Police nab suspects linked to gunrunning and kidnapping in Kaduna
The police command in Kaduna says its operatives have detained two cattle rustlers, two notorious gunrunners and three alleged kidnappers....
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Nigerian doctors protest colleague’s kidnapping, demand immediate release
Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Saturday, staged a nationwide rally to press for the immediate release of their...
NANS: Student kidnappings, killings pose threats to education, calls for urgent actions
The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has condemned the recent killings of students in some higher institutions in the...
Kaduna kidnapping: Terrorists demand N1bn ransom, give 20 days ultimatum
Kidnappers of the Kaduna school children are demanding a total of 1 billion naira ($620,432) for the release of their...
Kidnapping: Nigeria Police deploy mobile unit to rescue schoolchildren amid fresh cases
The Nigeria Police Force announced the deployment of a mobile police unit to Kuriga community, Chikun Local Government Area of...
Kidnapping: US pledges support to Nigeria as efforts to secure release of schoolchildren intensify
The United States government has expressed its support to its Nigerian counterpart in the ongoing effort to secure the release...
Nigerian government vows to smoke out culprits in latest mass kidnappings
The Nigerian government has, on Saturday, condemned Monday’s abduction of Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, at Wurge Community in Borno and...
Nigeria police boss IGP Egbetokun orders transfer of Bwari kidnapping suspect to DFI, Abuja
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered the handover of a suspect arrested in Kaduna State over kidnapping in...
Kidnapping: Nigerian government vows to rehabilitate freed sisters
President Bola Tinubu’s government is committed to providing comprehensive rehabilitation for four girls from the Al-Kadriyar family, says Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye,...
How to Stop the Kidnapping Epidemic in Nigeria, by Farooq A. Kperogi
In the last few weeks, kidnapping in Nigeria has escalated into such a terrifyingly contagious national epidemic that it’s now...
