A criminal gang in South Africa which kidnapped a teenage boy on Sunday is demanding a ransom in bitcoin cryptocurrency of nearly 120,000, dollars police said. Police spokesperson Leonard Hlathi said, Katlego Marite, 13, was […]
National chairman of the Action Alliance (AA) Kenneth Udeze, has been kidnapped by gunmen in Abuja. The AA chairman was said to have been kidnapped Friday morning outside a Zenith Bank branch in Dutse Alhaji, […]
Niger Commissioner of Police, Adamu Usman Thursday presented commendations and rewards to 15 gallant policemen for the successful combat of kidnappers and robbers in the state. Their reward also followed their role in the arrest of […]
Suspected Kidnappers Tuesday night pounced along Lagos-Ibadan expressway and abducted three men who were on their way traveling. The kidnapped passengers were in a Toyota Sienna car heading to their destination before they were stopped […]
The Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Monday passed a resolution urging the state government to organise peace and security submit over the rising spate of insecurity across the state. While moving a motion on the […]
The ongoing Operation Puff Adder initiative of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) is yielding the desired results as the force Thursday arrested 93 suspected kidnappers, across Kaduna, Niger and Katsina states. The suspects are believed […]
A combined team of police operatives attached to Operation Puff Adder has arrested nine suspected kidnappers, recovered of two AK47 Rifles, four AK47 Magazines, 54 rounds of live ammunition, five dane guns as well as 200 […]
Report reaching Blueprint indicates that some Gunmen on Monday evening, abducted the chairman of the Governing Board of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Mohammed Abubakar. According to Daily Nigerian, family source confirmed the abduction and […]
The Nigeria Police Force said it had arrested Abubakar Ibrahim, 37, suspected killer of Maiwada Galadima, the traditional ruler of Adara chiefdom of Kajuru local government area of Kaduna state. Galadima was abducted and murdered […]
When I got an invitation to be in Kaduna for a very important assignment mid last week, my heart suddenly leaped into my mouth. I did not like the timing of the invitation at all. […]
ABDULRAHMAN ZAKARIYAU in this piece takes a look at the many cases of kidnapping as a business that is probably booming in most parts of the country and writes on the possible way out. The […]
A Delta High Court sitting in Asaba has sentenced a four-man armed syndicate specializes in robbing and snatching exotic cars as well as kidnapping to death by hanging. The court presided over by Justice Flora […]
Edo State Police spokesman, DSP Chidi Nwabuzor, said a search party of the police tactical unit has discovered the body of the DSP Godwin Oshiogbuwe who was abducted by gunmen at Ubiaja, Esan South East […]
There was confusion Wednesday in Ubiaja, headquarters of Esan South-east local government area of Edo State after gunmen suspected to be kidnappers whisked away police officer simply identified as DSP Goodwin and held four others hostage. The […]
But for the timely intervention of members of the Nigeria Police Force, a man in his late 30s would have been lynched by mob action for allegedly kidnapping a four- year-old girl on her way […]
Suspected kidnappers have again struck in Ekiti state, abducting the Director of Administration of the Gbonyin local government, David Jejelowo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the director was abducted along with his […]
The Lagos state Police Command has arrested a 37-year-old man who allegedly attempted to kidnap a four-year-old boy at the Okokomaiko area of the state. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Imohimi Edgal, who […]
The Nigerian Army has arrested an informant and killed some armed bandits in some troubled areas in Kaduna state. The 1 Division Nigerian Army Kaduna, on Sunday killed armed bandit in Kidandan and arrested an […]
By Amaeechi Okwara Asaba Delta state Police Command has smashed 20 notorious kidnappers suspected to have been terrorising the state capital and its environs. The suspected kidnappers were arrested by the men of the command […]
A widow, Enobong Effiom Joseph, who was abducted with her four little children on November 19, in Calabar, has escaped the kidnappers den in Aba, Abia state, She, however, was unable to escape with […]
Past killings in Rijana town Before the killing of Malam Haruna in Sabon Gaya, the kidnappers had had earlier terrorized neigbhouring Rijana town. Last July, when the Minister of Interior, Lt-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazzau […]
By Aideloje Ojo, Minna, Oyibo Salihu, Lokoja and Muhammad Tanko Shittu, Jos Barely three weeks after an Assistant Commissioner of Police, Emmanuel Agene was abducted while travelling with his family along Birnin Gwari road, Kaduna […]
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