Tag: Kidnappers

"We have been extremely worried since yesterday, but the call has given us a little hope. However, the amount they ...

The police spokesperson explained that the suspects were arrested following credible intelligence and sustained operational efforts by police operatives.

The gunmen came into the Ilu-Abo community in Akure North LGA at about 10 a.m., shooting sporadically and setting an ...

The suspects were arrested on Sunday following a combined operation between the state police command’s Anti-Kidnapping Section and Visiting PMF ...

The commissioner of police in Edo said helicopter surveillance and newly deployed drones supported coordinated bush-combing, night raids, highway nipping ...

The operation was carried out in collaboration with other security agencies.

According to Mr Jimoh, a deputy superintendent of police, a distress call was received at the Police Command’s Control Room ...

The lawyer, Nwamaka Chigbo, was on the phone with her sister, who briefly interrupted the call to attend to a ...

"While guiding the troops to the hidden cache, the suspects made a desperate attempt to snatch the weapon of one ...

The victims were abducted on Tuesday, 16 December, while working on an ongoing construction project around the Oba community in ...

According to the police, operatives of the Force Intelligence Department (FID) Special Tactical Squad (STS) arrested a 35-year-old woman, Zuwaira ...

Last week, members of the nation's highest legislative body deliberated on several national issues, but security took the most attention.

The victims, Mr David and his wife, were abducted from their farm hut located at Odeigede Camp, a border community ...

The gunmen reportedly targeted Mr Paul, a personnel of the State Security Service (SSS), whose residence in Guto community in ...

Governor Nasir Idris alleges that security operatives withdrew from their duty posts 30 minutes before the bandits struck

A passenger who narrowly escaped said the attackers opened fire on the vehicle, but when the bullets failed to penetrate, ...

As part of the review, names of persons convicted of serious crimes, including kidnapping, drug-related offences, human trafficking, fraud, and ...

Governor AbdulRazaq announced that forest guards would be deployed once the Army concludes its clearance operations in affected areas to ...

Mr Ajakaye added that the deployment, led by Brigadier General A.A. Babatunde, is part of Operation Fasan Yanma and aimed ...

According to a statement signed by the command’s spokesperson, Wasiu Abiodun, and made available on Monday, the operation was carried ...

The police spokesperson identified the suspects as Hassan Mohammed, 20, of Wandigah Town, Mandagali, Borno State; Bello Abubakar, 25, of ...

The security outfit said it made the arrests during a raid on the kidnappers' camp in the forest.

The rescued officer has been identified as M.D Josiah, a major.

Sources said gunmen ambushed commercial buses on the road and dragged the victims into the bush.

The husband told relatives the kidnappers were demanding a N10 million ransom.