•Armed Fulani herdsmen For the past few weeks, social media and conventional media have been awash with news of criminal activities including kidnapping, rape and even murder in some communities within Anambra State. Some of the communities mentioned in this new trend of crime are Ukwulu in the Dunukifia Council area of the state, Nando, [&hel...
•Abdullahi Sule Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has expressed concern over the recent increase in cases of kidnapping in the state. Sule stated this during an emergency security council meeting yesterday in Lafia, reports Daily Trust. The governor said that the emergency meeting was to assess the security situation with the view to proff...
•Kaduna-Abuja highway Residents of Gonin-Gora in the troubled Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, today, barricaded the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway while protesting the abduction of an unspecified number of people in the area. The residents stormed the highway protesting and urging the government to do something over the incessant attack...
•IGP Egbetokun The Police headquarters in Abuja today said it has concluded its review of the issuance of tinted glass permits, previously banned in June 2022. In a bid to enhance national security and curb criminal activities facilitated by the misuse of tinted glass, the Nigeria Police Force has. The police recalled that the ban […]
•Bandits Students of Nasarawa State origin in tertiary institutions have decried the continuous kidnapping of their colleagues for ransom, and called on the federal and state governments to expedite action towards proffering a lasting solution to the matter. Students of the Nasarawa State University, Keffi; the state-owned Isa Mustapha Agwai P...
There is palpable fear in the land. This is not a time to embark on journeys anyhow. It appears kidnappers have been let loose. From the North to the South, the story is the same. The West and the East are not spared. The fear of kidnappers has become the beginning of wisdom. The menace […]
•Senate President Akpabio The Save Nigeria Movement (SNM) has demanded a thorough probe on the level of involvement of an unnamed serving senator in kidnapping for ransom in the North Central and North West. The CSO made the demand at a rally led by its Convener, Rev Solomon Semaka, in Abuja yesterday. Semaka urged the […]
•Shehu Sani Former senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Senator Shehu Sani, has claimed that over 10,000 schools in the North have closed due to kidnapping and terrorism. He made this known at Arewa House, Kaduna during the 15th Ralph Opara Memorial Lecture on Girl Child Education, organised by the National Association of S...
An undergraduate of the Ogun State-owned University of Education, Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ijebu Ode in Ogun State, Abdul-Azeez Ibrahim, has been arrested by the State police command for alleged kidnapping, armed robbery, and cultism. Abdul-Azeez, arrested on Saturday in Ijebu Ode, is said to be the hit man and armourer for...
•Gunmen Despite the increasing wave of abductions across the country, security experts and families of victims have said that most kidnapping incidents in the Federal Capital Territory and other parts of the country are not reported to the authorities. Victims of abductions and their families in Abuja and other parts of the country, who spoke ...