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K&R News

2012-08-23 | Oil and gas company: 4 foreign workers kidnapped off Nigeria coast freed, in good health
The four men were in good health when officials recovered them Wednesday night from the Niger Delta region, said spokeswoman Corrie van Kessel of the Sea Trucks Group, an oil and gas contractor with offices in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. She said the men received medical checkups after their release and were safe.

2012-08-23 | Nigerian faces extradition as he stands accused of kidnapping an American
Alibofi is accused of conspiring with five others namely; Osinachi Felix, Koko Basile, Alobofi Ifeakachukwu, Awiligbame and Bocobabho Fernand Comlan, to kidnap Kenneth Chawn Bischoff, an American.

2012-08-23 | Md. man charged with $300K child kidnap-for-hire plot, police say
ELKTON, Md. - Authorities have arrested a Maryland man they say plotted to abduct a 10-year-old boy from a family he knew, and demand a $300,000 ransom

2012-08-23 | Philippine police rescue kidnapped US toddler
Police in the Philippines say they have rescued a 2-year-old American boy who was kidnapped for ransom from his home in northern Pampanga province. Two kidnappers were arrested.

2012-08-23 | Pirates grow wealthy — and get own letterhead
In 2011, Somali piracy cost the world economy $7 billion and earned the pirates some $160 million in ransoms, according to a recent report by the International Maritime Bureau.

2012-08-16 | Local Indian in great Jolo escape as kidnappers nap
KUWAIT CITY, Aug 10, (Agencies): A 37-year-old Indian man, identified as Bijo Kolara Veetil, who was allegedly kidnapped by the al-Qaeda linked Abu Sayyaf militants in southern Philippines and held for 14 months reportedly escaped from his captors Friday.

2012-08-16 | Nigeria: Dana Plane Crash - Journalists Attacked As Victims' Families Collect Bodies
"On why some of the names of the deceased already buried still appeared on the list, the CMD said in order to be on a safe side we conducted DNA tests for all the victims, so that in case mistakes are made we would know how to make restitution but thank God there is no mistake so far.

2012-08-16 | Nigeria: DANA Plane Crash Victims' DNA Results Out
However, Consultant Forensic Pathologist and Chief Examiner, Prof. John Obafunwa, said 16 bodies could not be identified probably because of heat, mangled bodies or the samples collected could not match with any of the charred bodies.

2012-08-09 | UN chief warns Mali becoming terrorism safe haven
Islamist militant groups control about two-thirds of Mali after hijacking a secular rebellion earlier this year, and then seized more territory after a March 22 military coup toppled President Amadou Toumani Toure in the southern capital Bamako.

2012-08-08 | Dana crash: 132 bodies identified as DNA results arrive
Adeniran said that at the meeting, relations of the victims had agreed on a scheduled dates for the release of the bodies. However, Consultant Forensic Pathologist and Chief Examiner, Prof. John Obafunwa said 16 bodies could not be identified probably because of heat, mangled bodies or the samples collected could not match with any of the charred bodies. Among the identified bodies was that of former general manager, Public Relations of Nigeria National Petroluem Corporation (NNPC), Mr. Levi Ajuonuma.