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...
The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, said on Thursday bandits have taken over the Falgore Forest and others in the state and converted them to hideouts....
The Benue State Police Command has arrested a suspected kidnap kingpin, Paul Terwase Agbem and his second in command, Mson Yaasa, as well as foiling an...
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Usman Baba, has pledged to ensure the elimination of banditry and terrorism across the country. Baba made this call on...
The Kaduna State Government continues to face severe criticism over its treatment of workers, which according to the organised labour, is responsible for the security challenges...
The prominent Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmed Gumi, who spearheaded the negotiations with bandits wreaking havoc across some northern parts of Nigeria has said the bandits he...
The sister of Dorathy Yohanna, one of the students of Greenfield University, Kaduna State, who was killed by bandits who abducted them on April 20, says...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met with seven governors from the North-West and North-Central over banditry, kidnapping, and other violent crimes in the regions. The governors...
Bandits who abducted 39 students from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, in Igabi local government area of Kaduna State, have begun direct negotiations with...
Former senate president, Bukola Saraki has stated that Nigeria should learn from countries that successfully tackled kidnapping. Saraki made this disclosure on Friday, during a webinar...
The Ekiti Police Command on Sunday, April 4, in Ekiti confirmed the kidnapping of one Agbanigo Isaac, from his farm, bringing to 10 the number of...
A group under the aegis of the Forum of North East Market Women Association (FNEMWA), has alleged that in the first three months of 2021, over...
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Kukah, has blamed the Nigerian government for the increased cases of banditry, kidnapping, terrorism and armed robbery in...
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 release of the kidnapped students, teachers and family members of the Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State, could not have been possible if the terrorists...
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), has called on the Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, to change his strategies of dealing with ‘so-called’ repentant terrorists...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday called for tighter security around schools in a bid to check banditry and kidnapping in the country. The Secretary...
Activist and co-convener of the #BringBackOurGirls advocacy movement, Aisha Yesufu, has reacted to the abduction of female students from the Government Secondary School, Jangebe in Talata...
Contrary to the earlier figure of 300 given as the number of female students abducted by gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents from the Government...
President Muhammadu Buhari wants the 19 Northern governors that make up the Northern Governors Forum (NGF), to see the threat to peaceful co-existence and insecurity in...
The Governor of Jigawa State, Muhammad Badaru, has signed into law the state Violence Against Person Prohibition bill which prescribes death penalty for rapists and kidnappers...
The abducted bus driver, Alhaji Kabiru, of Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) club, Adamawa United, has regained freedom late Wednesday. This was after the family had...
About 44 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to step down over the growing insecurity in the country. The groups consist of...
The immediate past Chief of Defence Intelligence (CDI), Air Vice Marshall Muhammad Usman on Thursday said his office had intelligence report that Boko Haram were going...
The Abia State Government has accused herders of being responsible for the various kidnapping activities in the state. The Commissioner for Information in the state, John...
Five member of a notorious kidnap gang who specialize in abducting women and girls, sexually abusing them and obtaining ransom from their families, have been arrested...
The Chief of Army Staff (CoAS), Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has vowed that the Nigerian Army will do everything to sustain the ongoing war against terrorism,...
The new Commissioner of Police, Zamfara State, Mr. Abutu Yaro has assumed office and has vowed to end all forms of crime including banditry, cattle rustling...
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested two siblings and an accomplice for allegedly attempting to kidnap their employer’s son. According to the State Police Public...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has urged the federal government of Nigeria and government at all levels to employ urgent and pragmatic action to end...
A 24-year-old suspected kidnapper, Habibu Sale has been arrested by the Kano State Police for the alleged kidnap and death of an eight-year-old girl, Asiya Tasiu,...
A traditional ruler in Imo State, Eze Andrew Okuegbunuwa, and one Pastor Caleb Agu have been arrested by police in Imo State for alleged kidnapping. Eze...
A 75-year-old blind Internally displaced person, Pa Jato Ndarfa, has cried out for help over a demand for N20 million ransom by the deadly Boko Haram...
Delta State government said on Tuesday it had commenced moves to establish a security force to check rising insecurity in the state. The Secretary to the...
One Nsem Godwin has been arrested by the Ondo State Police Command for allegedly abducting two children, aged four months and 9 years in Okitipupa, Okitipupa...
The Upper Shari’a Court sitting in Gusau, Zamfara State, on Thursday adjourned the case of alleged kidnapping and cattle rustling involving a former Commissioner of Local...
Troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued 20 persons kidnapped on Thursday by insurgents during an attack on Babban Gida, the administrative headquarters of Tarmuwa Local...
After spending two weeks in captivity, a kidnapped judge of the Court of Appeal, Justice Chioma Nwosu-Iheme has regained her freedom. Some gunmen had on October...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, Monday stated that it was impossible to end the menace of kidnapping in the country. Wike, who who was speaking during...
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has ordered the immediate amendment of the penal code to death penalty for kidnappers in the state. The governor gave...
Parents of the schoolgirls who were kidnapped in Kaduna State have countered recounted bizarre details of how their children regained freedom. In doing so, they also...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday said he is not in support or criminality while reacting to the discovery of child theft and fake correctional centres by...
Local authorities in the Brinin Gwari area of Kaduna State have confirmed the kidnapping of Abdul Hafiz Abdullahi, the Head teacher of Dangamji, Primary School. Eyewitnesses...
The governor of Taraba State, Darius Ishaku has revealed that over 100 cases of kidnapping was recorded in the state, and about N250 million paid as...
Abductors of female students and staff of Engravers College, Kaduna State have insisted on the payment of N10million each as ransom for the six students and...
The Nigeria Senate on Wednesday decried the activities of kidnappers and bandits on highways across the country. On how to stop the menace, Senate President Ahmad...
Three soldiers have been dismissed by the Nigerian Army in Borno State for alleged involvement in Kidnapping, armed robbery and killings. The soldiers were said to...
The governor of Katsina State, Bello Aminu Masari has cried for help to put a stop to the increasing spate of kidnapping, banditry and other related...
62 days after her abduction, the whereabouts of Beauty Ogere, mother of former Super Eagles coach, Samson Siasia, remains unknown. The Bayelsa State police has lamented...
A professor of mathematical science at the Ondo State University of Science and Technology who was abducted last week, Gideon Okedayo, has been confirmed dead. Chairman...
