Crime
BREAKING: One killed as gunmen abduct students, staff in Niger
Bandits have abducted unspecified number of students and staff of Government Science College Kagara in Niger State. Government Science College Kagara is…
Kidnapping and Insecurity
Reports on kidnapping, banditry and attacks, and what security agencies are doing about them.
Crime
Bandits more willing to listen to Sheik Gumi than govt – Lai Mohammed
Information and Culture Minister Lai Mohammed said on Friday that renowned Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi was in order when he…
Crime
Gunmen kill policeman, kidnap three Chinese in Osun
Three Chinese citizens have been kidnaped in Akere village in Atakunmosa West of Osun State, Mouthpiece NGR learnt on Wednesday. A policeman attached to…
Crime
Kidnappers place N52m ransom on 26 Taraba youths
Abductors of 26 youths from Takum local government area of Taraba have demanded N52 million ransom for their release. A relation of…
Crime
JUST IN: Gunmen kidnap 26 youths in Taraba
Twenty-six youths from Takum local government area of Taraba state were on Wednesday abducted by gunmen along Wukari-Takum road. A source in…
Crime
JUST IN: Gunmen kill Delta councillorship candidate
Mouthpiece NGR learnt that a councillorship candidate in the forthcoming Local Government Council elections in Delta State, Hon. Ofa Eliot has been…
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Crime
Gunmen attack Osun Senator during constituency meeting
The Senator representing Osun West Senatorial District, Adelere Oriolowo, was whisked away from the venue of a constituency meeting held in Ikire,…
Crime
BREAKING: Amotekun rescues kidnapped Ekiti businessman in Kwara forest
Operatives of the Ekiti State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun corps have rescued a businessman Happiness Ajayi that was kidnapped on Christmas…
Crime
Amotekun, police rescue man as gunmen kidnap travellers in Ekiti
THE combined forces of the Amotekun Corps, police and hunters on the Christmas day rescued a victim out of two persons that…
Crime
BREAKING: Pandemonium as gunmen invade Osun community (PHOTOS)
There was a pandemonium at Sabo Area in Osogbo on Friday morning as some hoodlums armed with guns invaded the area, killed…
Crime
Gunmen kill seven in fresh Kaduna village attack
Gunmen on Thursday night attacked the Gora Gan community in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killing seven persons and…
Politics
Garba Shehu apologises for saying only 10 Kankara schoolboys were abducted
Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, has apologised for saying only 10 students were abducted from…
Politics
BREAKING: Abducted Katsina schoolboys released — Gov’t
Students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, kidnapped last Friday have been freed, according to the state government. The Special…
Crime
Police rescue abducted Lebanese in Ibadan
Oyo State Police Command said the Lebanese kidnapped at the Panarama Farm Mekun, Oke Alaro area in Ibadan had been rescued. The…
Crime
Oyo: Two killed in effort to rescue abducted foreigner
The Oyo State Police Command has said that two bodies were recovered in an effort to rescue one Hassan Mills, a foreigner…
Crime
How bandit attacks turned North West villages into ‘Ghost Towns’
The vicious attacks launched by bandits in Zamfara, Katsina, Sokoto and Kaduna states, amongst others, have forced thousands of residents to desert…
Crime
Hours after Nigerian President’s arrival, bandits abduct scores of students in Katsina
Bandits Friday night invaded Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State and kidnapped scores of the…
Crime
BREAKING: Kidnapped APC chairman found dead in Nassarawa
The kidnapped chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nasarawa State, Philip Shekwo, has been found dead. Vanguard reports that his…
Crime
BREAKING: Gunmen abduct 12 Nigerian police officers
Unknown gunmen have kidnapped twelve (12) Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASPs) who were embarking on special duty from Katsina to Zamfara. Mouthpiece…
Crime
Police arrest three for kidnapping Oyo LCDA chairman
Oyo State Police Command on Monday arrested three of the suspects behind the recent kidnap of a council boss in Oyo State.…