Tag: kidnapping
S’West states plan joint security patrols, more arms
Governors in the South-West region are seriously considering setting up joint patrols by security agencies to rid the area of kidnappers who have made...
New FCT CP vows to combat kidnapping
Benneth Igweh on Friday assumed office as the 31st Federal Capital Territory Commissioner of Police.
Following his assumption, he pledged to tackle kidnapping, ‘one chance’...
Katsina Govt extends financial assistance to victims of bandit attacks
Katsina, Jan. 26, 2024 (NAN) The Katsina Government extended financial assistance to 30 families affected by the recent bandit attack in Jibia Local Government...
Kidnapping: FCTA begins profiling of worst-hit communities
Abuja, Jan. 23, 2024 (NAN) The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has begun the profiling of areas worst hit by kidnappers in the territory.
Mr....
Police in Kaduna rescue man kidnapped in Abuja, arrest suspect
Kaduna, Jan. 18, 2024 (NAN): The Police Command in Kaduna State said its operatives have arrested a suspected kidnapper and rescued a victim kidnapped...
Tears of joy as Gov. Yusuf reunites parents with their stolen...
Kano, Dec. 30,2023 (NAN) No fewer than seven children from Bauchi State have been reunited with their parents by Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano...
Police Launch Manhunt for Armed Insurgents Following Attack on Officers in...
UGA, Anambra, December 28, 2023: The Anambra State Police Command has initiated an extensive manhunt for armed insurgents believed to have infiltrated from a...
Matawalle restates commitment to end banditry, kidnapping
Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has restated his commitment to rid the state of banditry and other forms of criminalities.
He stated this in a...
Artisan docked for allegedly abducting 2-year old girl
A 39-year-old artisan, Soliu Oladejo, was on Tuesday accused in an Oyo State Family Court sitting in Iyaganku of stealing a two-year-old named baby.
The...
As Abuja-Kaduna Train Services Resumes Next Week, New Conditions Surrounds Ticketing
The minister of transportation, Mua’zu Sambo made it clear that while Abuja-Kaduna Train Resumes operation in the coming week, National Identification Number will be...
Army debunks rumoured abduction of passengers on Maiduguri-Damaturu Road
The Nigerian Army on Saturday debunked a rumoured abduction of travellers on the Maiduguri-Damaturu Highway on Dec. 11.
Col. Ado Isa, Deputy Director Public Relations...
Bandits abducts nursing mother, throw baby into the bush
A newborn baby was reportedly yanked from his mother by bandits and thrown into the shrubs in Sunday’s attack on motorists along Kaduna-Abuja highway.
Survivors...
Protesters Block Abuja-Kaduna Highway Demand End To Kidnapping, Banditry
Residents of Gauraka community in Tafa Local Government Area of Niger State have blocked the Abuja-Kaduna highway to protest the incessant cases of kidnapping...
Bike rider kidnaps, kills teen-girl in Ondo
Grief and tension enveloped the agrarian community of Eshe-Akoko in Akoko North West Local Government Area of Ondo State over the weekend following the...
Find Missing journalist, group tells IGP
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Abubakar Adamu has been called upon to ensure that the abductors of a journalist and lawyer, Mathew...
South African mum arrested after missing daughter, 6, is found dead
A woman has been charged with the murder of her six-year-old daughter Alexia Nyamadzawo, whose body was found dumped in a sugar-cane plantation in...
Police kills 2 kidnappers, arrests 6 bandits in Katsina
The Police Command in Katsina State has killed two suspected kidnappers, arrested six notorious bandits and recovered 130 rustled cows.
The command’s Public Relations Officer,...
