Kidnapping

Mass kidnappings generate over ₦7 billion in Nigeria as abductions surge 66%

Kidnapping groups in Nigeria collected at least 7.78 billion naira ($5.79 million) in ransom...

Niger mosque attack: Video shows over 600 may have been abducted

A video released by an armed criminal gang showing hundreds of women, crying infants,...

176 Kwara kidnap victims freed after six months in captivity

Exactly six months after one of the deadliest terrorist assaults in Kwara State’s history,...

Oyo school attack: Three jailed for life in one of Nigeria’s fastest terror convictions

In what appears to be one of Nigeria's fastest high-profile terrorism prosecutions in recent...

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...