Kidnapping

Bandits lure villagers in Zamfara to peace talks, kidnap 39

Armed bandits abducted 39 residents of a community in Nigeria's northwestern Zamfara State after...

Gunmen attacks across three states stir security fears

A wave of violent attacks across parts of Nigeria over the past week has...

Oyo teachers shut schools indefinitely as kidnapped colleagues, pupils remain in captivity

Public schools across Oyo State were shut on Monday after teachers embarked on an...

Tinubu finally speaks on Oyo school abductions as outrage grows

Nigeria’s federal government has finally mounted a coordinated public response to the abduction of...

Tinubu govt paid Boko Haram billions in ransom for kidnapped pupils: AFP

Nigeria’s government under President Bola Tinubu paid a huge ransom to Boko Haram to...

“Over 160 worshippers” abducted in Kaduna church attacks

Armed groups abducted more than 160 worshippers from two churches in Kaduna State over...

Kidnappers get N2.57bn ransom as Nigeria’s abduction economy booms

Nigeria’s kidnap-for-ransom crisis has hardened into a profitable criminal enterprise, generating at least N2.57...

Exclusive: Kidnapped trader shares her ordeal in Niger Delta creek

Piracy has continued in Nigeria’s maritime areas with sea bandits targeting waterways and coastal...

Another mass kidnap in Kaduna, at least 87 seized: Report

At least 87 people, including women and children, were abducted by gunmen in Kaduna...

Kaduna kidnapping pushes schoolchildren toll to 2000+ since Chibok

Gunmen kidnapped nearly 300 school pupils in Kaduna state on Thursday, the latest in...