In a fresh attack of Nirnin Gwari-Funtua road, some gunmen abducted more than 25 people between Kiryoyi and Maganda villages of Birnin Gwari local government area or Kaduna state. According the natives, the suspected kidnappers stopped vehicles carrying passengers and ordered the people into the bush. Danladi Duniya, chairman of the National Union of Road […]
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A gang of suspected kidnappers have killed two policemen and abducted two foreign nationals on Kwoi-Jere road in Kagarko local government area of Kaduna State, NAN reports. NAN gathered that the victims had visited Kafanchan and Kaura but were ambushed on their way back around 7pm on Tuesday. Competent police source said the two policemen […]
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The Nigeria Police have said 3,000 suspected kidnappers were arrested across the country. Ibrahim Idris, the Inspector-General of Police said this after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Abuja. Idris added a task force would profile the suspects for their speedy trial. “We are taking them to court on everyday […]
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Operatives of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) surveillance team on Wednesday arrested a policeman and a tanker driver who were part of a pipeline vandals syndicate reportedly using a Lagos hotel as a base. The surveillance team traced the smell of petrol to a burst pipeline which was allegedly channelled to a waiting tanker at […]
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The Nigerian Army said on Thursday that its troops had rescued two soldiers kidnapped in the course escort duties while killing many of their abductors and destroying their shrine in Rivers State. The troops also destroyed three pump action guns, eight empty cartridges, a human skull and some bones in the shrines from where the […]
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Twelve suspected kidnappers, including a woman, arrested by the police in connection with a suspected kidnappers’ den at Ile-Zik bus stop in Ikeja, were on Friday remanded at Ikoyi Prisons on the orders of a Lagos magistrate. Tajudeen Elias, chief magistrate, said the accused are to remain behind bars pending a legal advice from the […]
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A place suspected to be a hideout used by members of an unknown kidnap gang has been discovered at Ile-Zik, close to Ikeja, capital of Lagos state. The security operatives currently combing the place reportedly found human parts concealed in some sachets. Three suspects have been arrested, while a sharp knife was found on one of […]
Continue ReadingThe Directorate of State Services has reported various successes in smashing criminal gangs, including kidnappers, fraudsters and Boko Haram terrorists.In the latest update of the agency’s operations by Tony Opuiyo, its spokesman, the DSS said it has succeeded in degrading criminal gangs in several parts of the country in tactical operations in the last three […]
Continue ReadingTroops of 33 Brigade Nigerian Army deployed at Forward Operation Base (FOB) Ningi, on routine patrol, came across suspected kidnappers at Dutsen Makurd, Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi on Sunday. Colonel Sani Usman, Acting Director, Army Public Relations said in a statement that the suspected kidnappers opened fire on the troops that led to […]
Continue ReadingThe Department of State Services ( DSS) said it had arrested Samuel Asuquo, the suspected kidnapper of three Australian nationals working with Lafarge cement company.This is contained in a statement by Mr Tony Opuiyo, an official of the service in Abuja on Sunday. Opuiyo said the suspect was arrested by operatives of the service in […]
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