Senate Moves to Impose Death Penalty for Kidnappers
In a new development, Nigeria’s Senate, after classifying kidnapping, seeks amendments mandating the death penalty for offenders.
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Top 10 Safety Tips That Could Save Your Life in a Kidnapping
Discover 10 crucial safety tips that can help protect you during a kidnapping, especially amid rising insecurity and increasing abduction cases in Nigeria.
HURIWA Demands Death Penalty as Kidnapping Crisis Escalates
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria has called on President Bola Tinubu and the National Assembly to swiftly amend the Counter-Terrorism Act to categorise kidnappers as terrorists. The group described the growing abduction menace as a grave threat to national security and economic survival. In a statement on Monday signed by National Coordinator, Emmanuel … Read more
Gunmen kidnap Anglican Bishop, wife, children
A Bishop of the Anglican Church, Canon Olowolagba, has been kidnapped. He was kidnapped alongside his wife and two children in Ondo State, south-west Nigeria. One of the kidnapped children is the 16-year-old daughter of the cleric while the other is a nine-year-old staying with them. The Ondo State Security Network, known as Amotekun, confirmed … Read more
“Bandits and terrorists can be approached and convinced” – Sheikh Gumi insists
Popular Kaduna-based Islamic cleric Sheikh Gumi has stated that the issues of banditry and terrorism can be resolved through negotiations. Gumi made the assertion while speaking to a popular newspaper in an interview published today. He said: “These people are Nigerians; we can trace them through their relatives and all that easily.“When one approaches them … Read more