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Nigeria: Okonjo-Iweala Mother's Kidnap - Police Obtain Database On Kidnappers
Vanguard, 27 December 2012
THE police in Delta State have obtained a database on the 10-man kidnap gang that abducted Prof. Kamene Okonjo, mother of the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, at… Read more »
Nigeria's Kidnapping Syndicates
Kidnapping, or "man-stealing", has become such a big industry in some Nigerian states that it currently has a loose association, comprising graduates and undergraduates with an organized set-up and leadership. Vanguard newspaper reports
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Nigeria: How Niger Delta Kidnappers Work
Vanguard, 23 December 2012
KIDNAPPING (read man-stealing) has metamorphosed into such a very big industry in Delta State that it currently has a loose association, comprising graduates and undergraduates… Read more »
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Nigeria: 'Kidnap of Okonjo-Iweala's Mother, Unpleasant Experience for Delta'
Vanguard, 27 December 2012
DELTA State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Chike Ogeah has said that the recent kidnap of the mother of the Co-ordinating Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was a nightmare he… Read more »
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Nigeria: Fresh Storm Over Alleged Kidnap of Ugborodo Leader
Vanguard, 27 December 2012
Controversy is trailing the purported kidnap of embattled Eghare-Aja (community leader), Chief Wellington Ojogor, of oil-rich Ugborodo community, Warri South-West Local Government… Read more »
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Nigeria: Okonjo's Kidnap - Group Flays Arrest of 70 Persons in Agbor
Vanguard, 27 December 2012
PEOPLE of Agbor in Delta State, have condemned the arrest of no fewer than 70 indigenes of the community by military officers during the search for kidnapped Dr. Ngozi… Read more »
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Nigeria: JTF Beefs Up Security in Kano Ahead of Christmas, New Year
Daily Trust, 24 December 2012
Following the attacks launched by two suicide bombers on MTN and Airtel telecommunication facilities on Saturday, the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) has intensified security… Read more »
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Nigeria: Islamic Group Claims Responsibility for Kidnapping French Citizen
This Day, 24 December 2012
The radical Islamist group, Ansaru, yesterday claimed responsibility for the recent kidnapping of a French citizen in Katsina State, citing France's push for military intervention… Read more »
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Nigeria: Kidnapping - Delta Assembly Speaker Slams Police
This Day, 23 December 2012
The Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Hon. Victor Ochei, yesterday in Asaba, the state capital, accused some officers of the state Police Command of sowing the seed of… Read more »
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Nigeria: Army Officer, Oil Union Officials Fingered in Oil Hijacks
Vanguard, 22 December 2012
A syndicate specializing in hijacking loaded petroleum products in Delta State, kidnapping owners/drivers of affected trucks and holding them hostage until the products are… Read more »
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Nigeria: Kidnapping of Professor Okonjo - Matters Arising
Leadership, 23 December 2012
Professor Kanene Okonjo, mother of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, minister of finance was released from captivity in the early hours of Friday 14th December, 2012. For the five days she… Read more »
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Nigeria: The Alarming Wave of Kidnapping
This Day, 23 December 2012
The wave of kidnapping in the country is now extremely alarming. From politicians, to judges, medical doctors, journalists, lecturers, businessmen, Nollywood actors, senior… Read more »
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Nigeria: Imo CP - Family of Kidnapped Actress Paid N8 Million Ransom Without Our Knowledge
Leadership, 21 December 2012
The Commissioner of Police in Imo, Mr Adisa Bolanta, has confirmed that the family of Nkiruka Sylvanus, the abducted governor's aide, paid N8 million ransom before she was… Read more »
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Nigeria: Justice Azinge's Kidnap Saga - Three Police Officers Fired
Vanguard, 24 December 2012
THREE police officers, alleged to have been involved in the kidnap threat and demand for N20 million ransom from a Delta State High Court judge, Justice Flora Azinge, have been… Read more »
InFocus
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Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria's Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Finance Minister, blamed indicted oil marketers for the kidnap of her 82-year-old mother, Prof Kamene ... Read more »
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The State Security Service has paraded suspects in connection with the kidnap of Nollywood Nkiru Sylvanus in Abuja. Read more »
