Kidnap

Troops of Operation Thunder Strike (OPTS) on Friday night foiled an attempted abduction of travellers plying the Abuja-Kaduna Highway by suspected bandits. In a statement issued on Friday night, the Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal…

The continuous killing of people by bandits in the Northern part of the country, has been condemned by the Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the Jamaatu Nasril Islam, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar lll. Abubakar, who is leader of Nigerian…

The wife of Dr. Sunny Ojoboh, a lecturer in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Delta State University, Abraka, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen. Newsmen gathered that the victim was kidnapped around 6:30 on Monday in…

Unknown  gunmen stormed the family house of the Minister of Agriculture Sabo Nanono and kidnaped his brother Babawuro Tofai, Kano State Police Command said. The gunmen stormed the minister’s family house situated in a remote village in…

Following the abduction of twelve police officers in Katsina, former Senate President, Bukola Saraki has advised president Buhari on how to tackle insecurity in Nigeria. The former Governor of Kwara State called on Buhari to work with…

Unknown bandits suspected to be abductors have kidnapped at least 10 students of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, along Abuja-Kaduna Highway, sources told Peoples Gazzette Monday. The source who prefers to speak under anonymity, said the…

A fresh attack has been launched by suspected Fulani armed bandits on Sabon Garin Bilbis community under Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State in the early hours of Sunday around 1:00am. According to Katsina Post, the bandits…

A 24-year-old man identified as Abdulateef Yusuf Bamidele, was in the wee hours of Friday, October 23, kidnapped by some gunmen in his family home in the federal capital territory (FCT). According to a report by TheCable, incident…

Plot to kidnap and overthrow several  US state governments, including Whitmer have been reportedly foiled by the FBI. According to CNN, six persons have been arrested in connection with the plot were reportedly targeting governments…

Following the rescue of Bisola Ajayi, a Port Harcourt-based lawyer, who was kidnapped at Rumukwurusi, Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State recently, she has narrated how she was almost killed by her abductors. Ajayi was…

A lady has taken to popular micro blogging platform, Twitter to claim that she and Bizzle Osikoya, a music consultant and co-founder of ThePlug, were whisked away by seven armed men. According to her, the "Kidnappers" were operatives of…

Suspected bandits have killed the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Gidan Madi police station in Tangaza local government area of Sokoto state. According to report, the incident happened during the week, while the gunmen also killed…

On Thursday September 3 at about 8:00am some unknown gunmen struck and kidnapped the Sarkin Fulani of Ilorin, Usman Adamu Hardo, around the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital in Ilorin. The Sarkin Fulani was reportedly on his way to…

At least 100 victims of kidnappers have been rescued by troops of the 177 battalion. The victims were reported to have been kidnapped by gunmen who terrorised communities around Kogi-Nasarawa boundary and travellers who passed through…

Armed men suspected to be bandits have abducted a foreign national and a Nigerian between Yankila and Regina village of Rafi Local Government Area of Niger state. The Police Command in Niger has confirmed the abduction. Mr. Adamu…

Andrew Ogbeche, an English Education graduate, from University of Calabar (UNICAL), who allegedly facilitated the murder of his boss, Egbe Ediagbonya, a former Commissioner for Sports in Edo State, has been arrested. On May 16, 2020,…

37-year-old, Torkwase Queen Ayakpa, who faked her own kidnap in order to extort N20,000 from her sister, has been arrested in Abuja. She reportedly confessed that she conspired with one Fidelis Ikule, 36, to stage the kidnap. The…

Following the kidnap and detention of a dispatch rider in an underground facility in a church in Sagamu, Lagos, a 52-year old pastor, Adetokunbo Adenokpo, who was involved in the act has been arrested. Parading the suspect before newsmen…

Seven employees of an energy company, Xinxin energy in Odogbolu, Ogun state, have been arrested for kidnapping and killing a 65-year-old Chinese national, Defa Song, the father of Hongli Song who is the owner of the company where they…

Unknown gunmen have reportedly abducted a Catholic priest Rev. Fr. Innocent Mba based in Nsukka diocese in Enugu State. The priest is said to have been abducted last Friday on returning to his parish in Eha-Amufu, Isi-Uzo Local…