Kidnapping

The Kaduna State Police Commissioner, Alhaji Muhammad Rabiu, has dismissed reports alleging the kidnapping of over 100 worshippers in Kajuru, Kaduna State, as falsehoods. Rabiu said the claims were being peddled by “conflict entrepreneurs”…
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The National Coordinator of the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC-ONSA), Maj. Gen. Adamu Laka, has raised the alarm that some Point of Sale (POS) operators are actively facilitating terrorist and kidnapping activities in Nigeria.…
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The Senate has mandated its joint committee on security to investigate the sudden withdrawal of military personnel from Government Girls Secondary School, Maga, Kebbi, shortly before the bandits’ invasion. The committee is to report its…
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The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), the national chapter of Transparency International Nigeria, has voiced strong concern over Nigeria’s worsening security situation, particularly the recurrence of attacks on school…
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The Emir of Daura, Alhaji Faruq Umar-Faruq, in Katsina State, has announced the removal of Iliya Dakaci, the Village Head of Mantau, in Yam-Maulu community in Baure Local Government Area. The decision, announced in Daura by the Emir,…
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Mr Stephen Okolo, a Department of State Service (DSS) official, has said that the deployment of technology aided the arrest of three security personnel facing charges of kidnapping and banditry in Oyo State. Okolo said this in his…
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The Police Command in Katsina State says it has foiled a kidnapping attempt at Yan Shantuma village in Danmusa Local Government Area and rescued seven victims. The spokesman of the command, ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, disclosed this in a…
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The Kano State Police Command has arrested 873 suspects for alleged robbery, kidnapping and other crimes during the just-concluded nationwide protests. The suspects, detained from across the state, were paraded before newsmen at the…
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Some road users in Ebonyi have decried alleged kidnapping incidents along the Idodo axis of the Enugu-Abakaliki expressway. They described the incident as “worrisome” and called on the Federal, Ebonyi and Enugu governments to intervene…
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Amotekun operatives in Ondo State have foiled a bank robbery and kidnapping in Irele Local Government Area of the state. The Commander of the Corps, Akogun Adetunji Adeleye, announced this to journalists on Thursday at the headquarters…
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