The Anambra State Government has reportedly demolished a hideout belonging to kidnappers and uncovered their shrine. According to a post shared on X by the Anambra State New Media on Saturday, the government carried out the operation in its bid to stop criminal activities in the South-Eastern state. "The Anambra State Government identified the building…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has labelled the killer of its Assistant Superintendent Sahabi Salisu during a midnight operation in Awka, Anambra State, as kidnappers and ritual killers masquerading as Yahoo boys and girls. According to the commission, the officers were on legitimate duty on January 17, 2025, before being attacked by a…

No fewer than three septuagenarians and 15 other kidnapped victims have been rescued by Troops of the Three Division Nigerian Army

Trepidation gripped residents yesterday after a Toyota Hilux van carrying company workers, including a foreign national, plunged into the Okulu River on Monday night.

The Vice Chairman of Obunagu Achalla village in Enugu Agidi community, Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State, Ozoemena Okeke, has alleged that he was kidnapped on two occasions by members of his kindred because he refused to sell community lands. Okeke, who is also a community leader, stated that his kinsmen had threatened to…

The Police in Nasarawa State have arrested 280 suspected criminals between January and December 2024.

Four out of the nine persons kidnapped on Tuesday in Odo-Ape Community in Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area (LGA) of Kogi State have escaped from the kidnappers' den, leaving five persons with them. This was disclosed to our correspondent by a community leader in the area, who did not want his name in print. The recent…

The Delta State Police Command yesterday paraded suspected armed robbers, kidnappers, drug dealers and others arrested in Ughelli, Sapele, Ekpan, Warri, and environs. Parading the suspects yesterday, the state’s Commissioner of Police, Olufemi Abaniwonda, said the Command is committed to ensure that Deltans sleep with their two eyes closed even as the yuletide season is…

The advent of a new, foreign-based armed religious group known as ‘Lakurawa’ into Nigeria cannot but be sad news for the country’s embattled space, particularly in the North where insurgency seems not to be losing ground.

Following a well-coordinated sting operation in the general areas of Maraban Abare, Bomanda, and Karamuke village in Taraba State, two suspected kidnappers have been arrested. Spokesman of 2 Brigade, Captain Olubodunde Oni, who disclosed the arrest, hinted that the operation that led to the arrest was aimed at curbing kidnapping activities in Lau Local Government…

Nigerian Army troops of Operation FANSAN YAMMA have successfully rescued a kidnapped victim, Salim Ishaq Umar, an indigene of Gusau, who escaped from a terrorist enclave in Munhaye Forest, Zamfara State, after 47 days in captivity. According to competent security intelligence expert in the northern region, Zagazola Makama, the escape reportedly occurred on the morning…

Security operatives in Kaduna have arrested five kidnappers, a spiritualist, and a notorious car thief, while also recovering a stolen Toyota Hilux vehicle, after raiding a criminal hideout in the state. The Kaduna Police Command issued a statement on Tuesday evening, confirming that the operation targeted terrorists and other criminal elements in their dens to…