Kidnappers

FG has rescued over 1,000 abductees without ransom payment — NSA Ribadu

The National Security Adviser, retired AIG Nuhu Ribadu, says the Federal Government has successfully rescued more than 1,000 kidnapped people without paying ransoms....

Police raid suspected kidnappers’ hideouts in Abuja

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has raided suspected kidnappers’ hideouts and routes in the hills and bushes surrounding Apo resettlement and its...

Kidnappers ‘ll be treated as terrorists, they are cowards going after soft targets – Tinubu

President Bola Tinubu has called for treating those involved in kidnapping as terrorists and characterising them as cowards pursuing soft targets. The Nigerian...

Again, terrorists kidnap 87 people in fresh night attack in Kaduna

Suspected terrorists in large numbers invaded the Kajuru-Station community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, with 87 people kidnapped on Sunday...

Gunmen abduct corpse, family members in Enugu, demand N50m ransom

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the corpse of one Mr. Ugwuanyi Israel, along with family members conveying the deceased from Lagos...

Again, Police neutralize kidnappers, gunrunners, recover arms

In a bid to rid the country of criminals, including kidnappers, the Intelligence Department-Intelligence Rapid Response Team (FID-IRT) of the Nigeria Police Force...

After five days in kidnappers’ hideout, widow of murdered Kwara army-general-monarch regains freedom

The Kwara State Police Command said it has rescued the wife of the murdered monarch of Koro-Ekiti in Kwara State, Olusegun Aremu-Cole, a...

Bandits kidnap FHA Director near military camp in Abuja

Suspected bandits in the early hours of Thursday abducted a Director of the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) in the Federal Capital Territory. The...

FCT Police rescue five kidnapped people

No fewer than five abductees have been rescued from two different kidnapping gangs in Abuja by the operatives of the Federal Capital Territory...

Suspected kidnapper in abduction, murder of Nabeeha, 3 others in Abuja nabbed

Operatives of the Nigerian Police in Abuja have apprehended a suspected kidnapper involved in the kidnapping and murder of Nabeeha Al-Kadriyar and three...

Update: FCT police rescue man abducted along Abuja airport expressway, arrest kidnapper

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has rescued Mr. Suleiman Sabo, who was abducted along Sabon-Lugbe Airport Road in the nation’s capital....

Increased banditry: Secondary school principal killed by kidnappers, others abducted

The terrorists then went on to kidnap two women after killing the school principal. The principal of Government Secondary School, Kuriga in the...

Man kidnapped, wife escapes as kidnappers open fire on vehicle in Abuja

Amid a surge in insecurity in the nation’s capital, another resident of Abuja, Mr. Abdullahi Sabo, has been seized by kidnappers. Sabo was...

Again, bandits attack Abuja, abduct two residents from an Army estate

In yet another incident of kidnapping in Nigeria’s seat of power, kidnappers have launched an attack on another estate in Abuja and abducted...

Spate of killings ungodly, sinister – Pres. Tinubu

President Bola Tinubu has described the recent spate of kidnappings and bandits’ attacks as disturbing, ungodly, and sinister. The Nigerian leader, while receiving...

My friend offered to pay N50m ransom for 5 sisters abducted in Abuja, says ex-minister, Pantami

In a bid to secure the release of the remaining five kidnapped daughters of Alhaji Mansoor Al-Kadriyar in Abuja, a former Minister of...