Bandits are allegedly demanding N40 trillion in ransom before the 16 people kidnapped from the Gonin Gora area of Kaduna can be released. According to a community leader, John Yusuf, the bandits contacted the victim's family and also demanded 11 Hilux vans and 150 motorcycles. On February 28, 2024, bandits killed two residents of Anguwan…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has condemned the incidents of abduction involving very vulnerable victims, internally-displaced persons in Borno State and students in Kaduna State. Tinubu has also issued a directive to security and intelligence agencies to swing into action immediately so as to rescue the captives. The President in a statement signed by spokesperson, Ajuri…

The Police Command in Kano State has arrested 132 suspects for alleged kidnapping, armed robbery and illicit drug dealing in two months in different parts of the state.

Mr Abdulahi Muhammadu, an officer of the Department of State Services (DSS) attached to the anti-kidnapping squad in the Okeogun area of Oyo State, on Wednesday told a Federal High Court in Ibadan that local security personnel made it easy for them to arrest some suspected kidnappers.

The Police Command in Katsina State in collaboration with the army has foiled a kidnap attempt and rescued 10 victims on Kukar Babangida/Yan Gayya feeder road.

Piqued by the security challenges bedeviling the country, President Bola Tinubu recently pledged to establish forest guards to secure the nation’s rainforests.

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested Ulagu Philemon Chukwuma, a 29-year-old domestic worker, for allegedly masterminding the kidnapping of his employer's son, 12-year-old Justin Nwakwo.

Abducted victims recently freed from captivity have revealed that kidnappers use poisonous snakes to terrorise them. Some of them, who recounted their ordeals in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), said that there were many snakes in the forests inhabitated by the bandits. They said that the snakes often bite both the kidnappers…

The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, IbaGani Adams, yesterday, raised the alarm that evil has penetrated the South-West region of the country to which urgent and concerted actions are needed to be taken to address the situation.

As insecurity mounts nationwide and kidnapping cases become rampant, manufacturers and industry stakeholders have expressed worry, saying business activities are being affected negatively

General Overseer (GO), Forever in Christ Evangelical and Deliverance Ministry, Prophet Israel Adewale Ajadi, has said that community policing is needed in Nigeria now more than ever before.

Troops of the I Division Nigerian Army (NA)have neutralised four insurgents while others escaped with gunshot wounds.