Bandits have kidnapped at least 56 people, including women and children in Kankuru, Adogon-Mallam, and Tungan-Kawo villages in Munya and Shiroro local government areas of Niger...
The Police Command in Benue State has confirmed the kidnap of two female students of the Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi on the night of Saturday,...
The paramount ruler of Mbo Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom State, HRM Ogwong Okon A. Abang, who was abducted from his Ebughu Palace, has been...
Nine people, including 6 vigilantes have been killed by bandits in Kuchi and adjoining communities in Munya LGA of Niger State. Dozens of farmers as well...
Armed hoodlums have shot dead one Iliyasu Abubakar in Ankpa Local Government Area of Kogi State. According to a statement by the Kogi State Police Public...
In a horrific incident on Sunday, thugs unleashed violence in Ikachi village, Akparata area of Effium, within Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, resulting in...
Gunmen on Saturday, May 18, 2024 kidnapped the Paramount Ruler of Mbo Local Government Area (LGA) of Akwa Ibom state, HRM Ogwong Okon A. Abang at...
Joint Task Force Operation UDO KA says it has foiled an attempted kidnap of another South-East personality at Umuaka community in Njaba Local Government Area (LGA)...
Two women kidnapped in the Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State have been rescued from their abductors. The Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley...
Gov. Usman Ododo of Kogi State on Saturday expressed dismay that all the CCTV cameras were switched off before the abduction of students of Confluence University...
The operatives of the Kaduna State Police Command have arrested at least 280 suspected criminals and rescued about 158 kidnapped victims from January to date. The...
At least nine Civilian Joint Task Force members fighting bandits in Sokoto State have been reportedly killed in an ambush, while an unspecified number sustained varying...
Bandits on Saturday night invaded Dutse, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) under Bwari Area Council, kidnapping at least five persons. The bandits invaded...
Bandits on Saturday night invaded Dutse, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) under Bwari Area Council, kidnapping at least five persons. The bandits invaded...
A Pastor attached to the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) identified as Olugbenga Olawore has been abducted. The clergyman and other passengers of a 14-seater...
Bandits have invaded Angwar Danko village in Kakangi Constituency of Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Wednesday at 6 pm firing shots indiscriminately,...
Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested Blessing Ogunu, a staff member of Bliss Legacy Limited, a real estate company based in Benin City,...
The Nigerian Army has arrested a gunrunning syndicate and thwarted a kidnap attempt in Taraba and Benue states. Announcing the development in a statement, the Director...
The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has called for the immediate release of the kidnapped Channels TV reporter, Joshua Rogers. Dr Chris Iziguzo, NUJ President, made...
The Delta State Police Command has paraded 12 suspects, including a 17-year-old boy (name withheld) who faked his kidnap in the Agbor area of the state....
Bandits have shot dead a police officer whose identity is yet to be ascertained. The office was killed when police foiled the abduction of family members...
A community of students within Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, is rallying together in a desperate bid to secure the release of their friend and...
The High level of kidnapping of innocent motorists along the Idodo axis of the Enugu-Abakaliki Express road is becoming worrisome and alarming. Motorists plying the highway,...
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, on Saturday, foiled an attempt by bandits to kidnap Alhaji Lawal Shittu Yar’Adua, manager of the...
Katsina State Police Command has eliminated five suspected bandits and rescued 100 kidnapped victims in the state. The command’s spokesman, ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, disclosed this in...
The Katsina State Police Command has confirmed the release of 28 girls abducted by bandits yesterday in Katsina. The girls were reportedly kidnapped while collecting firewood...
Operatives of the Nigerian Army have successfully thwarted a kidnapping attempt by terrorists targeting Christians returning from a church programme in Taraba State. Naija News reports...
The Ogun State Police Command has announced that a member of the Celestial Church of Christ, Oriyarin Parish, Mowe in Obafemi/Owode Local Government Area of the...
The Bauchi State Police Command has apprehended three individuals implicated in a nefarious plot involving criminal conspiracy, threats to life, criminal intimidation, and an attempted kidnapping....
Police in Bauchi State have arrested three suspects for alleged criminal conspiracy, threat to life, criminal intimidation, and attempted kidnapping. SP Ahmed Wakil, spokesperson of the...
President Bola Tinubu on Sunday said schools must be made safe and secured for learning. Tinubu was reacting to the release of students abducted from Kuriga...
The Defence headquarters has disclosed that the students from Kuriga in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State were rescued in Zamfara State. The Director of...
Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani has called for new strategies to prevent the abduction of students and protect schools in the rural areas. Sani made...
At least 10 passengers travelling in a Sharon bus from Taraba State have been allegedly kidnapped in Jootar axis, Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State....
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said the troops of Operation Hadarin Daji rescued 16 pupils (Almajiris) and a woman abducted by terrorists on March 9 in Gada...
The Lagos State Police Command has apprehended two university students for concocting a kidnapping plot against themselves in a bid to extort money from their parents....
Two students have been arrested for allegedly faking their own kidnap. The Lagos State Police Command confirmed the arrest on Thursday. The Command’s Public Relations Officer,...
A team of operatives of the Nigeria Police, military and vigilantes has rescued 20 kidnapped victims in Edo State. DAILY POST gathered that armed men suspected...
Two lovers have been taken into custody by the Akwa Ibom State Police Command for allegedly staging their kidnap. The lovers identified as Imaobong Sampson and,...
Fourteen individuals have been kidnapped in the Dogon Noma-Ungwan Gamo community, located in the Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Naija News reports that the...
Safety of schoolchildren is again under scrutiny as bandits carry out audacious attacks across the Northern part of the country. DAILY POST reports that from Wednesday,...
In the last two weeks, cases of kidnapping assumed a dangerous and frightening dimension. Kidnapping is not new in Nigeria but since 2014 when scores of...
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Friday night kidnapped the Edo State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Tony Aziegbemi. It was gathered that...
The Federal Government has urged state governors to set up Safe School Response Coordination Centres to forestall attacks and kidnappings in schools. The Minister of State...
Bandits operating around villages in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State have attacked Banono settlement under Angwaku community in Kufana Chiefdom where one person was...
Troops of the Joint Task Force Operation Hadarin Daji (OPHD) have thwarted an attempt to abduct 10 people in Tsafe town of Zamfara on Tuesday. According...
The Lagos State Police Command said it has arrested a suspected female kidnapper and rescued three children from her. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin...
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has alleged that the recent abduction of 287 primary and secondary school pupils at Kuriga in Kaduna state looks planned in...
The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State has condemned the recent kidnapping of over 280 primary school pupils in Kuriga village of...
Security operatives on Monday rescued 16 kidnap victims from their abductors in Kogi State. Speaking to NAN on Monday, spokesman of Kogi Police Command, SP Williams...
Troops of Sector 1, Operation Whirl Stroke, OPWS, have rescued 12 kidnapped victims at Jootar village in Ukum LGA of Benue State. The Force Commander of...