The acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, says solution has been found for the notorious activities of kidnappers on the Kaduna-Abuja highway, saying the road is now safe for all travellers.
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Mohammed Gimba, Chairman, Nigeria Bar Association, Minna branch has called for the declaration of state of emergency on kidnapping and armed banditry in the country.
Two stalwarts of the All Progressive Congress in Kaduna State on Thursday lauded the braveness demonstrated by Governor Nasiru el-Rufa’i of Kaduna State for foiling kidnapping on Abuja-Kaduna Expressway.
Scores of motorists forced to park along the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway on Wednesday following the blocking of the road by kidnappers, were saved when the convoy of Governor Nasiru El-Rufai of Kaduna state arrived the scene.
The Peoples Democratic Party has demanded the immediate release of its presidential campaign spokesperson in Kogi State, Austin Okai, who was reportedly abducted on Friday evening by armed thugs allegedly unleashed by the All Progressives Congress.
The Police Command in Enugu State has warned residents of the state against using social media to spread fake news about kidnapping in the state.
Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State on Monday says the state government has concluded arrangements to sponsor an executive bill to review punishments for cattle rustling, abduction and kidnapping.
A female kidnap suspect, Fatima Muhammed, says she has no regrets kidnapping the four-year-old son of Bukar Dalori, the Borno Chairman of All Progressives Congress.
The 1 Division Nigerian Army Kaduna, said on Thursday that it had neutralised 10 suspected armed bandit and arrested a kidnapper in Chikun and Birnin Gwari Local Government Areas of Kaduna State.
The Police Command in Lagos State has arrested a 60-year-old Ifa chief priestess and her two sons in connection with some kidnap cases in the state.
The Lagos State Police Command on September 7, 2018 busted a kidnappers’ den located at 15, Irepodun Street, Egan, Igando, Lagos, operated by a mother, Aminat Karimu Ajibola, age 60, and her two sons, Akeem Bashiru, 32, and Ojo Solomon, 26.
Militants have kidnapped family members of six policemen in India-administered Kashmir have been kidnapped by militants, official sources said on Friday.
The Police Command in Niger has arrested 14 suspects for kidnapping, armed robbery, murder and theft in different parts of the state.
A 17 year-old Secondary Student in Bauchi, Salihu Yahaya, on Friday narrated how he narrowly escaped the slaughter-slab of ritual killers in Kano.
Azinta gave the assurance on Monday in Ibadan at the opening of the Nigerian Army Finance Corps Warrant Officers/Senior Non-Commissioned Officers Training Week 2018 holding at the headquarters of 2 Division.
He said the unidentified suspect was killed when the gang engaged the police in a shoot out at Borno Bukuruku forest.
Butswat said that the gunman specialised in stalking his victims to church during night vigil or to their houses with a dummy AK47 Riffle to perpetrate the act.
Kajogbola –Jimoh Olatunde, Federal Controller of Works, Kogi state made this known while briefing the Minister of State II for Power, Works and Housing, Suleiman Zarma in Kogi.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that according to a court official, who plead anonymity, Justice Taiwo was on an official assignment with Justice Opeyemi Oke, the Chief Judge of Lagos State.
The accused is facing a four-count charge of conspiracy, assault, kidnapping and rape.