A former United States of America’s Ambassador to Nigeria, John Campbell, says the current wave of kidnapping in the country cannot be compared to what used to happen in the
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Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has received nine freed kidnapped victims released by Bandits from neighbouring Zamfara. The victims, including 7 men and a woman with her nursing baby,
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Zubairu Muazu, on Tuesday inaugurated a statement-taking room for the CID Panti, Yaba, warning that policemen collecting money for bail were not different from
A four-year-old Khidijat Rilwanu kidnapped two weeks ago, has been rescued from the residents of her kidnappers by the Kano State Command of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). The little
Two Chinese working with a glass and aluminium company have been reportedly abducted by gunmen in Benin, Edo State. The incident happened on Wednesday at the Utesi community along the
Dr. Bashir Zubayr, a Consultant with Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital has been kidnapped along Lokoja-Okene federal highway. Dr. Bashir was abducted alongside two of his younger brothers, and a younger
Matsalar tabarbarewar tsaro a Najeriya na ci gaba da ci wa jama’ar kasar tuwo a kwarya inda ake yawan samun hare-haren ‘yan bindiga da kuma sace mutane domin neman kudin
A 25-year-old woman and her step-son have been kidnapped by suspected herdsmen in Ondo State. The victims, who were identified as Mrs Olawumi Adeleye, 25, and her step-son, Destiny Paul,
In view of the recent spate of kidnappings and other criminal activities in Osun State, the state governor, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola, on Wednesday called a security meeting to fine-tune a
Unknown armed bandits, suspected to be kidnappers, on Friday, shot a yet-to-be-identified tricycle operator on his head in Aba, the commercial hub of Abia State. The News Agency of Nigeria
Abayomi Olonisakin, the Chief of Defence Staff, has decried the level of insecurity in Nigeria, saying it was a threat to the country’s existence. Olonisakin said the security challenges in
Alkali Oluwatoyin Taiwo wanda ke Kotu a jihar Lagos ta yanke wa Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike (Evens) hukuncin zaman kurkuku na shekara Arba’in da daya, bayan an sameshi da laifukan garkuwa da
A senior Pastor of Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), Dankade, in Igabi local government area of Kaduna State, Rev. Zakariah Ido has been kidnapped. The Nation reports that the Pastor
President Muhammadu Buhari has lamented the prevailing insecurity in the country because according to him, it has now taken an occupational dimension. Audi Ogbeh, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
The Presidency has said that security agencies were not giving preferential treatment to any town in their quest to deal with kidnappers. Speaking on AIT’s Kakaki, the Senior Special Assistant
The Senate on Thursday summoned the acting Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu, for a briefing concerning the seemly unrelenting rate of banditry and kidnappings across the country. It also
The State High Court In Uyo, the Akwa Ibom capital has sentenced three policemen and four others to death by hanging for kidnapping a woman. Another woman, who was contracted
A gang of seven notorious kidnapping members has recounted how the gang killed an American soldier in Okigwe area of Imo State in 2017. The deceased, a Nigerian, who is
Police in Anambra State have reunited two boys kidnapped in Rivers State, Jerome Oyechachi and Paul Chijioke aged eight and seven years respectively, with their parents. The Anambra State police
A 48-year-old man, Angus Okoye has been found dead at the boundary between Isu Aniocha and Nawgu. The businessman was said to have been kidnapped from his home, days back
