By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – A suspected kidnapper has been arrested in a joint operation by the Nigerian Police and the Military after a lone crash around Angwan Mayo, Kokona Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The state’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Ramhan Nansel, in a statement on...
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By CHRIS NWOKOCHA – Nigeria today is facing one of its most complex security challenges since independence. Banditry, terrorism, kidnapping, and armed robbery have taken root in the forests and rural areas, threatening lives, livelihoods, and national stability. At the center of proposed solutions stands the Nigerian Forest Security...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Benin – Edo State Police Command has launched an intensive operation to secure the release of three seminarians kidnapped during a violent attack on July 11 at Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary in Ivianokpodi-Agenebode, Etsako East Local Government Area. The assault tragically claimed the life of an...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – United States government, in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), on Tuesday inaugurated a modern evidence storage facility and donated forensic kits to the Plateau State Police Command to strengthen crime investigation and prosecution. The facility, expected to improve...
Lagos State Police Command has arrested six individuals linked to the kidnapping of two victims in separate incidents. Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Olohundare Jimoh, confirmed this during a press briefing in Lagos on Monday. According to Jimoh, the suspects were detained for their roles in conspiracy and...
Nasarawa State Police Command have arrested five (5) suspects linked to armed robbery and kidnapping in Doma Local Government Area of the State. The state’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Ramhan Nansel confirmed the arrest in a statement on Sunday. According to the statement, the suspects were arrested...
In a chilling case in Enugu, 40-year-old suspected ritualist Obi-Levi Obieze, known locally as “E dey play, E dey Show,” was arraigned on Wednesday at the Enugu North Magistrates’ Court alongside Sebastine Offor, 64, and Ejike Odinwamkpa, 38. The trio faced a three-count charge of conspiracy, kidnapping, and murder....
In a bold operation, troops of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) liberated two police inspectors and nine other captives from kidnappers in Benue State. The mission, led by Maj.-Gen. Moses Gara, also resulted in the arrest of two suspects now under interrogation, as announced in Makurdi on Monday. The operation,...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Amnesty International has threatened to engage the services of private investigators to unravel the mysteries behind the disappearance of Abubakar Idris popularly known as Dadiyata if the Federal Government fails to act. Country Director Amnesty International Nigeria Isa Sanusi at a press conference over...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State Police Command announced the successful rescue of six Nigerian Law School students from the Yola Campus, who were kidnapped while traveling. In a statement released to journalists in Makurdi on August 1, 2025, the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Edet Udeme,...
Federal Government has said it remains committed in its efforts to secure the release of the remaining Chibok girls and Leah Sharibu. National Coordinator, National Counter Terrorism Centre, Office of the National Security Adviser (NCTC-ONSA), Maj.-Gen. Adamu Laka, shared this update during a briefing on the Multi-Agency Anti-Kidnap Fusion...
By BARBARA KALU, Asaba – Delta State Police Command has arrested a 29-year-old housewife, Merit Eleh, and her two accomplices, Alfred Elisha and Ugochukwu Adim, for staging a fake kidnapping in Asaba. According to the police, the housewife conspired with her accomplices to fake her own kidnapping and demanded...
Taraba State High Court No. 1 in Jalingo has sentenced four individuals to life imprisonment for their involvement in an attempted kidnapping. The convicted individuals—Prospar Paul, Samuel David, Nosiu Buba, and Samuel Kelvin, listed as the first, second, third, and fourth defendants, respectively—faced charges of criminal conspiracy and attempted...
By OLA MODUPE, Abure – Ondo State Police Command has confirmed the death of Femi Oladele, the prime suspect in the murder of two Adekunle Ajasin University (AAUA) students, Andrel Eloho Okah and John Friday Abba. Oladele, a landlord and cult leader, allegedly masterminded the kidnapping, robbery, rape, and...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja-. FCT Police Command operatives have arrested one Yahaya Saleh, a 40-year-old man, for attempting to bribe police investigators with the sum of One Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira (₦1,500,000) in a desperate bid to secure the release of a kidnap suspect currently under investigation. Police...
Security operatives in Kogi State have arrested two additional suspected informants to kidnappers, bringing the total number of suspects in custody to three. The arrests were made in Ayetoro Kiri, Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area, following confessional statements from an earlier arrested suspect, which revealed the identities of other collaborators...
By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin – Chief Imam of Uromi and President of the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria (MSSN), Edo-Delta Chapter, Sheikh Murtadho Muhammad, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen. The incident occurred on Sunday at approximately 2 p.m. in the Angle 90 area of Uromi, Esan North-East Local...
A daring attempt to kidnap the Chairman of Gassol Local Government Council in Taraba, Alhaji Abubakar Saidu, was foiled by the swift response of the police. It was learnt that the incident occurred at Saidu’s residence in GRA, Jalingo, in the early hours of Friday. Saidu told reporters in...
By OLA MODUPE, Ibadan– Oyo State Executive Council has approved N7.7 billion for the procurement of two aircraft to combat banditry, kidnapping, and other forms of security threats in the state. The approval was made during the weekly meeting of the council held on Tuesday. According to the State...
by HARUNA AHMED, Birnin-Kebbi – Nigerian military troops, in collaboration with vigilante groups, have successfully rescued six kidnapped victims and recovered stolen cattle from bandits in Kebbi State. The kidnapped victims and stolen cattle were from Kokanawa and Ukuhu communities in the Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State....