The FCT command of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has stated that the reports of over 200 persons being kidnapped by bandits between December 2023 and January 2024 are exaggerated. The Commissioner of Police, CP Haruna Garba said the reports…
Security operatives in Kogi have rescued 21 kidnap victims, 48 hours after their abduction on Thursday along Ajaokuta – Itobe road in the state. Gov Yahaya Bello, who lauded the efforts of the security operatives, reiterated zero tolerance for criminal…
The Police Command in Benue said it rescued two kidnap victims, arrested a tax collector and 17 others in Logo Local Government Area of the state. This was contained in a statement on Sunday signed by the State Police Public…
By Umar Akilu Majeri, Dutse The Jigawa State Police Command has confirmed that unknown gunmen numbering seven on motorcycles carrying AK-47 rifles stormed the house of Kiyawa local government chairman, Alh Nasiru Ahmed and kidnapped two of his wives SP…
Police in Adamawa State successfully thwarted a kidnapping attempt and killed one of the suspected gunmen. The Adamawa Police Command released a statement on Wednesday, revealing that their operatives, along with local hunters, carried out an operation on September 6,…
By Titus Atondu, Makurdi A policeman and two other person’s were on Tuesday kidnapped by unknown gunmen at Anune, along Makurdi — Naka road in Gwer West local Government Area of the State. Chairman of Gwer West local Government Council,…
Two suspected kidnappers have been killed by police during an exchange of gunfire, just as an abducted couple was rescued unharmed. The Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, confirmed the report in a statement signed and made…
Kidnapping is now a multi-billion naira business in Nigeria, at times, it costs much more than money. Human lives are lost, families and loved ones thrown into permanent mourning, and lives subjected to perpetual agony. Hope is, however, not lost.…
The Nigeria Police Force’s Criminal Investigation Department, Alagbon, in Ikoyi, Lagos, said it has arrested some suspects in connection with the alleged attempt to kidnap Nigerian musician, Tiwa Savage. The department’s spokesperson, CSP Oluniyi Ogundeyi, on Saturday, confirmed the development…
A former deputy governor of Nasarawa State, Prof Onje Gye-wado has been kidnapped by daredevil gunmen. News Reporter gathered that Onje Gye-wado, a one-time deputy Governor of the State who served during Abdullahi Adamu administration, was abducted in the early…
