Nigeria recorded 7,825 kidnapping victims and at least 1,142 deaths between July 2025 and June 2026, according to the latest annual report by SBM Intelligence on the country’s kidnapping industry. ...
The Nigeria Police Force has invited social media activist Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), to provide evidence backing his allegation that some police officers stationed at checkpoints collude ...
Police operatives in Bayelsa State have rescued a 42-year-old woman, Esther Chinedu, after she spent almost a month in captivity following her abduction in Amassoma, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area. ...
The Enugu State Police Command has rescued four kidnapped victims in two separate intelligence-led operations conducted within the state and across the Benue State border. Drivetvnews gathered that the rescue ...
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has called on President Bola Tinubu to replicate the security strategy that led to the rescue of abducted pupils and teachers in Oriire Local Government ...
The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, has praised President Bola Tinubu for what he described as a significant breakthrough in Nigeria’s fight against kidnapping, saying the administration has reached ...
Troops of Operation Fansan Yamma have rescued the Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Kaura Namoda, Dr. Aminu Yusuf, and his family after heavily armed terrorists attacked his residence in Kaura ...
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested two suspected members of a cattle theft syndicate, recovered six stolen cows and thwarted a suspected abduction attempt in separate security operations across ...
The abducted principal of the Oyo secondary school, Mrs. Rachael Alamu, has shared a moving account of her time in captivity, describing the seventh week as the most terrifying period ...
Suspected kidnappers have demanded ₦10 million for the release of two farmers abducted in the Oke-Ifira/Idogun forest area of Akoko South-East Local Government Area, Ondo State, according to a family ...
