013 no comments

Unidentified kidnappers abducted 16-year-old Olufolabi Adeniji, an 11th grade student at the prestigious American International School in Lagos, school authorities have confirmed. Punch reports that ...

Three Lebanese abducted in Lagos freed

March 29, 2013 no comments

BEIRUT: Lebanese nationals abducted in a Nigerian city were released overnight Thursday, the director-general of the Foreign Affairs Ministry told The Daily Star. Three Lebanese were abducted by gunm...

MTN staff abducted in Lagos

March 29, 2013 no comments

LAGOS— A staff of a telecommunication giant, MTN, one Yemi Owadokun, has been kidnapped in Lagos. The 44-year-old man was said to have been abducted, Thursday , at about 6.10a.m, at Ologunfe junction...

British national kidnapped in Nigeria is freed

March 28, 2013 no comments

Lagos state police spokeswoman, DSP Ngozi Braide, confirmed that the British man kidnapped in Nigeria was released on Tuesday. It is not clear if a ransom was paid for his release. The British nation...

Three Lebanese nationals kidnapped in Nigeria

March 28, 2013 no comments

Lebanon’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that three Lebanese nationals were kidnapped in Nigeria on Tuesday. Sources told the Daily Star that the Lebanese community in Nigeria has assured t...

British expatriate kidnapped in Lagos

March 27, 2013 no comments

A British expatriate was kidnapped on Saturday night at about 11 p.m. in Lagos, police has said. Police spokesman, Frank Mba, said the victim was abducted while on his way home from a nightclub in th...

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