Tag: kidnapping

Police said one of the suspects made “useful disclosures” concerning the July abduction of three newly graduated military recruits from ...

"I saw vehicles parked by the roadside, not knowing they were heavily armed Fulani bandits dressed in police uniforms," he ...

The army said the operation, which took place in the Ovia North-East Local Government Area of Edo State, was carried ...

Nine abducted persons have been rescued and three suspected kidnappers killed during a joint security operation in the Ekiti Local ...

The police said all four suspects confessed to their individual roles in the crime.

An official said the plea bargain arrangement would apply to all offences created under the laws of Anambra State, except ...

"He lived opposite a police station. When he needed them the most, they were nowhere to be found."

A relative of one of the victims said the kidnap incident happened on Saturday.

The police said the separate operations took place in Funtua and Musawa local government areas on 17 and 19 July.

Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke have killed two suspected terrorists, rescued three kidnapped victims and recovered weapons during a raid ...

The suspects, who are from the Republic of Togo, allegedly threatened to abduct a resident unless he paid ₦22 million.

He said the operatives engaged the bandits in a gun duel, forcing them to flee into a nearby bush.

Police and other security agencies have launched a search operation to rescue nine mourners, including two Federal Road Safety Corps ...

The funds will be used to procure operational vehicles and equipment, rehabilitate police barracks and stations, train and retrain personnel, ...

The Commissioner of Police, Umar Chuso, stated this on Wednesday during a press briefing in Gombe

Edo has directed businesses to install CCTV cameras by 30 July to strengthen crime-fighting efforts, but the order has raised ...

First-term governors elected under the All Progressives Congress (APC) have declared their support for President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms, endorsing ...

“When nations face an existential crisis, leaders are bound to rally around the incumbent leadership in a bid to rescue ...

Suspected bandits blocked the Bakori–Guga road in Katsina State on Friday evening and abducted at least nine travellers returning from ...

The police said they also rescued a two-week-old baby from suspected traffickers in Delta State.

David Salifu, who served as Secretary to the Benue State Government under former Governor Gabriel Suswam, died after he was ...

"It is with a heavy heart, yet with unwavering confidence in the sovereignty of Almighty God, that we announce the ...

Twelve defendants were sentenced to death by hanging, while dozens of others received prison terms of up to life imprisonment ...

Gunmen abducted six married women and two babies from farms in Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State less than ...

The command’s Public Relations Officer, Henry Okoye, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday.