•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 ...
•Gunmen Security experts have accused commercial banks of encouraging the kidnapping epidemic in the country, as some ransoms are paid into bank accounts. The experts and analysts, who have backgrounds in military, intelligence, and policing, also stressed that abductions had become an industry enabled by the financial institutions that receiv...
•Police Police operatives in Akwa Ibom State have arrested a 10-man suspected kidnapping gang in a forest raid along the Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area. Acting on a tip from local intelligence, the police operatives were said to have raided a forest in Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area, close to Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, […]
•Bandits Outrage over the rising insecurity in the country grew yesterday as stakeholders demanded tough actions by the federal government against kidnappers. Those who advised the federal government on the kidnapping epidemic included the Supreme Council for Sharia, South-South governors, residents of affected communities, and the National As...
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