Men of the Sokoto State Police Command have arrested one Jamilu B. Yusuf (35), a community health officer in Badon Hanya in Sokoto metropolis for allegedly treating bandits and kidnappers. Jamilu was arrested along with 12 others on their way…
Soldiers rescue 4 kidnap victims in Taraba, destroy bandits’ hideouts
Soldiers of 114 Battalion (Rear) of 6 Brigade, Nigerian Army, in conjunction with other security forces, on Saturday destroyed multiple bandits’ hideouts and rescued four kidnapped victims in Yorro Local Government Area of Taraba. This is contained in a statement…
Kidnapping: FCTA begins profiling worst-hit communities
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has begun profiling areas worst hit by kidnappers in the territory. The Director, Development Control, FCTA, Mr Mukhtar Galadima, who led the exercise in Abuja on Tuesday, said that the exercise was to ascertain…
Police raid Akwa Ibom forests, nab 10 kidnappers
Police operatives acting on intelligence have raided a forest in Ibiono Ibom local government area of Akwa Ibom State, arresting about 10 suspected kidnappers, which LEADERSHIP Weekend gathered were laying ambush to kidnap Chinese expatriates working for the China Civil…
Kidnappers invade Army estate in Abuja, abduct 2
Kidnappers on Thursday night stormed the Nigeria Post Army Estate in Abuja, abducting two residents. The victims include the wife and one of the in-laws of one Barrister Cyril Adikwu. The incident, according to a neighbour of the victims, occurred…
First Lady mourns Nabeeha Al-Kadriyar, kidnapped victim killed by bandits in Abuja
First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu has expressed sadness over the killings of some of the kidnapped victims on an Estate in Abuja recently. The kidnappers had initially demanded for N60 million per person but have now increased to N100 million totalling…
Where is my son o? He has Down Syndrome and was stolen from church
Our people say, the one whose child is dead is more at peace than the one whose child is missing. In the last few weeks, we have been inundated with different stories about missing children. Thankfully, I hear a few…
Kidnapped Benue commissioner regains freedom
Mr Mathew Agbo, the Benue Commissioner of Information, Culture and Tourism, who was kidnapped few days back, has regained his freedom. Agbo in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Jos, thanked Gov.…
3 kidnappers nabbed while collecting N10m ransom from freed victim in Lagos
On March 18, 2023, Saturday Vanguard published a story of a businessman, Timothy Uche, who was abducted by a four–man armed gang, one of whom disguised as a pregnant woman, in the Ejigbo area of Lagos. After three days in…
Police arrest three suspected kidnappers, rescue victim, recovers car in Rivers
Rivers State Police Command said its operatives have arrested three suspected kidnappers in Obelle community in Emohua Council of the state. The suspects, 29-year-old Ekene Micheal from Eliozu; 20-year-old Mohammed Oluwasegun from Ondo State; 25-year-old Vicent Sunday from Rumuji, and…