Tag: kidnapping

The country’s security sector is beset by long-standing challenges that undermine its ability to address violence and insecurity.

The Anti-Terrorism ammendment bill passed second reading within a week after lawmakers resolved to classify kidnapping as terrorism.

More boots on the ground may quieten violence in the short term. But the peace Nigerians long for will only ...

Far more lasting, though, is all that has to be done to remove the motive for citizens joining or tolerating ...

The House is expected to release a consolidated resolution capturing all recommendations from the three-day session and thereafter forward them ...

The Anti-Terrorism amendment bill passed its first reading just a day after lawmakers resolved to classify kidnapping as terrorism.

The Senate said the committees had failed to provide the chamber with timely and relevant security information despite rising cases ...

Nigeria’s Anti-Terrorism Act prescribes a death penalty for kidnapping when the offence results in the death of a victim. Where ...

Mr Kalu said that all banditry suspects must be prosecuted through the criminal justice system, not rewarded with deals that ...

A resident told PREMIUM TIMES on Sunday that an LGA in the southern district of the state is under the ...

"From our record, 215 pupils and students including 12 teachers were abducted by the terrorists."

“Whatever security measures put in place by the government of President Bola Tinubu are not working," Amnesty International said.

The PDP commended the president for cancelling his scheduled trips to South Africa and Angola but described the action as ...

The coalition called it a “brutal indictment” of Nigeria’s continued failure to protect its most vulnerable citizens.

The police said they have arrested three suspects.

rescued victims comprised 47 individuals rescued from kidnappers and 39 victims of human trafficking

“Is this still a civilised country? This is no longer intimidation. This is kidnapping…”

The police said the suspects had contacted the families of the victims and threatened to kill them if certain demands ...

Abduction for ransom has become one of the prevalent crimes in many Nigerian cities, with just anyone prone to being ...

The number of people kidnapped from the bus has not been ascertained.

The demolition, which is in line with the laws of Enugu State, came in the aftermath of the rescue of ...

Among the patients abducted were a nine-month-old pregnant woman, a nursing mother and her baby.

Residents complained that the governor had yet to visit Edu and Patigi LGAs despite rising incidents of banditry and kidnapping

"Additionally, our currency rate against the dollar is no longer determined by fluctuations in crude oil prices," Mr Tinubu said.