The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breaders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has denied claims that Fulani herdsmen are behind criminal activities especially in the northern part of the...
The police said on Monday operatives of the Intelligence Response Team had arrested members of a kidnap syndicate who allegedly killed three of their victims after...
The Plateau State police command said on Saturday at least 16 persons had been arrested for suspected kidnapping, armed robbery, culpable homicide, and unlawful possession of...
The Kano State Police Command said on Friday at least 197 persons had been arrested for suspected kidnapping, armed robbery and other crimes in the state....
The twin children of an Islamic cleric in Oyo State, Sheikh Taofeeq Akeugbogold has been released on Sunday morning. The twins, a male and female, according...
Suspected abductors of the Ekiti State Commissioner for Agriculture, Folorunso Olabode, have reportedly demanded a ransom of N30 million for his release. This was revealed by...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, said on Tuesday his late mother’s travail in the hands of kidnappers in 2013 influenced his decision to deal ruthlessly with...
The police in Cross River State on Friday morning raided a hideout of some suspected kidnappers in the Etagbor community in the state. During the raid,...
Kidnappers operating in Kogi State struck again on Tuesday in the Itobe/Ajegu community in Ofu Local Government Area of the state, abducting 12 persons. This was...
Ugoeze Comfort Okoro, the abducted wife of a traditional ruler in Ihitoha Uratta community, Owerri North local government area of Imo State, Dr. Emmanuel Okoro, has...
After spending five days in the den of his captors, a law graduate of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, identified by the police as...
The Anambra State Police Command has confirmed the release of a 14-year-old girl who had been held captive in the Ogidi, Idemili North Local Government Area...
The Nigerian Navy School of Armament Technology, says its operatives arrested no fewer than nine suspects involved in kidnapping, cattle rustling and banditry in Kaduna State....
Two members of staff of the National Population Commission (NPC) Gaddafi Ali-Shehu and Isah Zaradeen have been released by their abductors. The duo, who were abducted...
Three men kidnapped in Okene, Kogi State on Monday have been released by their abductors, the Kogi State Police Command said on Saturday. This was disclosed...
The Benue state Commissioner of Police, Garba Mukkadas, said on Saturday the Command arrested 27 suspects for alleged kidnapping, robbery and theft during the yuletide period....
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested three suspected kidnappers of staff of the Nnamdi Azikwe University, Awka, Emeka Chiagbana at Agulu, Aniocha Local Government Area...
Unknown gunmen on Monday night abducted a management staff of the Adamawa State Ministry of Justice, Samuel Yamnde, in Sangere, a suburb of Yola, the state...
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has revealed that it dismantled kidnappers’ camps and arrested a suspect along Kwali-Kwaita axis of the territory. Deputy Police Public...
The three abducted female students of the Bayelsa State College of Health Technology, Otuogidi, Ogbia local government area of the state have been rescued from their...
Onyiwara Faith, the corps member who was rescued from kidnappers’ den in the early hours of on Tuesday by teams of policemen led by the Lagos...
A medical doctor, Emmanuel Orhembe, who was kidnapped in Benue State has been rescued by men of the Benue State Police Command, three days after his...
The Anambra State Police Command said on Saturday that two suspected kidnappers, Anthony Roberts and Udoka Nwoko, have been arrested after a gun duel with its...
The Kaduna State Police Command has rescued a 13-year-old boy and seven other victims from kidnappers in the state. The police also arrested a notorious kidnapper...
The Kaduna State Police Command said on Wednesday it has opted for negotiations to free six abducted female students and two teachers of Engravers College, Kaduna....
Men of the Edo State Police Command on Wednesday killed four suspected kidnappers in a shoot out after they were ambushed by the kidnappers. The policemen,...
A pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in Lafia, Mr John Egla, has been kidnapped by some yet to be identified gunmen in...
Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai, on Friday, lamented that kidnappers are now collaborating with “some elements of Boko Haram”, to hold people for ransom. He spoke...
Panic rented the air on Wednesday evening when some bandits invaded Kwanar Mayanci, Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State, on motorcycles and looted residents’ belongings....
Three suspected kidnappers were burnt to death on Monday morning at Dutse Alhaji area of Abuja. A female victim of the suspects was rushed to Kubwa...
The mother of former coach of the Nigeria’s Super Eagles, Samson Siasia has been freed by her abductors. She regained her freedom after spending two months...
Three suspected kidnappers were killed in Kogi State by combined security operatives comprising policemen, soldiers and local hunters. The kidnappers, according to reports, engaged the security...
Suspected kidnappers paraded by the police in Abuja on Wednesday revealed that they bought army uniforms for N15,000 to aid their operation. The suspected kidnap gang...
The Kano State Police Command has arrested about 100 suspected criminals alleged to have committed various offences such as kidnapping, armed robbery. among others, in the...
Some unknown gunmen have allegedly abducted a lecturer at the Department of Mathematical Science, Ondo State University of Science and Technology, Prof. Gideon Okedayo. It was...
The kidnapped Permanent Secretary of the Enugu State Ministry of Lands and Urban Development, Mr. Augustine Udeh, has been released. Mr. Udeh was abducted by unknown...
The Kaduna State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has revealed that two person sent to deliver ransom for the release of two children...
The Nigeria Police Force has been challenged to account for the whereabouts of over 500 paraded suspected armed Fulani bandits, kidnappers and other armed hoodlums arrested...
Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kaduna State Chapter, Rev. Joseph Hayab is lamenting the continued abduction of a Bishop, a Pastor and two...
Police in Ogun state command on Thursday said some kidnappers had laid ambush on the members of Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Ogun community. A statement by...
Six members of the Vigilante group in Kebbi were on Tuesday arrested by police operatives for killing kidnap suspects. The state Commissioner of police commissioner, Garba...
Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Monday said he was considering death penalty for kidnappers in the state. Abiodun disclosed this, when Remo League of Imams...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday directed the Defence Headquarters to begin immediate probe of the incident where Nigerian soldiers’ alleged killed three policemen to save a...
The son of a late popular comedian, James Iroha, who played Gringory in the one time popular New Masquerade Television series, has narrated his ordeal in...
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, has warned that there is looming anarchy in the land if the siege on Yorubaland by herdsmen and kidnappers...
Lawyers under the auspices of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Owo branch, Ondo State have said they would not defend any kidnapper or bandit caught in...
The Ondo state police command has revealed how the daughter of Afenifere’s leader, Funke Olakunrin was murdered in Ore area of the state. The state police...
Nigerian Service Chiefs, on Thursday revealed that they have changed strategy in addressing the unending insecurity plaguing the country. They told this to State House correspondents...
Lawmakers at Oyo state House of Assembly on Thursday requested for the service of vigilante groups to combat the looming insecurity in the state from suspected...
The kidnapped son of ex-Minister of Health, Proof. Isaac Adewole, Dayo, has been released by his abductors. Dayo was released less than 24 hours after he...
