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.

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.

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 […]

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.

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.

By Arogbonlo Israel General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God,RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye has announced that eight members of the church abducted a couple of weeks ago in Kaduna have regained their freedom. Adeboye made the announcement through his Twitter handle on Thursday. READ ALSO: 40 years later, Pastor Adeboye confesses: I said ‘God […]

A Pro-democracy and security watch group, Voters Assembly, VOTAS has warned the Federal Government that treating criminals who abduct children from their schools with kid gloves can discourage parents from sending their wards to schools.

Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Wednesday expressed concern over the delay in the trial of kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, a.k.a. Evans.

A proprietress of an orphanage home, Green Pasture and Home Initiative, Chaplain Comfort Williams has called on the government to as a matter of urgency expunge all forms of what she described as unnecessary bureaucratic bottlenecks from the adoption laws to simplify processes of adoption and tackle the incidence of child theft and kidnapping in orphanage homes.

The names of those kidnapped by bandits from Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State, have been revealed. A statement by Mary Noel-Berje, Chief Press Secretary to Governor of Niger State, noted that 27 students, three teachers and 12 family members were taken by the bandits.

By Henry Umoru WORRIED by Civil strife, ethnic violence in Nigeria, Kidnapping across the country, Leaders of the National Consultative Front, NCF, a frontline political pressure group have concluded arrangement to convoke what they termed, the people’s National Conference. They said that the Peoples Constituent Assembly is slated to hold May this where Nigerians will […]

Oyo State government is set to deploy 200 additional operatives of Amotekun Corps to Ibarapa and Oke-Ogun areas to curb kidnapping and banditry there. Gov. Seyi Makinde announced this in Ibadan on Wednesday at the end of a meeting held with representatives of the communities and security stakeholders. The Commissioner of Police in the state, […]

The National President of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) Alhaji Muhammadu Kiruwa has, on Monday, said that Fulani Herders across the Southwest region are worse victims of killings, kidnapping and other forms of criminalities in the region.

The Plateau Government says it is working hard with security agencies to check the spate of kidnapping, cultism and other forms of violent crimes in the state.

…ECONOMY: Debt servicing may consume FX earnings …INSECURITY: Nation in search of peace …FOOD INSECURITY: Crisis unavoidable By Nkiru Nnorom, Prince Okafor, Olayinka Ajayi, Idrisu Yakubu & Esther Onyegbula As Nigerians welcomed the New Year with little or no optimism, top players in key areas have expressed concern that except the Federal Government addresses alarming […]