Police in Kano nab key suspects in kidnapping and murder investigation
The Kano State Police Command has recorded significant achievements in its fight against crime, including the arrest of suspects involved in several high-profile cases. The […]
Kidnapping
Zamfara lawmaker, former LG Chair, and District Head detained for kidnapping
A member of the Zamfara State House of Assembly, Aminu Ibrahim, who represents Kaura Namoda State Constituency, is in police custody over alleged banditry and kidnapping. […]
Akwa Ibom: Native doctor gets death penalty for kidnapping
Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo, on Friday, sentenced one Sunday George Andrew, also known as Sunday Akpan Adede, to death by hanging […]
Schools in FCT, 14 Northern states, at the risk of bandits attack – FG warns
Fourteen states, along with the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, are under the looming threat of assaults by bandits and insurgents, as cautioned by Hajia Halima […]
Reason for kidnapping, banditry in North — Shettima
Vice President Kashim Shettima sd disclosed that corrupt governance was responsible for the crisis of insecurity and banditry in the north. Shettima spoke as the […]
Nigeria needs its own version of America’s second amendment, by Majeed Dahiru
Nigeria’s heightening problem of insecurity, which recently made a devastating land fall in Abuja, the country’s federal capital territory […]
Kidnapping: Tinubu signs emergency procurement for tracking equipment
By Abdullahi Muhammad Abuja Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Barr Nyesom Wike has disclosed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved an emergency […]
‘Enough is Enough’: We’ll make Abuja hot for you, Wike tells kidnappers
The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, yesterday commenced confidence-building visits to area councils in the territory, declaring that security agencies would, […]
Tinubu: Kidnapping, banditry ungodly
President Bola Tinubu has condemned the recent spate of kidnappings and bandit attacks, describing the development as disturbing, ungodly, and sinister. Speaking when he received […]
CSO petitions FG over abduction of 24 Zamfara varsity students
A Civil Society Organization, Change.org, has petitioned the federal government over the abduction of more than 24 students from the Federal University, Gusau (FUGUS), Zamfara […]
Insecurity: Women Blow Hot, Dress Half Naked To Protest Against Killings, Kidnapping In Ondo State
Hundreds of women in Akoko division of Ondo State on Saturday staged a peaceful protest against the high spate of insecurity in the area. Some […]
How Kidnappers Killed Ojonimi, A Senior Shell Worker After Collecting N5m Ransom
Kidnappers have killed Mr Ojonimi Osayi, an official of Shell Petroleum Development Company, after collecting N5million ransom from his family. The Kogi-born Oil and Gas expert, […]
Banditry: Police arrest 259 people in Niger
Police arrested about 259 suspects over banditry, kidnapping, culpable homicide, rape, farmers/herders conflicts, and other crimes in Niger in August. The Commissioner of Police in […]
‘How I risked my life to deliver N2.5m ransom to my in-law’s abductors’
By Taiye Agbaje, Abuja, Mr Kehinde Ibiteye, said he risked his life to deliver N2.5 million ransom to kidnappers of his brother-in-law, Mr Kayode Ajayi, […]
Attack on NDA won’t dampen military’s resolve to end criminality – Buhari
By Abdullahi Mohammed, AbujaThe attack launched on the facility of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) on Tuesday, rather than throw a dampener into the morale […]