The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command on Tuesday confirmed the arrest of 11 suspected kidnappers terrorizing residents of various communities in Abuja. The command’s spokesperson,...
A member of a vigilante group in the Urhokosa/Obagie community of Edo State, has been killed in a shootout between the group and armed kidnappers on...
Comedian, Debo Adebayo aka Mr Macaroni has lamented the spate of insecurity in the country and has advised his fans and Nigerians in general on how...
Family of a police officer (name withheld) attached to the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, have been reportedly kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Yola, the Adamawa...
The Katsina State Police Command on Thursday paraded 27 suspected bandits, kidnappers and armed robbers, who were recently arrested in the state. One of the suspects...
The Kano State police command said on Friday 17 suspected kidnappers and 225 other criminals had been arrested in the state in the last four weeks....
Soldiers from 33 Artillery Brigade, Nigeria Army, Bauchi, had recovered 75 cows, 45 sheep, 15 goats, and four donkeys from cattle rustlers and kidnappers in Alkaleri...
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested two suspected members of a six-man kidnapping gang for allegedly abducting a 25-year-old lady and killing her mother in...
Twenty-three suspects were on Thursday paraded by the Katsina State Police Command, who were alleged to have committed various crimes including banditry, kidnapping and theft. According...
Ondo State Security Network Agency, better known as Amotekun, has arrested three suspected members of a kidnap syndicate, operating along Owo/Ose area of the state. The...
The Oyo State Police Command on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of two suspects, Abubakar Mohammed and Ayankunle Ayaleye, who allegedly kidnapped a female farmer in the...
The Kogi State Police Command on Thursday confirmed the arrest of five persons in connection with recent kidnappings in the state. The command’s spokesman, DSP William...
The abducted former president of Yoruba community in Benue State, Chief Isaac Akinkunmi, has regained his freedom. He was released by his abductors in the early...
The Kaduna State Police Command on Wednesday paraded 217 suspected kidnappers, armed robbers, bandits and cattle rustlers among others, who were arrested between April 29 and...
The Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai has stated that 90 percent of kidnappers, bandits as well as armed robbers are Nigerians. Buratai revealed this on...
The Cross River State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of four suspected kidnappers who were all paraded in the capital of Calabar. This was confirmed...
After spending nearly 3 days in the hands of his abductors, the kidnapped Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress, Delta State, Comrade Goodluck Ofobruku, has been granted...
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breaders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has denied claims that Fulani herdsmen are behind criminal activities especially in the northern part of the...
The police said on Monday operatives of the Intelligence Response Team had arrested members of a kidnap syndicate who allegedly killed three of their victims after...
The Plateau State police command said on Saturday at least 16 persons had been arrested for suspected kidnapping, armed robbery, culpable homicide, and unlawful possession of...
The Kano State Police Command said on Friday at least 197 persons had been arrested for suspected kidnapping, armed robbery and other crimes in the state....
The twin children of an Islamic cleric in Oyo State, Sheikh Taofeeq Akeugbogold has been released on Sunday morning. The twins, a male and female, according...
Suspected abductors of the Ekiti State Commissioner for Agriculture, Folorunso Olabode, have reportedly demanded a ransom of N30 million for his release. This was revealed by...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, said on Tuesday his late mother’s travail in the hands of kidnappers in 2013 influenced his decision to deal ruthlessly with...
The police in Cross River State on Friday morning raided a hideout of some suspected kidnappers in the Etagbor community in the state. During the raid,...
Kidnappers operating in Kogi State struck again on Tuesday in the Itobe/Ajegu community in Ofu Local Government Area of the state, abducting 12 persons. This was...
Ugoeze Comfort Okoro, the abducted wife of a traditional ruler in Ihitoha Uratta community, Owerri North local government area of Imo State, Dr. Emmanuel Okoro, has...
After spending five days in the den of his captors, a law graduate of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, identified by the police as...
The Anambra State Police Command has confirmed the release of a 14-year-old girl who had been held captive in the Ogidi, Idemili North Local Government Area...
The Nigerian Navy School of Armament Technology, says its operatives arrested no fewer than nine suspects involved in kidnapping, cattle rustling and banditry in Kaduna State....
Two members of staff of the National Population Commission (NPC) Gaddafi Ali-Shehu and Isah Zaradeen have been released by their abductors. The duo, who were abducted...
Three men kidnapped in Okene, Kogi State on Monday have been released by their abductors, the Kogi State Police Command said on Saturday. This was disclosed...
The Benue state Commissioner of Police, Garba Mukkadas, said on Saturday the Command arrested 27 suspects for alleged kidnapping, robbery and theft during the yuletide period....
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested three suspected kidnappers of staff of the Nnamdi Azikwe University, Awka, Emeka Chiagbana at Agulu, Aniocha Local Government Area...
Unknown gunmen on Monday night abducted a management staff of the Adamawa State Ministry of Justice, Samuel Yamnde, in Sangere, a suburb of Yola, the state...
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has revealed that it dismantled kidnappers’ camps and arrested a suspect along Kwali-Kwaita axis of the territory. Deputy Police Public...
The three abducted female students of the Bayelsa State College of Health Technology, Otuogidi, Ogbia local government area of the state have been rescued from their...
Onyiwara Faith, the corps member who was rescued from kidnappers’ den in the early hours of on Tuesday by teams of policemen led by the Lagos...
A medical doctor, Emmanuel Orhembe, who was kidnapped in Benue State has been rescued by men of the Benue State Police Command, three days after his...
The Anambra State Police Command said on Saturday that two suspected kidnappers, Anthony Roberts and Udoka Nwoko, have been arrested after a gun duel with its...
The Kaduna State Police Command has rescued a 13-year-old boy and seven other victims from kidnappers in the state. The police also arrested a notorious kidnapper...
The Kaduna State Police Command said on Wednesday it has opted for negotiations to free six abducted female students and two teachers of Engravers College, Kaduna....
Men of the Edo State Police Command on Wednesday killed four suspected kidnappers in a shoot out after they were ambushed by the kidnappers. The policemen,...
A pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in Lafia, Mr John Egla, has been kidnapped by some yet to be identified gunmen in...
Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai, on Friday, lamented that kidnappers are now collaborating with “some elements of Boko Haram”, to hold people for ransom. He spoke...
Panic rented the air on Wednesday evening when some bandits invaded Kwanar Mayanci, Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State, on motorcycles and looted residents’ belongings....
Three suspected kidnappers were burnt to death on Monday morning at Dutse Alhaji area of Abuja. A female victim of the suspects was rushed to Kubwa...
The mother of former coach of the Nigeria’s Super Eagles, Samson Siasia has been freed by her abductors. She regained her freedom after spending two months...
Three suspected kidnappers were killed in Kogi State by combined security operatives comprising policemen, soldiers and local hunters. The kidnappers, according to reports, engaged the security...
Suspected kidnappers paraded by the police in Abuja on Wednesday revealed that they bought army uniforms for N15,000 to aid their operation. The suspected kidnap gang...
