Tag: kidnappings

Mr Ajani said the abductors had given 2:00 p..m on Sunday (today) as the deadline for the payment of four ...

According to the advisory on the Australian High Commission's website, there have been significant casualties and widespread damage to infrastructure ...

President Buhari should decode the augural message inherent in Matawalle’s bohemian perspective in tackling the State’s insecurity by ending his ...

Installation. Kidnapped Chibok girls. “Zero tolerance?” “Decisively?” Words won’t deter these murderers and rapists. Words won’t bring back these students ...

The hoodlums also abducted seven other worshipers at the mosque.

At least 66 people were killed by non-state actors in various attacks across the country in the previous week.

"In the last two years we have witnessed and overcome a good number of testy challenges that would have destroyed ...

President Buhari should, urgently, address Nigerians on the challenges of insecurity and restore the confidence of our people.

PDP Governors should know that divisive rhetorics can only embolden the criminals who are carrying out these cowardly acts.

About 15 senators contributed to the debate on the worsening security situation across the country.

We must ask pertinent questions at this point: Who wants to destabilise Igboland and to what purpose?

The report says the five worst hit states are Borno with 1,176 deaths, Kaduna, 628; Katsina, 501, Zamfara, 262; and ...

"God willing, we will identify them, and deal with them," President Buhari says.

The women soldiers are to compliment existing operations along the Abuja-Kaduna highway.

The SSS listed 12 states as the main target, urging Nigerians to shun any divisive antics.

"For me, providing security for all residents in the country remains an article of faith," President Buhari says.

It is a settlement being erected on a land mass of nearly 2,500 hecters with complete network of roads.

These are the lowest figures since PREMIUM TIMES in May started tracking incidents of insecurity in Nigeria.

The exercise is expected to the rising cases of kidnappings, banditry and communal clashes in the state.

The lawmakers lament the rising cases of killings, banditry, armed robbery and kidnappings in the country.

he 45-year-old rapper says a powerful cartel was behind the illegal mining activities.

Police said the suspect was behind high profiles abductions in Ogun and Lagos.

The bank says the policy has made it impossible for people to raise the large ransoms demanded by kidnappers.

 “This sad event is yet another reminder of the state of insecurity in which all Nigerians live,” the NBA says.