•Police Security agents allegedly opened fire on unarmed residents protesting the never-ending kidnapping in Abraka community, Ethiope East Local Government Area, Delta State, yesterday. It was learnt that nobody was shot dead, but a protester sustained an injury on his face, with blood spouting, reports Vanguard. The protesters ran for safety...
•Governor Monday Okpebholo In a move to combat rising insecurity in Edo State, Governor Monday Okpebholo has commenced the demolition of properties linked to kidnapping and cult-related violence, vowing to bring sponsors and collaborators to justice. According to a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Fred Itua, state off...
Youths of Odo-Ape community, Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State, protesting the killing of two persons by gunmen have blocked a federal highway. Unknown gunmen struck yesterday in Odo-Ape, killing two people in their farm, reports Saturday Vanguard. A resident of the community, who pleaded anonymity, described the gruesome murder o...
•Peter Obi The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, warned today that insecurity in the country could consume everyone if more efforts were not made to address it. While acknowledging the sacrifices made by security agencies in the fight against insecurity, especially kidnapping, Obi noted that ...
•Sunday Igboho As a result of their continued hostilities, banditry and kidnapping in the South-West zone of the country, the Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, has again issued a fresh eviction notice to armed Fulani herders in the zone. This latest notice would be the second that the Yoruba freedom fighter issued [&hel...
•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...
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