A man identified as Kasimu Barangana, has been abducted by the bandits who kidnapped 138 pupils of Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School, Tegina, in Rafi Local Government...
Respite came the way of parents as 28 students of Bethel Baptist Secondary School in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State have regained their freedom....
Bandits on Friday attacked Dansadau community in Maru local government area of Zamfara State. Incoming reports say three people were killed, and about seven others kidnapped....
Following the abduction of the daughter of Afghanistan ambassador to Pakistan, Najib Alikhil, the Afghan government has ordered the withdrawal of all its diplomats from the...
Five suspected kidnappers met their waterloo on Sunday in Edo State as angry youths set them ablaze after they were apprehended along the Afuze-Uokha Road in...
Gunmen have killed a Major General of the Nigerian Army, Hassan Ahmed, and abducted his wife in an attack in Abuja. Ahmed, who was recently appointed...
A Kaduna State Security Incidents Report for the Second Quarter of 2021 presented to Governor Nasir El-Rufai on Tuesday, has shown that 222 persons were killed,...
In the first half of 2021, a total of 2,371 persons were kidnapped and N10 billion demanded in ransoms. This is contained in a report released...
Bandits who abducted the provost of the College of Arts and Animal Science, Bakura, Habibu Mainasara, in Zamfara State, have demanded a ransom of N5 million...
Two children of the same parents, Eric Abba and Aondona Abba, who were abducted by unknown people on Saturday in Benue State, have been found dead...
But for the timely intervention of soldiers in the early hours of Monday, bandits would have succeeded in abducting students of the Faith Academy, Kaduna, a...
Bandits who abducted students and teachers from the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, in Ngaski Local Government Area of Kebbi State last Thursday, have released a...
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has decried the persistent attacks and abductions of students by bandits in the north, saying the acts will ultimately...
The governor of Kebbi State, Atiku Bagudu, has vowed to lead the rescue operation of students and teachers abducted on Thursday from Federal Government College (FGC),...
The Enugu State Police command has confirmed that the coach of Rivers United, Stanley Eguma was abducted by unknown men on Tuesday. The coach was said...
An 18-year-old man, Aminu Ali, has been arrested by the Katsina State Police Command for allegedly kidnapping and killing his 3-year-old cousin identified as Amina Ali....
The Proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has denied any involvement in killing of security agents in the South-East, while alleging a house-to-house abduction and killing...
Abductors of 156 pupils of the Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School in Tegina, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, have reduced the N200 million ransom earlier...
A three-year-old pupil who was kidnapped alongside 156 others by bandits from the Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School, Tegina, in Rafi local government area of Niger State,...
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...
A French journalist, who was kidnapped in Mali in April, has cried out in a video posted on social media, asking for help from the French...
Unknown gunmen have reportedly attacked the Federal University of Agriculture in Makurdi, Benue State, where an unspecified number of students were abducted on Monday. Though details...
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...
The spate of abductions and killings of varsity students across the country, especially in the Northern region, may trigger a fresh round of protests if the...
A 100-level student of the Plateau State University, Bokkos, identified as Israel Emmanuel, has died after he fell off a vehicle during a protest by the...
Kaduna State-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, on Monday described kidnapping of students as a lesser evil compared to ransacking and killing in Nigerian communities by...
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...
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his happiness at the release of the abducted students of Government Science College in Kagara, Niger State. This was contained in...
Global rights group, Amnesty International, has described the strings of abductions of students in schools in the northern part of Nigeria as war crimes. Ripples Nigeria...
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...
Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has alleged on Friday that there is a “strange incestuous relationship between government and abductors.” which has enabled the abduction...
The abducted journalist with the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), Port Harcourt, Mrs. Chidiebere Onyia, has regained her freedom. Onyia, a mother of three, was abducted at...
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...
About 80 students of Hizburrahim Islamiyya School, an Islamic school in Mahuta community in the Dandume local government area of Katsina State, were abducted on Saturday,...
An All Progressives Congress (APC) member and Benue State House of Assembly lawmaker, Jonathan Agbidye was on Friday remanded in prison over alleged involvement in criminal...
A two-day warning strike has been embarked upon by medical doctors in Delta State over the kidnap of one of their colleague identified as Dr. Wisdom...
Three Chinese workers abducted by gunmen on Monday in Itagunmodi, Atakumosa West local government area of Osun State have been released. The state Commissioner of Police,...
Abductors of Mrs Beauty Ogere Siasia, mother to the former Super Eagles striker and coach, Samson Siasia, have reduced their ransom demand for her release to...
A director with the Sharia Court of Appeal in Kaduna State, Aishatu Muhammad, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen. The Kaduna State Police Command on Thursday...
Six humanitarian workers and staff of Action Against Hunger (ACF) who were abducted by suspected Boko Haram insurgents last week, have begged the Nigerian government “to...
19-year-old Matthew Isichei Chukwuebuka has been rescued by the Lagos State Police Command, following an alleged kidnap by two men who kept him in captivity for...
One Chukuemaka Eze has been arrested by the Imo State Police Command for allegedly killing an ex-corps member, Lilian Mgbanwu, after raping her. The Force Public...
The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has sent three persons to jail for abducting and selling a two-year-old boy. The convicts, Olujimi Mayokun, Peace...
Six kidnap victims, including four corps members, on Sunday were rescued by the Rivers State Police Command after their abduction in Emohua area of the East-West...
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...
The Lagos State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, have arrested 10 persons in the Ojodu, Berger area of the state for...
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has again accused President Muhammadu Buhari of not having solutions to the problems plaguing the nation. Speaking against the backdrop of...
Hooded gunmen in military camouflage on Saturday morning invaded Channels Avenue, Isheri, Lagos State and whisked away three people. The victims, who are landlords at Oshorun...
Four months after the abduction of a former Minister of Education, 70-year-old Senator Iyabo Anisulowo, the Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team, has arrested the...
