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Police rescue 4 kidnap victims in Osun
The Police Command in Osun on Tuesday said that it had rescued four commuters reportedly kidnapped on Tafida Imesi-Ile and Ilare/Esa-Odo Roads on Sunday...
Insecurity: Govt orders closure of 13 schools
Hours after bandits attacked and abducted 140 students from Bethel Baptist High School, Kaduna government has ordered immediate closure of 13 schools in...
BREAKING: Bandits invade Kaduna school, kidnap scores of students
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers in the early hours of Monday invaded Bethel Secondary School, Maramara in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State,...
15 Niger kidnap victims escape from Zamfara forest as drunken guard sleeps off
NOT less than 15 persons recently abducted by bandits in Tegina town of Niger State on Sunday escaped from their captors’ den in Zamfara State. The 15...
Police arrest dismissed soldier for armed robbery, kidnapping
Imo State Police Command Tectical team have arrested a suspected notorious kidnapper one Godwin Chukwuemeka (35) AKA “Match and Die” inside the ceiling...
Police arrest suspected armed robber, kidnapping syndicate
The Delta State Police Command has arrested two suspected kidnapping syndicate and one robbery suspect who specialised in robbing victims with dummy wooden...
Commuters stranded as youths block Benin-Auchi road over killing, kidnapping
Hundreds of commuters were Wednesday stranded in Ehor, Uhunmwonde local government area of Edo state as angry youths blocked that axis of the Benin –...
Police dispel rumour of bandits invasion, kidnapping in Osun tertiary institution
The Police in Osun State on Friday dispelled a report that gunmen invaded the College of Health Technology, Ilesha and kidnapped some students of the...
Senate proposes 15 years imprisonment for anyone who pays ransom to kidnappers
The Senate on Wednesday considered a bill that seeks to prohibit the payment and receipt of ransom for the release of any person kidnapped, imprisoned or...
Gunmen attack Benue monarch
Gunmen have attacked the palace of Kindred head of Jor Fada, Chief Terhile Atser, in Gboko. They destroyed property worth millions during the attack at the...
We know where kidnappers are, only being careful – Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has assured Nigerians that the Federal Government is handling the problem of insecurity in the country. He...
Suspected Benue serial kidnappers arrested in Osun
An eight-man gang of suspected serial kidnappers comprising four male and four female were on Friday arrested in Osun State. The suspects who were...
I was shot about 20 times after ambush by kidnappers – Ogun vigilante
Sani Haruna was one of the 26 vigilantes in Ogun State, who were recently ambushed by Fulani bandits while on a mission to rescue a medical doctor and nurse kidnapped in...
Increasing attacks on Yoruba monachs show we need fortification –Ekiti king shot by bandits
A first-class traditional ruler in Ekiti State, the Elewu of Ewu Ekiti, Oba Adeniran Ajayi, who recently survived gunshot attack by bandits, speaks to ABIODUN NEJO about...
Amotekun frees Ekiti monarch, arrests kidnap kingpin
The Obadu of Ilemeso Ekiti in the Oye Local Government area of Ekiti State, Oba David Oyewumi, who was kidnapped in his palace on Thursday, has regained freedom....
8 repentant militants, kidnappers become pastors in OPM Church
No fewer than eight repentant Niger Delta militants and kidnappers undergoing rehabilitation in the Omega Power Ministries (OPM) rehabilitation centre, are now...
Kidnapped Ogun doctor, nurse, 13-year-old boy released
The doctor and the nurse abducted last week Wednesday by gunmen on the Abeokuta-Imeko road have been released on Monday night. Also, a 13-year-old boy who was...
Amotekun arrests three kidnap suspects in Ekiti
Ekiti State Security Outfit code-named Amotekun Corps has arrested three persons suspected to be members of a kidnap gang terrorising the state. The suspected...
Three arrested planning kidnap operations on Lagos-Ibadan highway
Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested three members of a kidnap syndicate terrorising commuters on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The suspects,...
Tension, kidnapped Imo monarch freed without reporting incident to police
There was confusion on Saturday as the the kidnapped Imo monarch, the traditional ruler of Umuezie community in Nguru, Aboh Mbaise local government area of Imo...
