Abject poverty, hunger fueling kidnapping, insecurity – Atiku
“The escalating violence and lawlessness in our nation deeply distresses me as bandits and kidnappers continue their reign of terror unchecked. Our youths and innocent citizens are being murdered daily."
Banditry, Kidnapping: Masari shuts some Katsina highways, livestock markets
By Bashir Bello In the face of growing insecurity, Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State has ordered the immediate shutting down of some major Katsina highways to tame activities of bandits and other crimes in the state. The highways shut down include Jibia-Gurbin Baure road and Kankara-Sheme roads linking to Zamfara State. Masari further […]
Abductions, kidnappings since January in figures
Since the well-publicised abduction in 2014 of 276 schoolgirls from Chibok by Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State, more armed groups have resorted to mass abductions.
Banditry, Kidnapping: You’ve failed in providing security, hire mercenaries — Yabagi Yusuf tells FG
ational Chairman of the Action Democratic Party ( ADP), Alhaji Yabagi Yusuf Sani has suggested that the Nigerian government could use mercenaries in its fight against insecurity since the problems appeared to overwhelm the nations military and security outfits.
We’ll put an end to banditry, kidnapping in Nasarawa soon – Gov Sule
By David Odama Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, Tuesday, assured residents of the state, that kidnapping, banditry and other criminal activities in the state will soon be over even as he urged Muslims to pray for peace in the state. Governor Sule said this during an interview with journalists in his hometown in Gudi, Akwanga local area of the state where […]
D.E.T.A.I.L.E.D: Effects of banditry, kidnapping in Kaduna
By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Kaduna may not be the commercial nerve centre of the Northern region but being the defunct capital of Northern Nigeria before the creation of states by the Gowon military regime in 1967, the crocodile city still occupies a central position and had remained attractive to many notable personalities, groups and corporate organizations […]
Owerri jailbreak: 3 rearrested over alleged murder, kidnapping in Imo
The Imo state Police command said it has rearrested another three suspects who escaped during the jailbreak from the Owerri correctional centre, who were facing murder and kidnapping cases.
Insecurity: Kidnapping, killing now a norm in Nigeria — Wike
The Governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike, decried the surge in issues of insecurity in the country, regretting that kidnapping and killing have become a norm in the country under the All Progressives Congress, APC, led Federal Government.
Kidnapping, banditry not federal offences – FG replies PDP
The Federal Government on Tuesday berated the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for displaying crass ignorance that kidnapping and banditry are not federal offences. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed at a media briefing in Abuja, said it was shocking that PDP ruled the nation for 16 years, yet ignorant of the […]
Kidnapping: We‘ll comb forests, dark spots — Ekiti govt
The Ekiti State Government on Tuesday expressed its readiness to collaborate with security agencies to comb forests and other dark spots in a renewed bid to tackle kidnapping and other criminal activities in the state.
I was recruited into kidnapping at beer parlour — Suspect
A suspected kidnapper, Muhammed Hammed has disclosed that he was recruited into a kidnapping gang at a beer parlour by some Fulani in Ibadan, Oyo State.
