Kidnapping

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...

October 27, (THEWILL) - A former Chairman of the Plateau State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Katdapba Gobum, who was kidnapped by gunmen on Wednesday, has regained his freedom. Although details of the development are sketchy, a...

October 26 (THEWILL) - A former Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), in Plateau state, Kapdaba Gobum, has been abducted by suspected kidnappers. Gobum was allegedly kidnapped on Tuesday night, after he left the Press Centre on his...

October 10, (THEWILL) - Gunmen suspected to be bandits, have abducted at least four students of Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK). The incident, according to a source, occurred outside the school campus around Angwan Kare area of Keffi, on Monday...

October 10, (THEWILL) - Vigilantes and local hunters in Lere village, Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of Bauchi State, have killed at least 67 suspected kidnappers during a successful rescued operation of 28 kidnapped victims. The traditional ruler of Lere...