Tag: kidnapping

The Katsina State Police Command says it rescued a three-year-old boy and arrested four suspects while investigating two child-abduction cases ...

The Nigerian Army says its troops rescued 11 passengers during an operation against suspected kidnappers along Kabba-Ayere Road in Kogi ...

The police also reported the killing of a suspected kidnapper in Kebbi and the detention of an officer following a ...

Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq said the donation was the first phase of a plan to provide about 100 vehicles to security ...

Governor Monday Okpebholo said Edo recorded more than 300 cult-related killings annually before his administration assumed office in 2024, adding ...

Mr Idris defended the administration’s security efforts, saying President Bola Tinubu had strengthened the operational capabilities of the armed forces, ...

Rosemary Adukwu, a councillor representing Ogugu Ward III in Kogi State, died days after she was abducted while travelling to ...

Cases of police brutality, extortion, extrajudicial killings and other unprofessional activities in Nigeria have continued despite sanctions by police authorities, ...

The US Mission in Nigeria said on Tuesday that the planned acquisition demonstrated the growing security partnership between both countries.

Renewed attacks, abductions and displacement are testing local peace arrangements and security operations in parts of Sokoto and Katsina states.

The native doctor Ekene Igboekweze, known as “Eke Hit” and other suspects were arraigned on 4 April 2025 on charges ...

Troops of the Nigerian Army rescued 22 kidnapped victims in Muchiya village, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, following ...

Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke rescued seven kidnapped victims from a suspected kidnappers’ enclave during an operation in Ohimini LGA ...

Senator Shehu Buba says he has asked the SSS, police and Defence Intelligence Agency to investigate allegations linking him to ...

A police prosecutor told the court that the suspect and another person, who is still at large, allegedly committed the ...

The university’s Public Relations Officer, Orakwe Ezugwu, confirmed this in a press release in Owerri on Friday.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that a resident of Rivers, simply identified as Loveth, was abducted on 2 September ...

The attack on Tofa occurred about one week after troops said they intercepted armed men advancing towards Ghandi, another community ...

The alleged offences include kidnapping, armed robbery, culpable homicide, motorcycle theft, thuggery and possession of illicit substances.

Defence spokesperson, Samaila Uba, disclosed this on Tuesday during a security briefing at the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC).

The state government commended security forces for rescuing 21 abducted road users after a coordinated search of forests in Dekina ...

The police said a 34-year-old man, Nansik Sule, conspired with the child’s mother, Catherine Davou, to fake the boy's kidnap.

The police said 11 victims, including the drivers of two buses, were rescued after a coordinated search operation, while efforts ...

The Kwara State Police Command says it has rescued the Onigbesi of Igbesi, Oba Moses Oyinloye Omotayo, and two other ...

SBM Intelligence, a research think tank, said about 7,825 people were kidnapped in one year, with at least N7.78 billion ...