Tag: kidnapping

Dapo Abiodun, Governor of Ogun State, has identified qualitative education as a means of preventing citizens from engaging in criminal activities such as banditry and kidnapping, among others. “Education of…

Okereke Olufunmilayo, a manager at a building supply company, was detained for allegedly kidnapping and murdering Otunba Abayomi Ajayi Smith, a hotelier, in Ogun State. According to reports, she carried…

Nigerians have been reacting to the threat by Niger Delta militants to attack Abuja and Lagos over alleged marginalisation. A group of Niger Delta militants, Supreme Egbesu Liberation Fighters, has…

Renowned Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi has stated bandits are militants fighting for ethnic survival. The former captain in the Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA) spoke on Channels Television’s Politics Today.…

The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, has cautioned the Yorubas to stop the drum of war against the Fulanis in the southwest. Oluwo argued “the lifestyle of many Fulanis…

Ondo Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has ordered massive recruitment into the State Security Network known as the Amotekun Corps in its second batch recruitment exercise. Akeredolu was the first to launch…

Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has challenged Oyo Governor Seyi Makinde to arrest him if he can over the eviction order he issued to herdsmen last…

The Niger State Police  Command has confirmed that a retired Secretary General of Kagara Hospital, Joshua Twaki, has been killed while nine others, including a six- month- old child, kidnapped…

Kogi State Police Command has confirmed the release ten of the kidnap victims abducted in the state last week, The Police Public Relations Officer(PPRO) in the state, DSP William Aya,…

By Bimbo Ogunnaike The Delta State Commissioner of Police, Hafiz Mohammed Inuwa has confirmed the arrest of two suspected kidnappers for the alleged kidnapping of 18 expatriates in Escravos along…