Frustrated by rising cases of killings and kidnappings, residents of Otukpo, the headquarters of Benue South District, took to the streets on Tuesday, shutting down major...
In a series of successful, coordinated operations spanning Taraba and Kano states, the Nigeria Police Force has rescued 21 kidnapped victims, recovered N4.8 million in ransom,...
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun, has deployed a special crack squad from the Intelligence Response Team to track down and rescue the Afenifere Youth...
An advocacy group under the aegis of the Indigenous Ethnic Youth Leaders of Nigeria (IEYLN), threatened a showdown with the Nigeria Police if the National President...
In a bid to address the escalating kidnapping crisis across Nigeria, the Federal Government has introduced a toll-free emergency hotline, 112, for citizens to report abductions...
Two reverend sisters, Vincentia Nwankwo and Grace Okoli, who were abducted along Ufuma Road in Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State, have regained their...
A community leader in the Walawa village in Kankia Local Government Area of Katsina State has been arrested for allegedly conniving with bandits to kidnap his...
The Katsina State Commissioner of Police, Aliyu Musa, disclosed on Monday that the command in one year arrested no fewer than 916 criminals, neutralised 40 bandits...
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, said on Thursday Nigeria has achieved significant progress in its fight against insecurity. Ribadu, who stated this at the...
After weeks of relentless investigation, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, working in partnership with the Rivers State Command, has rescued four-year-old Hope Evans, who...
The Rivers State Police Command has thwarted a kidnap attempt and killed a wanted kidnapper, identified as Ikem ThankGod, popularly known as ‘General 2Man’. According to...
Police in Enugu State have arrested a 33-year-old man, Ikechukwu Okoye, and his girlfriend, Juliet Ogbodo, for their alleged involvement in the abduction and murder of...
The Rivers State Police Command has successfully rescued a kidnapped victim and recovered firearms during a swift operation in Oyigbo Local Government Area of the state....
The police in Katsina State have arrested a middle-aged man identified as Jibril Falalu, for allegedly conniving with bandits to kidnap his own mother for ransom....
Police operatives in Katsina State have arrested one Usamatu Adamu, the Village Head of Unguwan Tambai, Runka, in Safana Local Government Area for allegedly supplying information...
Police operatives in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have arrested four suspects who were allegedly planning to attack government institutions and estates in Abuja on Independence...
Social media users have called for justice for a student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAB)), Christianah Idowu, who was allegedly kidnapped, killed and...
The Katsina State Police Command has successfully foiled an attempt by bandits to kidnap a girl in Faru village, Jibia Local Government Area of the state....
Nigeria’s data collection organisation, StatiSense, on Tuesday released a report on the number of kidnapping cases in the six geopolitical zones in the country. StatiSense via...
The Kaduna State Police Command has announced the arrest of two cattle rustlers, two notorious gun runners and the foiling a Kidnapping attempt and recovered a...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has expressed sadness and condemnation over the kidnap and killing of the District Head of Gatawa in...
The Katsina State Police Command has arrested a 21-year-old man, Halilu Yusuf, for allegedly kidnapping a six-year-old boy. The police spokesman in the state, ASP Abubakar...
The Katsina State Police Command has successfully foiled two kidnapping attempts in the state, rescuing a total of seven victims. According to the command’s spokesman, ASP...
Mohammed Idris, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, expressed heartfelt gratitude following the release of two Kaduna-based journalists who were abducted from their homes on...
The National Security Adviser (NSA) Nuhu Ribadu, on Wednesday reunited the rescued kidnapped children of Kaduna Judge, Janet Gimba with their family. Recall that on June...
The Abia State Police Command has arrested a Reverend Sister identified as Pauline Alozie, along with four other suspects allegedly involved in the abduction of three siblings....
The Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed the failed kidnapping attempt on Alhaji Umar Musa, the Paramount Ruler of Ninzo Chiefdom in Sanga Local Government Area,...
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has dismissed one Adabo Mohammed for alleged robbery and kidnapping in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Force Public Relations Officer,...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has identified unemployment as the major reason for the rising spate of criminal activities like banditry and kidnapping in Nigeria. OBJ who...
Worried by the escalating insecurity and constant kidnappings in Kaduna State, President Bola Tinubu on Sunday, ordered an emergency stakeholders’ meeting meant to offer solutions to...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday, said that kidnappings in the city were stage-managed by unscrupulous elements who were out to...
The Chief Judge of Taraba State, Justice Joel Agya, on Friday sentenced two men, Yusufa Adamu and Adamu Abdullahi to death by hanging for kidnapping in...
The Senate on Wednesday called for the recruitment of more police personnel to check kidnappings and other crimes in the country. This followed the adoption of...
The Rivers has dismissed reports on the release of three officers accused of kidnapping and extorting $3,000 from two victims in the state. The command’s spokesperson,...
The Nigerian government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United States for the training of commanders of the Police Special Intervention Squad (SIS)...
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‘EBURU ozu onye ozo, odika ebu osisi kporo nku’ is a common saying in my Igbo nation part of Nigeria. I cannot readily remember the English...
The Senator Representing the Federal Capital Territory, Ireti Kingibe, on Sunday, said the Senate will summon the Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike, over the rising rate...
Amnesty International, an international non-governmental organisation (INGO), has asked the Nigerian govt under President Bola Tinubu to treat the recent rising wave of kidnapping incidents across...
The immediate past Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami has expressed disappointment over the non-utilisation of the National Identity Number (NIN) linked to Subscriber...
Two US-based Nigerians, one Mike and his sister, who were kidnapped on New Year day in Afikpo, Ebonyi State, have regained freedom. They were said to...
The Akwa Ibom State chapter of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has demanded the prompt release of the Administrative judge of Oron Judicial Division, Justice Joy...
Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have gunned down two notorious kidnap kingpins who were on the most wanted list of the command. The Command’s...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Sunday, said Bwari, Kuje and Abaji area councils are worst hit by kidnappings. Director of Administration and Finance, FCTA...
Barely two weeks after gunmen abducted over 20 female students of the Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State, five female students of the Federal University, Dutsin-Ma (FUDMA)...
A female student of the Isa Mustapha Agwai Polytechnic, Lafia, Nasarawa State, Taye Ajoke, who was kidnapped by bandits on Monday, has regained her freedom after...
The Nigerian government has debunked allegations by the Zamfara State governor, Dauda Lawal that the federal government was secretly negotiating with bandits without the involvement of...
Unknown gunmen have abducted the Benue State Commissioner of Information, Culture and Tourism, Matthew Abo. The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Hyacinth Alia, Kula Tersoo, who...
The Nigerian government has given reasons why terrorism has continued to thrive in the country despite efforts to bring it to a halt. National Coordinator of...
A report released by the Kaduna State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Tuesday has revealed that not less than 23 pastors have...
Police operatives in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have arrested a 36-year-old mother of two children, Bunmi Samuel, her boyfriend, and 12 others for alleged kidnapping,...
