The Senate has passed a bill seeking to amend the Terrorism (Prevention) Act, 2013, and to prohibit the payment of ransom to kidnappers in Nigeria. The passage of the Terrorism (Prevention) Act 2013 (Amendment) Bill, 2022, followed the consideration of a report by the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters. The report was…
A student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile Ife, Osun State, had a near-death experience recently in the hands of some kidnappers, who picked her from the school environment and later dumped her in a bush in Kwara State. According to Punch, Saturday, July 23, 2016, was one day that will always give 18-year-old…
The unknown gunmen, who abducted a pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, over the weekend, have contacted his family. Reports say the kidnappers have demanded for a ransom of N100 million for the release of the man of God. Pastor Olukayode Bajomo was seized on Sunday during church service. The unfortunate incident…
It is no longer business as usual for those who find pleasure in seizing others in exchange for money as the Senate has agreed to begin a process for the enactment of a law that would prescribe capital punishment for them. This was reached on Wednesday during plenary. The lawmakers also asked state governments to…
Henceforth, any persons convicted of kidnapping in Oyo State will be executed; this is according to the new law in the South West state of Nigeria. The state governor, Abiola Ajimobi, signed the kidnapping prohibition bill into law, which makes kidnapping a capital offence in Oyo State. Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly,…
Report just reaching us reveals that the younger sister of Nigeria’s Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke has been kidnapped. The lady, Osio Agama, was seized by some unknown gunmen in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Details of the abduction is still sketchy and Aproko247 cannot confirm yet if the kidnappers have established a contact with family of…