The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said on Friday the military and other security agencies would go after kidnap syndicates operating in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The...
Abuja was rocked by a brazen kidnapping Thursday night as armed assailants stormed the Nigeria Post Army Estate, Phase 2, snatching two residents. While details remain...
The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has declared that security agencies would henceforth make the nation’s capital very hot for bandits. Wike made...
Police operatives in Niger have arrested 15 suspects for banditry, kidnapping, and other crimes in the state. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Shawulu Danmamman disclosed this...
The Ogun State Police Command, on Monday, confirmed the kidnapp of three workers at a poultry farm in Atoyo town in the Itele area of Ogun...
Police operatives in Delta have arrested eight suspected kidnappers and recovered a vehicle in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, DSP Bright Edafe,...
Troops of the 6 Brigade Garrison, Nigerian Army, on Sunday, arrested two suspected kidnappers and rescued two victims in Taraba State. The Brigade spokesman, Lt. Ayodeji...
Residents of Jajuwal, a village in Toro LGA of Bauchi State on Tuesday, rose in self defence against gunmen suspected to be kidnappers who may have...
The Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, on Monday confirmed that security agents have killed some suspected kidnappers and rescued 29 victims in the Tafawa Balewa local...
Police operatives in Kaduna have arrested 10 suspected kidnappers in the state. The acting spokesman for the state police command, Mansir Hassan, stated this at a...
The Zamfara Police Command, on Sunday, said security operatives in the state were making efforts to rescue the remaining kidnapped students of the Federal University Gusau...
Police operatives in Taraba have arrested 20 suspected kidnappers in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Abdullahi Usman, who paraded the suspects before...
Police operatives in Delta on Monday killed four suspected kidnappers in the state The spokesman for the state police command, DSP Bright Edafe, who disclosed this...
Police operatives in Delta have rescued four kidnapped persons in Orerokpe, Okpe local government area of the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Bright...
Police operatives in Bauchi on Tuesday killed five suspected kidnappers terrorizing residents of Jama’are local government area of the state. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Awwal...
For decades, Nigeria has been grappling with a problem that has threatened the safety and stability of its people: kidnapping. The country has seen thousands of...
Bauchi State Police Command said on Monday that it neutralized two suspected kidnappers, arrested one while several others escaped with various degrees of gunshot wounds just...
Police operatives in Anambra have arrested two suspected members of a notorious kidnap gang in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Tochukwu Ikenga,...
Police operatives in Ebonyi have killed one suspected kidnapper and rescued an abducted cleric in the state. The spokesperson for the state police command, Onome Onovwakpoyeya,...
These top 10 stories across the nation’s newspapers might interest you. 1. Sowore scores Buhari low, says he dehumanized Nigerians Barely few weeks to the expiration...
These top 10 stories across the nation’s newspapers might interest you. 1. Uzodinma wins APC governorship ticket in Imo The Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, on...
A former deputy governor of Nasarawa State, Prof Onje Gye-Wado, who was recently kidnapped has regained his freedom. Unconfirmed reports say the professor of law who...
Gunmen who kidnapped children and women in Wanzamai village, Zamfara State have demanded a ransom of N30 million, according to reports on Saturday. Ripples Nigeria had...
Police operatives in Edo State have arrested two suspected kidnappers over the abduction of 31-year-old Albert Igbinomwanhia in Benin, the state capital. The state’s command spokesperson,...
Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has applauded the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), which according to him, has achieved...
Police operatives in Niger on Friday arrested two suspected kidnappers and rescued seven victims in Gurara local government area of the state. The spokesman for the...
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, on Thursday, explained the reason criminals using phone calls and text messages in the execution of their...
The Edo State government said on Wednesday 20 people were abducted in last weekend’s attack on a train station in the state. There were reports that...
Gunmen who abducted over 30 passengers at the Igueben Train Station in Edo State on Saturday have demanded N620 million for their release. This was according...
The Bauchi State Police Command during a Joint Operation in the forests of Alkaleri LGA during killed three suspected kidnappers were neutralized while others escaped with...
Police operatives in Delta have rescued three kidnapped victims and recovered weapons in two separate operations in the state. The spokesman for the state police command,...
Police operatives in Delta have killed two suspected kidnappers and recovered weapons in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, DSP Bright Edafe, disclosed...
No fewer than 48 suspected kidnappers have been arrested following the combing of forests by both the Police and Amotekun Corps in the South-West area of...
Police operatives in Edo on Tuesday rescued a one-year-old baby and killed three suspected kidnappers along the Benin-Auchi Road in the state. The spokesperson for the...
Police operatives in Bauchi State have killed two suspected kidnappers and arrested seven others in Alkaleri local government area of the state. The spokesman for the...
The Ondo State Security Network Agency, Amotekun Corps, has arrested 45 suspected criminals for various offences in the state. Amotekun Corps Commander, Adetunji Adeleye, who paraded...
Nigerian actress, Monalisa Chinda has weighed in on the kidnapping of her colleagues, Cynthia Okereke and Clemson Cornell by unknown gunmen. Ripples Nigeria reported earlier that...
Police operatives in Enugu State on Tuesday rescued seven abducted persons in Udi Local Government Area of the state. The spokesman for the state police command,...
Police operatives in Kaduna on Wednesday recovered seven kidnapped victims who escaped from their captors in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Mohammed...
Kidnappers operating along the Kaduna-Birnin Gwari axis have murdered a Kano businessman, Umar Sani, after collecting ransom from his relatives. The businessman, also called Magaji, was...
Police operatives in Yobe have arrested five suspected kidnappers in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, ASP Dumgus Abdulkarim, confirmed the development in...
The Imo State Government has disclosed that some suspects have allegedly implicated former Governor Rochas Okorocha and Uche Nwosu as sponsors of bandits and kidnappers. Nwosu...
Iba Gani Adams, the Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, has raised an alarm suggesting that bandits and kidnappers have relocated to Kwara and Kogi States respectively. Adams...
The two abducted pupils of Glory Land Group of Schools in Igarra, Akoko-Edo local government area of Edo State have regained their freedom. The girls were...
The Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures in Nigeria on Saturday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to declare banditry and kidnapping as acts of terrorism in the...
Traditional rulers in Ningi Emirate in Bauchi State, particularly district, village and ward heads have been warned against conniving with criminals to perpetrate evils in the...
The three kidnapped students of Christ the King Major Seminary at Fayit Fadan Kagoma in the Jemaa Local Government Area of Kaduna State have regained their...
Niger State Commissioner for information, Alhaji Muhammed Sani Idris, on Friday narrated his ordeal at the hands of his kidnappers in the wake of his freedom...
