Kidnapping

Coordinated nationwide operations across 17 security incidents led to the rescue of kidnapped students, an abducted child and other victims, dealing a significant blow to criminal gangs operating in several states. Police intercepted large caches of illegal arms...

January 19, (THEWILL) — Another dimension to kidnapping for ransom has been uncovered by the Police in Lagos. The dramatis personae are different, not the usual run-of-the-mill criminals armed with dangerous weapons or terrorists; but ordinary people driven by...

October 31, (THEWILL) — In a major security breakthrough, operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command’s Scorpion Squad have dismantled an international kidnapping and human trafficking syndicate, arresting 14 suspects and rescuing 23 foreign nationals held hostage...

March 06, (THEWILL) – Two Pakistani nationals, identified as Roman Gull and Aftab Ahmad, have been arrested for kidnapping in Lagos. Benjamin Hundeyin, the spokesperson for the Lagos State Police Command, confirmed the arrest in a statement on...

March 10, (THEWILL)- In recent weeks, Nigeria has once again found itself grappling with a harrowing resurgence of kidnappings, particularly targeting vulnerable groups, such as Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and students. These incidents have reignited the national conversation around...

January 25, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian Air Force(NAF), has reaffirmed that it has planned to reposit operations to meet up with the security challenges facing the country. Speaking, the Commander 105 Composite Group, Air Commodore CO Olayera, made the assertion...

January 17, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government has cautioned Nigerians against public crowdfunding to pay ransoms for kidnapped victims, saying it will only worsen the spate of abductions. Minister of Defense, Abubakar Badaru, declared this position to State House correspondents...

January 07, (THEWILL) - The embattled Chairman of Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State, Gideon Davou Dandereng, has said that the killings in Plateau State communities were sponsored by high profile Nigerians for land acquisition purposes. Dandereng made...

January 06 (THEWILL) Kano Emirate Council has condemned the spate of kidnapping and selling of children from some parts of the North to the southern part of the country, describing the trend as unacceptable. THEWILL recalls that the Kano State...

November 23, (THEWILL) – A former chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Wushishi Local Government Area of  Niger State, Sule Muhammad, has been abducted by gunmen. THEWILL gathered that Muhammad was abducted on Thursday, at his residence in Zungeru...