The Nigeria Police Force has confirmed there was incident of kidnapping of Church worshipers at Kurmin Wali, a remote community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Sunday, January 18th, 2026. After the initial official denial of the kidnapping incident, the Nigeria Police said on Tuesday night that ” after verification from operational units […]
Rising insecurity across Nigeria is fundamentally reshaping how small and medium-sized enterprises operate, pushing traders, transporters and producers to redesign supply chains as fears of kidnappings, highway attacks and communal violence intensify. For many SME owners, survival is now driven less by market demand and more by the need to stay alive. Across major commercial […]
The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has lauded the Court of Appeal for introducing special sittings across its divisions to tackle case congestion. The AGF gave the commendation at a ceremony the Court of Appeal held to mark the beginning of its 2025/2026 Legal Year. He said the initiative demonstrated responsiveness to […]
Senators on Wednesday described Nigeria’s escalating insecurity as “war-like”, warning that recent attacks — especially the abduction of schoolchildren in Kebbi — point to a dangerous collapse in protection for citizens. The alarm followed a motion by Lola Ashiru from Kwara South, who reported fresh kidnappings in Kwara and queried why security officers trained residents […]
SBM Intelligence, a geopolitical research consultancy firm, said at least 4,722 people were kidnapped in 997 incidents across Nigeria between July 2024 and June 2025, with no fewer than 762 victims killed. The report, titled “Locust Business: The Economics of Nigeria’s Kidnap Industry”, showed that kidnappers demanded about N48 billion in ransom during the period […]
…Tinubu okays digital tracking devices By Ukpono Ukpong Plans are afoot to establish a Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to combat the rising wave of kidnapping and banditry within the territory and its environs. The Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike made the disclosure in Abuja on Monday. According to […]
*Directs them to provide adequate security during yuletide Ukpono Ukpong, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has again directed security agencies to urgently address the resurgence of kidnapping and other crimes on the Abuja-Kaduna Highway and on other roads across the country. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, said the president gave the directive while presiding over […]
Gov. Duoye Diri of Bayelsa on Sunday in Yenagoa commended security agencies for the swift rescue of an expatriate kidnapped by gunmen. Diri gave the commendation in a statement issued by his media aide, Mr Doubara Atasi. The governor said the immediate rescue of the expatriate, an employee of PAACHE Construction Ltd., showed resilience and […]
A bill proposing life imprisonment for the offence of kidnapping or any form of abduction, wrongful restraint and confinement on Tuesday passed second reading in the Senate. The bill sponsored by Senator Ibikunle Amosun (APC, Ogun Central) seeks to, among others, introduce stiffer punishments and punitive measures to combat and prevent kidnapping in Nigeria. Leading […]
*Says APC leaders must answer for killings Tunde Opalana, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of being responsible for the escalated tension, indignation, violence, mass killing, kidnapping, terrorism and banditry ravaging various parts of our country. The PDP in a statement by its national publicity secretary, Kola Ologbodiyan […]
*Reject separatist agitations Worried by unabated kidnapping and festering banditry threatening the peace of the nation, All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders in the Southwest met in Lagos on Sunday to deliberate on the way forward. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu hosted the meeting, which was held behind closed doors for about five hours, at the State House […]
…Call for prosecution of bandits …Caution against ethnicising crimes to avoid war …Condemn fake news, abuse of social media Kamarudeen Ogundele, Abuja To stem rising cases of banditry, kidnapping, rape and other forms of insecurity in the country, the governors of the 36 States have demanded a review of the ECOWAS protocol on trans-human movement. […]
The Police on Wednesday said 25 suspects have been arrested in connection with kidnapping, armed robbery, murder, cattle rustling, unlawful possession of weapons and other violent crimes across the country. Force Public Relations Officers (FPRO), Frank Mba, disclosed this at a media briefing in Abuja. He said that a total of five AK-47 rifles with […]
The Police Commissioner in Niger, Mr Adamu Usman, has urged the people of the state to support the police with reliable and credible information in the ongoing fight against banditry, kidnapping and cattle rustling in the area. Usman made the call on Thursday while addressing mobile police officers and vigilance groups deployed to fight bandits […]
On May 4, 2020, at about 7:00pm, unknown gunmen who operated in a motorcycle and Toyota Sienna space bus abducted a female on-air presenter, Chinenye Iwuoha, working with the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), Pacesetter FM, in Umuahia, Abia State capital. The locus in quo is a stone throw to Amakanma Housing Estate in […]
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Cross River state has embarked on an indefinite strike over the kidnap of the wife of their colleague, Mrs. Christian Ekanem, a staff of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital. In a communique, jointly signed on Thursday in Calabar, by the Chairman of NMA in the state, Dr .Agam […]
Lagos state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has stated that 1,182 suspects were arrested by operatives of the command for armed robbery, kidnapping, murder and other crimes, since he assumed office. Reading a scorecard on the activities of the command in the last 119 days, Odumosu said the command recorded 10 cases of suicide, while […]
The Osun state House of Assembly has passed into law the bill prohibiting kidnapping, banditry and ritual killings in the state. The bill was read for the third time by the committee of the whole having passed through two other stages to correct identified grey areas of bill. Speaker of the state House of Assembly, […]
In pursuance of their unwavering resolve and commitment to wiping out terrorism, banditry, kidnapping, armed robbery, cattle rustling and other sundry crimes across the nation, the gallant troops of the Nigerian Army continue to decimate terrorists and other criminal elements across the various theatres of operations nationwide. This was contained in a press release by […]
The Benue state government has announced plans to amend the law against kidnapping, cultism and other related crimes to spell -out stiffer penalties for culprits. Governor Samuel Ortom disclosed this on Sunday at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Makurdi while speaking at the one year remembrance thanksgiving service in honour late Senator Joseph Waku. The governor […]