•Closed school Schools where mass abductions took place in some states in the North have remained shut many months after, raising concern of exacerbating the out-of-school challenge facing the region, investigations reveal. Schools in Niger, Kaduna, Katsina and Kebbi, among others, had faced mass abductions of school children, reports Daily Tr...
•The Senate The Northern Senators Forum (NSF) has said that the escalation of kidnappings in the North, particularly Kaduna State lately, is not only “reprehensible” but also calls for “urgent and resolute action” to tackle the mass abductions of citizens. As a body, it said it had the mandate to ensure that the security situation […]...
•Tinubu and security chief Forum of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chairmen today expressed worry over the high rate of kidnapping in the country and told President Bola Tinubu to wield the big stick on any of the security heads that is found wanting in his or her responsibilities. The APC Chairmen also described the […]
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has instructed security agencies in the country to ensure the safe return of all kidnap victims in different parts of the country, just as he tasked them to ensure no ransom is paid to achieve this. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, disclosed this while addressing journalists...
•Lagos Speaker Obasa With incidents of kidnapping spreading across some states of the federation, the Lagos State House of Assembly has called on Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to increase the personnel in the Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Corps (LNSC) to effectively assist other security agencies. The House also commended President Bola Ahmed Tinub...
•Policemen In a move to push back the rampaging kidnappers and bandits operating freely across the country, 15 state governors have assembled no fewer than 52, 106-man vigilante squads to battle the hoodlums. Officials in Delta, Kano, Plateau, Sokoto, and 11 other states told this paper that their governors had cobbled together a coalition of ...
•Amotekun A body of Yoruba youth groups, Yoruba Youth Socio-Cultural Association (YYSA), yesterday, decried pervasive and pervading kidnappings in the South-West. This was contained in a statement signed by Olalekan Hammed (National President) and Olawale Ajao (National Secretary) and made available to our correspondent in Ibadan, the Oyo Stat...
•Gov Aiyedatiwa Stakeholders across Ondo State have expressed concern over the resurgence of kidnappings and sundry criminalities in the state. A couple travelling along the Akure/Ikere highway were abducted while another traveller in another vehicle escaped into the bush along Akure/Ikere highway last week Thursday, reports Vanguard. They wer...
•FEC meeting The Federal Executive Council (FEC), today Wednesday, January 17, reacted to reports of some members of the public crowdfunding for ransom payments for kidnap victims. Minister of Defense, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar said such practices would rather worsen the situation, adding that not responding to ransom demands will eventually ma...
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