Crime
VIDEO: Suspected Bandits Filmed Packing Bundles Of Naira Notes In Bush
A group of men suspected to be bandits has been captured on video packing bundles of naira notes into a sack in…
Kidnapping and Insecurity
Reports on kidnapping, banditry and attacks, and what security agencies are doing about them.
Crime
Amotekun Operative Beheaded While Delivering Ransom For Kidnapped Brother In Oyo
An operative of the Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Amotekun, Robert Olorode, was brutally beheaded on Saturday, October 24, 2026, while trying…
Crime
How kidnappers collected N4m with AI photo— Abducted graduate
Ibi Phillip, a graduate of Benue State University, tells AYOOLA OLASUPO how his journey to the National Youth Service Corps orientation camp…
Crime
Oyo Police Rescue 15-Year-Old Kidnap Victim, Kill Suspected Kidnapper
The Oyo State Police Command has rescued a 15-year-old kidnapped boy, Sumaila Muhammadu, and neutralised a suspected kidnapper during a coordinated operation…
Crime
Heavy gunmen Kill 40 in Taraba Village
Gunmen killed at least 40 people in an attack on a village in northeastern Taraba State on Friday afternoon, Amnesty International has…
Crime
Military, DSS, Police Arrest 5 Suspects Over Corps Members’ Kidnap
Operatives of the Department of State Services, the military and the police on Friday arrested five suspected members of a criminal gang…
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Gunmen Invade Cocoa Research Institute Ibadan, Abduct Three Staff
Three staff members of the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN), Ibadan, have been kidnapped. The victims were reportedly abducted from a…
Crime
Viral Video Shows Suspected Bandit Using RPG To Stir Semo In Forest
A short video circulating online shows a man believed to be a bandit using a rocket-propelled grenade launcher to stir a pot…
Crime
20 Abducted Oyo Prospective Corps Members Beaten As Kidnappers Reduce Ransom To N5m Each
The 20 prospective National Youth Service Corps members abducted in Imo State have allegedly been assaulted by their captors, with families raising…
Politics
NYSC Abduction: Makinde/Daura PCO Condemns Tinubu’s Nonchalant Attitude to Insecurity
The Makinde/Daura Presidential Campaign Organisation (MDPCO) asserts that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s lackadaisical attitude to issues of security has emboldened terrorists, bandits…
Crime
Kidnapped NYSC Members Traced To Forest Camp Surrounded By IEDs – Imo Police
Suspected kidnappers holding National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members and other passengers abducted along the Owerri-Onitsha Expressway have been traced to a…
Crime
Family Appeals for Rescue of NYSC Member Abducted En Route to Abia
A family has appealed to the Federal Government and security agencies for the urgent rescue of a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)…
Crime
Makinde commits to policy actions following Oriire abduction inquiry report
Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has assured the public that his administration will thoroughly examine the recommendations of the Judicial Commission of…
Religion
Deploying Islamic Scholars To Preach To Bandits Would Have Yielded Tremendous Success— Gumi
MOUTHPIECE NGR reports that controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has said there would have been tremendous success if more Islamic scholars…
Crime
We Won’t Allow National Park to Become Bandits’ Sanctuary — Oyo Govt
The Oyo State Government has reiterated its commitment to the ongoing fight against banditry in the state, vowing that it will not…
Crime
Bandits Attack Operation Burst Base in Oyo, Burn Building and Patrol Van
Armed bandits, in the early hours of Sunday, reportedly attacked an Operation Burst base located within a forest reserve along the Igbeti–Igboho…
Politics
5 Islamic Clerics Abducted in Zamfara After Prayer for Tinubu’s 2027 Bid at Senator Yari’s Residence
Five Islamic clerics have reportedly been abducted by suspected terrorists after attending a special prayer gathering for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election at…
Crime
Tears As Kwara Monarch, Oba Oyinloye, Dies Days After Release from Kidnappers
The Onigbesi of Igbesi Land, Oba Moses Oyinloye Iwedunmoye I, has died days after regaining his freedom from kidnappers in Isin Local…
Crime
Banker Shot Dead Resisting Kidnappers at FUTO; 2 Female Students Abducted
A banker was shot dead on Sunday while attempting to resist kidnappers who attacked a family at the Federal University of Technology,…
Crime
10 NYSC Members Rescued From Kidnappers In Kogi Forest, Hunt For Others Ongoing
Ten of the 15 National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, members abducted last week have been rescued from Egume Forest in Ofu Local…