Three more pupils from those abducted on May 30, at the Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School, Tegina, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, have reportedly died...
Professional hunters in Okehi Local Government Area of Kogi State, in the early hours of Tuesday, gunned down two kidnappers, while they were collecting ransoms to...
Police operatives in Nasarawa have arrested 44 suspected armed robbers, kidnappers and other criminals in the state. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr. Bola Longe, who...
Police operatives in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Sunday recovered N1.3 million from five suspected kidnappers in the city. The spokesperson of the FCT police...
The wife of the Kaduna State Governor, Hajiya Asia El-Rufai, on Wednesday, kicked against the payment of ransom to kidnappers in the country. The governor’s wife,...
Bandits who abducted pupils of the Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School, Tegina, in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State have increased the ransom for their release...
Some suspected gunmen have released a lecturer of the Taraba State University, Umar Buba, after spending four nights in their captivity. Ripples Nigeria had reported that...
Police operatives have arrested 84 suspected criminals in various parts of the country. The Force Spokesman, Frank Mba, who paraded the suspects at the Force Headquarters...
The kidnappers of the Katsina State Shari’a Court Judge, Alkali Hussein Samaila, have reportedly demanded N30 million, an Android phone, and call cards to set him...
The Senate has proposed a 15-year-jail term for any Nigerian who pays ransom to kidnappers. The bill seeking to prohibit the payment and receipt of ransom...
The Abia State government has clarified that only one student of the Abia State University Uturu (ABSU) was being held hostage by the kidnappers that attacked...
Activist and co-convener of the Concerned Nigerians Group (CNG) Deji Adeyanju, has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to arrest Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi,...
The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has confessed that he was contemplating bombarding the hideout of the bandits who kidnapped students of the Federal College of...
A Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari paid ransoms to kidnappers. Obasanjo made these claims on Wednesday when he...
The abductors of the Chairman of Yagba West Local government area in Kogi State, Pius Kolawole, have reached out to the family of the victim to...
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, on Saturday, expressed displeasure over the spate of insecurity in the country, saying that bandits and kidnappers now have...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you. 1. Again, El-Rufai rules out negotiation, amnesty for bandits, kidnappers in Kaduna The Kaduna State...
The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested a suspected member of a notorious kidnap gang, Bello Mohammed, for allegedly beheading a businessman, Osondu Nwachukwu, after his...
Nigeria is at a tempestuous crossroads. It will be a failed attempt at casuistry to play down the multi-pronged encumbrances the country is contending with. All...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday directed the service chiefs to identify individuals behind banditry and kidnapping in the country and take them out in order to...
Police operatives in Imo State have arrested three suspected kidnappers of the Auxiliary Bishop of Owerri Archdiocese, Bishop Moses Chikwe. The spokesman of the state police...
Police operatives have arrested 50 suspected armed robbers, kidnappers, and other criminals across the country. The Force Spokesman, Frank Mbah, who disclosed this in a statement...
The Imo State Police Command has arrested suspected kidnappers of the auxiliary bishop of Owerri Archdiocese of the Catholic Church, Bishop Moses Chikwe. According to the...
Kidnapping has become somewhat an extraordinarily lucrative enterprise in Nigeria. Between January and February, kidnappers abducted over 897 persons across the country, demanding over N451 million....
The abduction of schoolgirls in Jangebe in Zamfara state and the speech on cryptocurrency by Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo were some of the most-engaged discussion...
The Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Mohammed Buba Marwa, says terrorists and kidnappers in Nigeria now demand for drugs as payment...
Nine suspected kidnappers of a member of the Taraba State House of Assembly, Mohammed Bape, have been arrested. Bape was abducted in December, 2020. According to...
An Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, on Thursday reportedly met with the kidnappers of the Kagara schoolchildren. Ripples Nigeria gathered that the criminals relayed their demands...
Gunmen who abducted the Abuja correspondent of The PUNCH, Okechukwu Nnodim, have demanded N10 million ransom for his release. Nnodim was kidnapped by a five-man gang...
Edo State Commissioner of Police, Philip Ogbadu has disclosed that its command has arrested five suspected kidnappers around the Benin-Lagos road. The Edo police chief said...
The Director-General, All Progressives Congress (APC) Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), Salihu Moh. Lukman, on Thursday advocated for the death penalty for kidnappers, bandits and their beneficiaries....
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has revealed that there was resistance by kidnappers during attempts by security forces to secure the release of the schoolboys abducted in...
Police in Cross River State has said that only three and not 19 robbery, and kidnap suspects escaped from Calabar prison at its command headquarters at...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command on Tuesday confirmed the arrest of 11 suspected kidnappers terrorizing residents of various communities in Abuja. The command’s spokesperson,...
A member of a vigilante group in the Urhokosa/Obagie community of Edo State, has been killed in a shootout between the group and armed kidnappers on...
Comedian, Debo Adebayo aka Mr Macaroni has lamented the spate of insecurity in the country and has advised his fans and Nigerians in general on how...
Family of a police officer (name withheld) attached to the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, have been reportedly kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Yola, the Adamawa...
The Katsina State Police Command on Thursday paraded 27 suspected bandits, kidnappers and armed robbers, who were recently arrested in the state. One of the suspects...
The Kano State police command said on Friday 17 suspected kidnappers and 225 other criminals had been arrested in the state in the last four weeks....
Soldiers from 33 Artillery Brigade, Nigeria Army, Bauchi, had recovered 75 cows, 45 sheep, 15 goats, and four donkeys from cattle rustlers and kidnappers in Alkaleri...
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested two suspected members of a six-man kidnapping gang for allegedly abducting a 25-year-old lady and killing her mother in...
Twenty-three suspects were on Thursday paraded by the Katsina State Police Command, who were alleged to have committed various crimes including banditry, kidnapping and theft. According...
Ondo State Security Network Agency, better known as Amotekun, has arrested three suspected members of a kidnap syndicate, operating along Owo/Ose area of the state. The...
The Oyo State Police Command on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of two suspects, Abubakar Mohammed and Ayankunle Ayaleye, who allegedly kidnapped a female farmer in the...
The Kogi State Police Command on Thursday confirmed the arrest of five persons in connection with recent kidnappings in the state. The command’s spokesman, DSP William...
The abducted former president of Yoruba community in Benue State, Chief Isaac Akinkunmi, has regained his freedom. He was released by his abductors in the early...
The Kaduna State Police Command on Wednesday paraded 217 suspected kidnappers, armed robbers, bandits and cattle rustlers among others, who were arrested between April 29 and...
The Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai has stated that 90 percent of kidnappers, bandits as well as armed robbers are Nigerians. Buratai revealed this on...
The Cross River State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of four suspected kidnappers who were all paraded in the capital of Calabar. This was confirmed...
After spending nearly 3 days in the hands of his abductors, the kidnapped Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress, Delta State, Comrade Goodluck Ofobruku, has been granted...
