A 34-year-old altar servant, Tahamado Demian, has been arrested by the Adamawa State Police Command for allegedly masterminding the abduction of two Catholic priests, Reverend Fathers...
Police operatives in Edo have arrested two suspected kidnappers in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Moses Yamu, confirmed the development to journalists...
The Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, on Saturday promised a N5 million reward for information that would lead to the arrest of kidnappers and armed robbers...
Troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) have arrested 18 suspected kidnappers, bandits and gunrunners in Plateau and part of Kaduna States. The Media Officer of OPSH,...
A Netherlands citizen, Gibson Reuben, drowned when his vehicle plunged into the Aleto-Eleme River while attempting to escape from his abductors on Monday night. The deceased...
The Imo State Police Command has dismantled a notorious kidnapping and armed robbery syndicate operating in Orogwe, Owerri West Local Government Area. The operation resulted in...
Kidnapping in Nigeria is a crisis that has shaken lives, shattered businesses, and destabilized communities. In 2018, the abduction of 110 Dapchi schoolgirls shocked the nation,...
Police operatives in Imo last Thursday killed three suspected kidnappers in Orogwe, Owerri West local government area of the state. The spokesman for the state police...
One Chibuike Onyebuchi, who was allegedly kidnapped in Onitsha, Anambra State, has been found in Kogi State. The spokesman for the Anambra State Police Command, SP...
Police operatives in Anambra have rescued two kidnapped persons and arrested four suspects in connection with the incident in Idemili South local government area of the...
Police operatives in Kaduna have arrested three members of a notorious kidnap syndicate in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Mansir Hassan, disclosed...
The Delta Police Command has neutralised two suspected kidnappers at their hideouts along Ewheru-Patani Road in Ughelli Local Government Area of the state. A statement signed...
Police operatives in Niger have rescued 19 passengers in the state. The victims were attacked by armed men along the Tegina-Zungeru road on November 1. They...
Police operatives in Borno have arrested six suspected kidnappers in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Nahum Daso, said in a statement on...
Police operatives on Thursday night killed two suspected kidnappers during a raid on their hideout in Enugu State. The spokesman for the state police command, Daniel...
Two suspected kidnappers and an informant terrorising communities in Ningi local government area of Bauchi State have been arrested by members of local vigilantes and hunters...
Police operatives in Kaduna have arrested 11 suspected kidnappers and recovered weapons in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Mansir Hassan, disclosed this...
A new report released by a security intelligence gathering and strategic consulting firm, SBM Intelligence, has revealed that Nigerians paid ₦1.04 billion as ransom to kidnappers...
The Kaduna State Police Command has announced the arrest of two notorious gunrunners and an informant for kidnappers, as well as the rescue of two kidnap...
A former Speaker of Oyo State House of Assembly, Asimiyu Alarape, has raised alarm on the kidnap of passengers on Ibadan-Oyo Expressway. Alarape said one of...
The abducted chairman of the caretaker committee in the Kabba/Bunu local government area of Kogi State, Mr. Zacchaeus Dare-Michael, has escaped from his kidnappers’ den. Dare-Michael...
Troops of the 6 Brigade Nigeria Army on Monday arrested 10 suspected kidnappers in multiple operations in Taraba State. The Acting Assistant Director of Army Public...
The Ondo State Security Network Agency, popularly known as Amotekun Corps, has announced the rescue of a kidnapped student, Bisola Olisa, along the Ikare-Ado Ekiti Expressway,...
One of the alleged kidnappers that the Lagos State Police Command subdued last week is reportedly Asonna Rich, a well-known film producer with headquarters in Asaba,...
Police operatives have rescued four persons abducted by criminals in the state. Gunmen on Sunday abducted three Indians and a Nigerian along the Sagamu-Ijebu Ode-Benin expressway....
Police operatives in Benue have arrested three suspected kidnappers in Otukpo local government area of the state. The spokesperson for the state police command, Sewuese Anene,...
Police operatives in Kaduna on Tuesday arrested four suspected kidnappers and rescued a victim in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Mansir Hassan,...
Police operatives in Delta State have arrested one suspected self-kidnapper, Nelson Eserada, and his accomplice, Jerry Lawrence. The state police Spokesperson, SP Bright Edafe, who disclosed...
Police operatives in Kano have arrested 19 suspects for alleged armed robbery, cattle rustling, and kidnapping in the state. The spokesman for the state police command,...
Eight students of Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara, Kogi State, who had remained in the captivity of bandits who abducted them last month, have...
Police operatives in Plateau State have arrested a middle-aged man allegedly trying to supply arms to suspected bandits in Jos. The Chairman of the Jos NTA...
Police operatives in Benue State have reportedly killed three suspected kidnappers and rescued two victims in the state. The suspected kidnappers were reported to have kidnapped...
Police operatives in Kogi on Monday killed two suspected kidnappers and recovered an AK-47 rifle in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Williams...
The Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has ordered the demolition of all property housing kidnappers and internet fraudsters popularly called Yahoo boys in the state. Alia,...
The management of Babcock University, Ilisan Remo, in Ogun State, yesterday stated that security agencies are investigating the killing of Prof. Yinka Olomojobi, and assured that...
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to the economic security of Nigerians. The president spoke when he received members of pan Yoruba socio-cultural...
Gunmen on Thursday attacked a police checkpoint along the Abakaliki-Enugu Highway and set a police patrol van on fire. According to reports, the incident happened at...
Police operatives in Lagos have arrested three suspected kidnappers in the Ijanikin area of the state. The Zonal Public Relations Officer, Umma Ayuba, confirmed the arrest...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, on Monday, raided suspected kidnappers’ hideouts and routes in the hills, including bushes surrounding Apo-resettlement in Abuja. The command’s...
President Bola Tinubu has insisted that kidnappers who carry out abductions of innocent Nigerian citizens are “cowardly terrorists” who must be treated the same way as...
Armed men suspected to be vigilante personnel on Tuesday attacked an 18-seater bus conveying passengers from Zaki/Biam in Benue State to Maihura in Bali LGA of...
Gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, on Tuesday morning, attacked the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Ituku Ozalla, in Enugu State. Tuesday attack, is the second...
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NIGERIA is in deep trouble. This is stating the obvious. The situation has gone beyond the country being in a state of anomie which means ‘a...
Police operatives in Adamawa State in collaboration with Hunters in Gombi Local Government Area (LGA), have arrested three suspected kidnappers, and rescued a 16-year-old female victim....
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) claimed on Friday troops operating in the various theatre of operations killed 185 terrorists and kidnappers across the country in the last...
Police operatives in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have rescued three kidnapped victims in the Karmo area of the city. The spokesperson for the state police...
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Monday evening shot two traditional rulers in Ekiti State. The monarchs – Elesun of Esun-Ekiti, Oba David Ogunsakin, and Onimojo...
A 37-year-old woman, Bilikisu Kazeem, died during a gun duel between police operatives and kidnappers on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Friday. The spokesperson for the Ogun...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command of the Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the rescue of several persons abducted from the Zuma 1 area of Bwari...
The five of the six sisters of the Al-Kadriyar family who were kidnapped by bandits in the Bwari area of Abuja have regained their freedom on...
