Police operatives in Ebonyi have killed one suspected kidnapper and rescued an abducted cleric in the state. The spokesperson for the state police command, Onome Onovwakpoyeya,...
These top 10 stories across the nation’s newspapers might interest you. 1. Sowore scores Buhari low, says he dehumanized Nigerians Barely few weeks to the expiration...
These top 10 stories across the nation’s newspapers might interest you. 1. Uzodinma wins APC governorship ticket in Imo The Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, on...
A former deputy governor of Nasarawa State, Prof Onje Gye-Wado, who was recently kidnapped has regained his freedom. Unconfirmed reports say the professor of law who...
Gunmen who kidnapped children and women in Wanzamai village, Zamfara State have demanded a ransom of N30 million, according to reports on Saturday. Ripples Nigeria had...
Police operatives in Edo State have arrested two suspected kidnappers over the abduction of 31-year-old Albert Igbinomwanhia in Benin, the state capital. The state’s command spokesperson,...
Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has applauded the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), which according to him, has achieved...
Police operatives in Niger on Friday arrested two suspected kidnappers and rescued seven victims in Gurara local government area of the state. The spokesman for the...
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, on Thursday, explained the reason criminals using phone calls and text messages in the execution of their...
The Edo State government said on Wednesday 20 people were abducted in last weekend’s attack on a train station in the state. There were reports that...
Gunmen who abducted over 30 passengers at the Igueben Train Station in Edo State on Saturday have demanded N620 million for their release. This was according...
The Bauchi State Police Command during a Joint Operation in the forests of Alkaleri LGA during killed three suspected kidnappers were neutralized while others escaped with...
Police operatives in Delta have rescued three kidnapped victims and recovered weapons in two separate operations in the state. The spokesman for the state police command,...
Police operatives in Delta have killed two suspected kidnappers and recovered weapons in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, DSP Bright Edafe, disclosed...
No fewer than 48 suspected kidnappers have been arrested following the combing of forests by both the Police and Amotekun Corps in the South-West area of...
Police operatives in Edo on Tuesday rescued a one-year-old baby and killed three suspected kidnappers along the Benin-Auchi Road in the state. The spokesperson for the...
Police operatives in Bauchi State have killed two suspected kidnappers and arrested seven others in Alkaleri local government area of the state. The spokesman for the...
The Ondo State Security Network Agency, Amotekun Corps, has arrested 45 suspected criminals for various offences in the state. Amotekun Corps Commander, Adetunji Adeleye, who paraded...
Nigerian actress, Monalisa Chinda has weighed in on the kidnapping of her colleagues, Cynthia Okereke and Clemson Cornell by unknown gunmen. Ripples Nigeria reported earlier that...
Police operatives in Enugu State on Tuesday rescued seven abducted persons in Udi Local Government Area of the state. The spokesman for the state police command,...
Police operatives in Kaduna on Wednesday recovered seven kidnapped victims who escaped from their captors in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Mohammed...
Kidnappers operating along the Kaduna-Birnin Gwari axis have murdered a Kano businessman, Umar Sani, after collecting ransom from his relatives. The businessman, also called Magaji, was...
Police operatives in Yobe have arrested five suspected kidnappers in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, ASP Dumgus Abdulkarim, confirmed the development in...
The Imo State Government has disclosed that some suspects have allegedly implicated former Governor Rochas Okorocha and Uche Nwosu as sponsors of bandits and kidnappers. Nwosu...
Iba Gani Adams, the Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, has raised an alarm suggesting that bandits and kidnappers have relocated to Kwara and Kogi States respectively. Adams...
The two abducted pupils of Glory Land Group of Schools in Igarra, Akoko-Edo local government area of Edo State have regained their freedom. The girls were...
The Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures in Nigeria on Saturday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to declare banditry and kidnapping as acts of terrorism in the...
Traditional rulers in Ningi Emirate in Bauchi State, particularly district, village and ward heads have been warned against conniving with criminals to perpetrate evils in the...
The three kidnapped students of Christ the King Major Seminary at Fayit Fadan Kagoma in the Jemaa Local Government Area of Kaduna State have regained their...
Niger State Commissioner for information, Alhaji Muhammed Sani Idris, on Friday narrated his ordeal at the hands of his kidnappers in the wake of his freedom...
Three more pupils from those abducted on May 30, at the Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School, Tegina, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, have reportedly died...
Professional hunters in Okehi Local Government Area of Kogi State, in the early hours of Tuesday, gunned down two kidnappers, while they were collecting ransoms to...
Police operatives in Nasarawa have arrested 44 suspected armed robbers, kidnappers and other criminals in the state. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr. Bola Longe, who...
Police operatives in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Sunday recovered N1.3 million from five suspected kidnappers in the city. The spokesperson of the FCT police...
The wife of the Kaduna State Governor, Hajiya Asia El-Rufai, on Wednesday, kicked against the payment of ransom to kidnappers in the country. The governor’s wife,...
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...
Some suspected gunmen have released a lecturer of the Taraba State University, Umar Buba, after spending four nights in their captivity. Ripples Nigeria had reported that...
Police operatives have arrested 84 suspected criminals in various parts of the country. The Force Spokesman, Frank Mba, who paraded the suspects at the Force Headquarters...
The kidnappers of the Katsina State Shari’a Court Judge, Alkali Hussein Samaila, have reportedly demanded N30 million, an Android phone, and call cards to set him...
The Senate has proposed a 15-year-jail term for any Nigerian who pays ransom to kidnappers. The bill seeking to prohibit the payment and receipt of ransom...
The Abia State government has clarified that only one student of the Abia State University Uturu (ABSU) was being held hostage by the kidnappers that attacked...
Activist and co-convener of the Concerned Nigerians Group (CNG) Deji Adeyanju, has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to arrest Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi,...
The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has confessed that he was contemplating bombarding the hideout of the bandits who kidnapped students of the Federal College of...
A Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari paid ransoms to kidnappers. Obasanjo made these claims on Wednesday when he...
The abductors of the Chairman of Yagba West Local government area in Kogi State, Pius Kolawole, have reached out to the family of the victim to...
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, on Saturday, expressed displeasure over the spate of insecurity in the country, saying that bandits and kidnappers now have...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you. 1. Again, El-Rufai rules out negotiation, amnesty for bandits, kidnappers in Kaduna The Kaduna State...
The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested a suspected member of a notorious kidnap gang, Bello Mohammed, for allegedly beheading a businessman, Osondu Nwachukwu, after his...
