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25 Sep
The Zamfara Police Command on Sunday reassured the general public that the security operatives were making efforts to rescue the remaining kidnapped students of the Federal University Gusau from the kidnappers.
21 Sep
Over the past few months, there has been a reign of terror in the North Central States by intransigent terrorists determined to render the entire region desolate.
18 Sep
Gunmen in the early hours of yesterday, invaded Evangelical Church of West Africa (ECWA) Church, Nuku, at Maigemu District of Jos East Local Council of Plateau State, kidnapping the pastor, Usman Umaru, and two others, including a woman.
14 Sep
A Joint team of policemen, troops of the Nigerian Army and community vigilantes have rescued four kidnapped victims in a bush in Orerokpe community, Okpe Local Council of Delta State. The victims, all residents of Orerokpe, were kidnapped on Monday while on transit along Abraka-Eku expressway near Orerokpe Bridge at about 4:00a.m. Confirming the incident…
13 Sep
ONSA National Coordinator, National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC), Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), Rear Admiral Yaminu Musa (rtd) has said, effective communication is a vital component in the fight against kidnapping and other forms of insecurity bedeviling the country. Rear Admiral Musa stated this today, at the Anti-Kidnap Multi-Agency Fusion Cell Media and…
1 Sep
Lagos State Police Command, yesterday, paraded 66 suspects for engaging in various crimes, including armed robbery, unlawful possession of arms, impersonation, cultism, murder and other crimes.
1 Sep
Yobe State Police Command has arrested two suspects for kidnapping and robbery in Tarmuwa and Bursari Local Councils.
29 Aug
The Indonesian military has arrested three soldiers on suspicion of kidnapping, torturing and killing a civilian in an extortion plot, officials said Tuesday.
27 Jul
Ogun State government has concluded arrangements to launch surveillance drones to tackle incessant cases of kidnapping and cultism in the state.
1 Jul
The immediate past Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Lucky Irabor (rtd), yesterday, in Abuja, declared that the military, under his command, significantly curtailed threats of terrorism, insurgency, piracy, sea robberies, vandalism of critical national assets and kidnappings.
25 Jun
The Police Command in Enugu State has debunked a video clip currently in circulation, alleging that a part of the state is not safe due to a series of kidnappings there, as “untrue”.
12 Jun
Even as June 12, 1993, being marked today as Democracy Day remains sacred in the annals of the country’s history as the day that birthed true democracy, the swearing in of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on May 29, 2023 (30 years after) as Nigeria’s president...
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A former senator who represented Kogi West in the 9th National Assembly, Smart Adeyemi, has rejected the advice of the Supreme Court to withdraw his petition.
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The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Maj.-Gen. Christopher Musa, has said that the military will flush out bandits and terrorists from the country.
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The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone A has arrested Mr Felix Maiva, a wanted wildlife smuggler who, according to the agency, has been on the run since 2021. Maiva's arrest is a fallout of intense investigation and surveillance that followed the discovery of a 20 foot container found to contain 4,752kg of…
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The Nigerian Navy has arrested six impostors impersonating as Nigerian Navy personnel to engage in fraudulent activities.
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The Delta Governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Asaba on Friday affirmed Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the duly elected governor of Delta.