At least 24 bandits were killed on Tuesday after soldiers of the Nigerian Army, operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), Katsina Community Watch Corps foiled an attempt to mass-kidnap persons in Gidan Bawa village, Kandarawa Ward, Bakori Local Government Area of the state. According to a security...
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Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Command, CP Mamman Bitrus Giwa, psc, mspsp, smicm, has vowed to sustain the Command’s offensive against kidnapping and other violent crimes and continue making Enugu State increasingly unconducive for unrepentant criminals and criminal elements seeking to infiltrate the State. The CP made the declaration...
Commissioner of Police, Edo State Command, CP Patrick Daaor, mnips, in company of the Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Operations, Area Commanders Auchi and Agenebode on Thursday 13th August, 2026 visited the Edo–Kogi border in Okene as part of efforts to strengthen operational collaboration and border security...
The pain and uncertainty of not knowing the whereabouts of her four-year-old daughter have become an unbearable burden for Mrs. Blessing Iornem, whose child has remained missing for nearly two weeks following an alleged abduction in Makurdi, the Benue State capital. Little Mary Nguemo Iornem was reportedly taken on...
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), on Friday night arrested three more persons suspected to be members of the kidnapping ring that abducted the dean of agriculture, Nasarawa State University, Professor Samuel Avengbe Okunsebor. The university don was rescued by DSS operatives two days after some gunmen...
Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun, has lauded the Department of State Services (DSS), the Nigerian Army, the Nigerian Police, as well as Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), for rescuing five kidnapped students of Gateway ICT Polytechnic, Saapade, in Remo North Local Government Area of the state. The students, who were...
Kaduna State Police Command has recorded major breakthroughs in its ongoing fight against insecurity, neutralising a notorious kidnap kingpin, arresting 16 suspected kidnappers, three alleged gunrunners and recovering several firearms and stolen items within two weeks. The Commissioner of Police, Kaduna State Command, CP Rabiu Muhammad, disclosed this during...
Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa, has directed Vice Chancellors, Rectors and Provosts across Nigeria to dismiss any student found culpable, after due investigation, of involvement in kidnapping or other related crimes. He also ordered the heads of tertiary institutions to strengthen internal intelligence systems and deepen collaboration...
Kebbi State Police Command has confirmed the release of kidnapped High Court Judge, Justice Faruk Hassan Bunza, who was abducted from his residence in Bunza Local Government Area on July 26. According to the Command, the judge’s release was confirmed by his family and the Kebbi State Ministry of...
Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has strongly condemned the abduction of a Kebbi State High Court judge, Justice Faruku Hassan Bunza, describing the incident as a dangerous assault on Nigeria’s judiciary and the rule of law. Justice Bunza was reportedly kidnapped by suspected armed bandits on Sunday night after gunmen...
Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced three men linked to the abduction of students and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State to life imprisonment after they pleaded guilty to terrorism-related offences. Justice Salim Ibrahim ruled that the life sentences imposed on Abdulrazak Umar (also known...
Operatives of the Nasarawa State Police Command have thwarted a kidnapping attempt and rescued four victims following a gun battle with suspected kidnappers in Akwanga Local Government Area of the state. The operation, carried out by officers attached to the Andaha Division, followed a distress call received at about...
Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced two senior Ansaru terrorist commanders, Abubakar Abba (Abu Baraa) and Mahmud Usman (Mamuda), to life imprisonment after they admitted to terrorism-related offences. Justice Emeka Nwite delivered the judgment after convicting the pair on a 32-count charge brought by the Department of State...
The Department of State Services (DSS) is set to appeal Monday’s life sentence handed two top commanders of the Ansaru Terror organization by a Federal High Court, Abuja. Justice Emeka Nwite had, shortly after Mahmud Usman, a.k.a Abu Bara’a/Abbas/Mukhtar, the self-styled Emir of Ansaru; and Abubakar Abba, a.k.a Mahmud...
Federal Government on Friday charged three men, Abdulrazak Umar (a.k.a. Abu Khalifa/Abu Khalid), Yunusa Musa (a.k.a. Yunusa bin Musa), and Shamsu Adamu Sani (a.k.a. Abu Itisar), for the recent kidnap of children and teachers of a school in Orire Local Government Area (LGA) of Oyo state. The 10-count charge...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has commended the Federal Government under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, following the rescue of abducted 39 pupils and 5 teachers in the Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. The UNICEF delegation, led by Catherine Russell, the Executive Director Mission...
Kogi State Government has announced the successful rescue of victims abducted during Tuesday’s attack on a school in Odo-Ekina, Dekina Local Government Area of the state. The victims, who regained their freedom on Thursday, include the school principal, an ad hoc staff member of the National Examination Council (NECO),...
Oyo State Police Command has confirmed the safe release of a farmer, Mr. Owoade Mathew, who was abducted by gunmen along the Igbojaye–Budo Aare bush road in Oyo State. The Command disclosed that the victim regained his freedom on the evening of July 13, 2026, following a sustained joint...
Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has expressed gratitude over the successful rescue of the schoolchildren who were recently abducted, describing their safe return as a development worthy of national thanksgiving. In a post shared on his X account on Saturday, Obi said he was deeply relieved...
National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, has commended the Federal Government’s efforts that eventually led to the release of the abducted pupils and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. Yilwatda, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and...