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How Police Rescued Wife Of AIG Hakeem Odumosu (rtd), Gun Down Kidnappers

Global UpfrontJan 23, 2025January 23, 20250

The Nigeria Police have given insight into how its operatives attached to the Ogun State Command neutralised the kidnappers of Mrs. Odumosu, wife of Assistant-Inspector

Pros & Cons Of Granting Amnesty/Striking Peace Deals With Bandits/Kidnappers In North West & North Central Nigeria – An Explainer

Global UpfrontJan 23, 2025January 23, 20250

By Group Captain Sadeeq Garba Shehu (rtd) Most of the contiguous States in the North West and North Central part of Nigeria are currently bedeviled

Abducted Archbishop Okpala: I Was Held Captive In The Forest For 27 Days, Fed Remnants Of Food Eaten By My Kidnappers

Global UpfrontJan 17, 2025January 17, 20250

Retired Archbishop of Nnewi Diocese of the Anglican Communion, Most Rev Godwin Okpala, who just regained his freedom after he was kidnapped on December 5,

Nigeria: Navy Raids Pirates, Kidnappers Camp In Bayelsa State, Arrests 2 Suspects

Global UpfrontJan 14, 2025January 14, 20250

The Nigerian Navy on Tuesday said that its sailors raided a pirate/kidnappers’ camp at Fununu, Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, arresting two suspects.

‘Politicians Used IRT’s Tracker To Monitor Enemies, Mistresses Instead Of Kidnappers’

Global UpfrontAug 31, 2024August 31, 20240

A senior police officer, now retired, has said that the real-time tracking technological platform that once helped the Intelligence Response Team, IRT, to crack many

Nigerians Paid N1.04bn As Ransom With 7,568 Kidnapped in 1 Year – Report

Global UpfrontAug 30, 2024August 30, 20240

Nigerians paid N1.048 billion as ransom to kidnappers between July 2023 and June 2024 while a total of 7,568 people were kidnapped across the country

Nigeria’s Kidnapping Epidemic: CCC Demands Immediate Action, Declaration Of State Of Emergency

Global UpfrontAug 29, 2024August 29, 20240

The Centre for Crisis Communication (CCC) has sounded the alarm on Nigeria’s escalating kidnapping crisis, urging the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency

Kidnappers Deploy Victims’ Cell phones to Multiply Trauma, Rake in Ransoms

Global UpfrontAug 20, 2024August 20, 20240

By Mike Odeh James and Luka Binniyat, TruthNigeria Terrorist-bandit kidnappings in Nigeria have a new twist: The kidnappers are allowing the hostages to keep their

Kidnappings in Chad Could Spark A Regional Security Crisis

Global UpfrontApr 8, 2024April 8, 20240

Kidnappers have terrorised Chad’s southern Mayo-Kebbi West and Logone Oriental provinces for over two decades. Between 2020 and 2023, the number of victims and overall

FG Now To Treat Kidnappers As Terrorists, Says Tinubu

Global UpfrontMar 26, 2024March 26, 20240

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday condemned “the reprehensible acts perpetrated by kidnappers across the country,” declaring that “individuals involved in such despicable crimes must