Tag: kidnap

Terrorists, locally known as bandits, abducted the locals from Buzugu and Rayau villages in the Bukkuyum Local Government Area of ...

The army said the victims, who included 14 men, five women, one infant, and the four Chinese expatriates, were rescued ...

Police spokesperson, Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, said a security team stormed the forest in the wake of Tuesday’s bandit attacks in Motokun ...

A video that trended for weeks on social media in the state falsely claimed that the traditional ruler of Babanla, ...

“Our forces continue to dominate the area with patrols to deny terrorists freedom of action,” he said.

Police said the victim was reported missing on 26 July 2025, after which the prime suspect used his accomplice to ...

A police spokesperson said items recovered from the suspects include one AK-47 rifle with 15 rounds of ammunition and three ...

The police spokesperson for the Niger State, Wasiu Abiodun, said the suspect and his friends were hiding in Kaduna, waiting ...

Alphonsus Alfa was abducted alongside his colleagues and other passengers along the Liman-Kara-Gwoza road in Borno State when he was ...

“We were able to retrieve the chief and the okada rider that were kidnapped without the payment of any ransom."

Police said the suspect collaborated with his gang members to lure the friend out and then kidnapped him before collecting ...

Police said the female bank manager was allegedly murdered on 13 January in Anambra State.

PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the attacks occurred between Tuesday and Wednesday in two separate communities in the Uzo-Uwani Local Government ...

The FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike and his successor, Siminalayi Fubara have been locked in a protracted fight over the control ...

The abducted persons are residents of Futuk, a village in the Gwana District. They were abducted by bandits operating from ...

PREMIUM TIMES reported on Sunday how the police arrested Mr Damian as the prime suspect in the abduction of two ...

A family source told PREMIUM TIMES on Sunday morning that Mr Tsiga's family was contacted on Friday by the kidnappers

The kidnappers, disguised as local vigilantes, stormed the victims’ residence at midnight on Monday, deceiving the man to open his ...

However, Punch reported that “Telecoms subscribers generals trade tackles issue ultimatum for reversal, over illegal mining oppose NLC threat.”

Mr Lukman admitted to his crimes of child trafficking and revealed he had sold 11 children before he was caught

“It surprised us that the kidnappers asked our driver to go unhurt. He was not taken hostage.”

An accomplice, said to be her boyfriend, has also been arrested, according to the police.

The famous influencer, who spent part of the festive period in Lagos, claimed that she had been kidnapped while in ...

“Our operations are mostly in the forests and bushes, and we know the terrain very well.”

“This arrest is a significant breakthrough and part of the police command’s broader strategy to tackle crime and criminal activities ...