Bandits, on Wednesday, allegedly abducted an unspecified number of traders travelling to Kano from Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The highway between Brinin Gwari and Kaduna at Unguwar Yako forest was blocked by bandits where they abducted…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Sokoto State Command, has arrested four suspects over alleged kidnapping and banditry in the state. The State Commandant, Mr Muhammad Dada, made the disclosure while addressing journalists in Sokoto on Wednesday. According…
Niger Police Command has arrested two suspects over alleged unlawful possession of firearms, cattle rustling and kidnapping in parts of the state. The suspects include one Musa Yakubu age 20 yrs of Kampani-Waya village via Kontagora and one Umar Mohammed…
Adamawa State Coordinator of the National Land Development Authority (NALDA), Zakaria Kraha, has been kidnapped. It came as the second known instance of kidnapping within the Yola capital metropolis on Tuesday as wife of a district head and her three…
An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered the remand of a 42-year-old farmer, Seyi Osanipin at the correctional centre in Ado-Ekiti over alleged kidnap. Police prosecutor, Insp. Oriyomi Akinwale, told the court that a small boy, suspected to have…
There is rising tension in Mbutu, Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State, after gunmen, numbering over 10, kidnapped the traditional ruler, Damian Nwaigwe. The unfortunate incident reportedly happened on Thursday morning at his palace around 2:30 am. A…
The Zamfara State Police command said it has rescued twenty four kidnapped victims from the bandits enclaves. The rescue was carried out through the police tactical operatives in various locations of the State. According to the State Police Commissioner, Mr.…
Gunmen, suspected to be sea pirates, in the early hours of Sunday attacked two oil installations, killing three and abducting seven oil workers in Bayelsa. The pirates ambushed their unsuspecting victims in Okoroma and Ogbokiri-Akassa communities of Nembe and Brass…
Police in Kaduna State have foiled a kidnap attempt on the Kaduna-Abuja Highway. Police spokesman in the state, ASP Muhammad Jalige, stated on Wednesday that on Nov. 9, at about 7.45 p.m., the Commissioner of Police, Mr Mudassiru Abdullahi, was…
Some residents of Ado-Ekiti, on Wednesday protested in the state capital and lkere-Ekiti over the kidnapping of another set of four travelers on the axis by unknown gunmen. The kidnap incident allegedly took place late on Tuesday evening, in Goshen…
