SCHOOLS, churches and transport operators across parts of Nigeria are strengthening their security measures following growing concerns over attacks by terrorists, bandits and.
NO fewer than 7,825 people were abducted in 1,713 kidnap and kidnap-related incidents across Nigeria between July 2025 and June 2026, while at.
THE Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, has directed vice-chancellors, rectors and provosts across Nigeria to dismiss any student found culpable, after due.
NO fewer than 279 persons were kidnapped across Nigeria in May 2026, while the country recorded 156 violent incidents that resulted in 842.
NIGERIA’s insecurity crisis has birthed what analysts now describe as a “ransom economy,” where kidnap-for-ransom operations have grown into a structured, profit-driven industry.
A PROMINENT South African lawmaker fired his gun to fend off a violent attack by a gang on him and two of his.
IF the kidnapping of a retired Brigadier General doesn’t shock you, then perhaps nothing will. When I heard that former National Youth Service.
THE DEPARTMENT of State Service (DSS) official, Mr Stephen Okolo, has said that the deployment of technology aided the arrest of three security.
THE National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu on Thursday said that the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has achieved over 80 percent.
THE National Bureau of Statistics has revealed that Nigerians paid a total of N2.23tn as ransom over the 12 months between May 2023.
THE Philippine authorities have arrested five Nigerians in Angeles City, Pampanga, for allegedly abducting a fellow Nigerian, Kingsley Ikeagwuana. Local media, PhilStar reported.
THE Sokoto State Police Command has cracked down on a kidnapping syndicate, arresting the prime suspect, 18-year-old Abba Aliyu, who is a neighbour.
A LONG-DISTANCE bus has come under attack by gunmen in South Sudan on a main road south of the capital, Juba, leaving at.
THE management of Bayero University Kano (BUK) has described as fake news reports of kidnapping and security breach on its campus. This was.
THE Inspector-General of Police Olukayode Egbetokun, has launched the Special Intervention Squad in the Federal Capital Territory to curb activities of kidnappers and.
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, condemned the recent spate of kidnappings and bandit attacks in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and other parts.
IN what was a thinly veiled move at vanquishing arewa, Islamic extremism engulfed the entire North Eastern part of the country under the.
KIDNAPPING for ransom, child abduction, and human trafficking have sadly become increasingly common in Nigeria. Reports indicate that hundreds of children have either.