The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s leadership, arguing that Nigeria requires a president with the capacity, energy and commitment to…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has arraigned five suspects over their alleged involvement in the abduction of 20 prospective members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Imo…
The Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has recounted how an investigation into suspected fraud involving Nigeria’s fuel subsidy programme led to threats against her and the…
The reported demand follows the abduction of a pregnant woman alongside a couple and their baby in Kaduna State. Suspected bandits have reportedly demanded a ransom of ₦500 million for…
The Bauchi State High Court has sentenced three people to 21 years’ imprisonment each for their involvement in a child-abduction case linked to a criminal syndicate accused of abducting children…
Gunmen have abducted three people, including two employees of the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN), in Idi Ayunre, Oluyole Local Government Area of Oyo State, with the attackers reportedly…
Three men suspected of helping bandits abduct a young boy in Katsina State were reportedly killed by the same criminal group after they were accused of murdering the victim following…
The Congress of University Academics has called on the Federal Government and security agencies to intensify efforts to rescue 20 prospective National Youth Service Corps members abducted in Imo State.…
The Oyo State Government has raised concerns over a series of abduction incidents involving indigenes of the state, questioning whether the recent attacks could form part of a coordinated effort…
About 18 students of Gamji College of Health Technology in Sokoto State have reportedly been abducted while travelling to their hometowns in Oyo State. The students were reportedly travelling in…
The families of prospective National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members abducted by gunmen in Imo State have raised fresh concerns over the safety of the victims, alleging that their captors…
The Imo State Police Command is continuing efforts to rescue passengers, including National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members, abducted during an attack on two commercial buses along the Owerri-Onitsha Expressway,…
The Oyo State Government has condemned the abduction of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members and other travellers in Imo State, assuring affected families that it is working with security…
Members of the 10th House of Representatives have called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to intensify efforts to tackle insecurity and youth restiveness by revitalising struggling economic sectors and expanding…
The Nigerian Senate has called for intensified efforts to rescue citizens being held by kidnappers and strengthen the protection of communities facing security threats. The demand was made by Senate…
The Department of State Services (DSS) says it has secured a death sentence against Ibrahim Usman, also known as Dan Iyali, over his involvement in the kidnapping and killing of…
Troops of Operation FANSAN YAMMA have rescued six members of the same family from an attempted abduction in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, according to security sources. The…
The Delta State Police Command has confirmed the rescue of a 48-year-old woman who was kidnapped in Ovade Forest, Oghara, in the Ethiope West Local Government Area of the state.…
Five men accused of belonging to the proscribed Ansaru terrorist group have been re-arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja over their alleged involvement in the abduction of pupils…
Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has given criminal elements operating in the state’s forest reserves a 14-day ultimatum to vacate the forests. The directive was disclosed on Wednesday by the…
Archbishop Leonard Bature Kawas has alleged that unidentified individuals are sponsoring terrorism, banditry and kidnapping in an attempt to undermine President Bola Tinubu’s administration. President-General of the Charismatic Bishops’ Conference…
At least five Islamic clerics have reportedly been abducted by suspected terrorists in Zamfara State shortly after attending a prayer gathering at the residence of former governor and serving Senator…
Yoruba Nation activist Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has directed volunteers of the Iru Ekun Security Network operating across the South-West to intensify efforts against kidnapping, banditry and…
The Allied Peoples Movement (APM) has challenged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Defence Minister Christopher Musa and other senior government officials to travel by road without armed security escorts if the…
The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 2 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Auwalu Mahmuda, has commended troops of 12 Brigade for their operational successes, including the rescue of 21…
Yoruba nation activist and founder of the Iru Ekun Security Network, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has vowed to continue the fight against criminal elements across the South-West.…
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Rantan Ward, Bebeji Local Government Area of Kano State, Alhaji Garba Buba, has been killed after suspected gunmen attacked the community. Another…
The Nigeria Police Force has challenged social commentator Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, to provide evidence supporting allegations that police officers at checkpoints may be passing information about…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed Nigeria’s security and intelligence agencies to launch an immediate, coordinated operation to rescue people abducted during recent attacks in Niger State. The President ordered…
A Kaduna woman identified as Mama Mary was reportedly killed by bandits after her family failed to meet a N10 million ransom demand for her release. The allegation was disclosed…
Chief Joseph Ebere Ezeokafor, father of popular social media personality Jowizaza, has regained his freedom after being abducted by armed men in Anambra State. The Anambra State Police Command confirmed…
The Kwara State Government has confirmed the release of victims abducted from Woro and Nuku communities in Kaiama Local Government Area following the February attack. No fewer than 176 people…
Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has directed the establishment of an additional military formation in the Eda Oniyo axis of Ilejemeje Local Government Area as part of measures to strengthen…
Panic broke out in Affa community, Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State, after suspected gunmen invaded a Catholic church during Sunday Mass and abducted three people. The incident occurred…
The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for what he described as a major breakthrough in Nigeria’s fight against kidnapping, saying the administration’s handling…
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), working with the Kwara State Forest Guards, local hunters and vigilantes, have rescued nine kidnapped victims and killed three suspected bandits during…
Families of 176 people abducted from Woro community in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State have renewed calls for urgent government intervention after the captors allegedly threatened to force…
At least seven worshippers were killed and several other residents abducted after heavily armed bandits attacked Tsamaye village in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State, invading a mosque…
Suspected bandits have abducted Justice Faruku Hassan Bunza of the Kebbi State High Court after invading his residence in Bunza Local Government Area during a midnight attack, prompting a major…
Suspected bandits have abducted the Chairman of Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Hon. Nura Umar Bungudu, after launching a midnight attack on his residence and killing four members…
Senator Ali Ndume, representing Borno South Senatorial District, has denied allegations linking him to ransom payments and negotiations with kidnappers, insisting he has never received ransom money or acted as…
Niger State Governor Umar Mohammed Bago has urged Fulani community leaders to prevail on youths involved in kidnapping and other criminal activities to abandon crime, warning that continued attacks are…
Yoruba Nation activist Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has launched the Iru Ekun Security Network in Kwara State, declaring that the outfit will work with security agencies to…
Niger State Governor Umaru Mohammed Bago has criticised Fulani traditional leaders for what he described as their failure to publicly condemn criminal elements responsible for persistent bandit attacks, urging them…
The Anambra State Police Command has foiled a suspected kidnapping attempt in Ogbaru Local Government Area, arresting four suspected members of a kidnapping syndicate and recovering a firearm, live ammunition…
Suspected Boko Haram/ISWAP insurgents have abducted the wife of a Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) pastor, Rev. Moses G. Guguma, along with their three children during an attack on…
Panic swept through Government Secondary School, Odo-Ekina, in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State, after armed men invaded the school while students were writing the ongoing NECO examination, abducting…
Barely days after security forces rescued dozens of abducted pupils and teachers in Oyo State, armed men have allegedly kidnapped Mr. Matthew Kolawale Owoade, the 60-year-old headmaster of Nomadic Basic…
Former Senate Leader and Senator representing Borno South, Mohammed Ali Ndume, has called on the Nigerian military and other security agencies to sustain the momentum from the successful rescue of…
The Presidency has disclosed that eight suspected members of the gang behind the abduction of pupils and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State are now in the…