Category: Insecurity
Armed men reportedly abducted 10 students on Friday as they were traveling along the East-West road in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State.…
In a disturbing video that has gone viral, terrorists are seen flaunting money allegedly collected as ransom from their victims. The video has sparked outrage…
Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani has disclosed that a teacher who was kidnapped alongside schoolchildren from Government Secondary and Primary Schools, Kuriga 1, did not…
In a recent statement, Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani said that the number of schoolchildren kidnapped in a recent attack in Chikun LGA was actually…
The Kaduna State Government has announced that 287 schoolchildren abducted from Kuriga in Chikun Local Government Area have been released. This news comes after the…
On March 7, a group of armed bandits invaded two schools in Chikun Local Government Area, Kaduna State, abducting over 100 students and staff members.…
Sources report that a group of 22 military personnel, on a rescue mission to Okuama community in Delta State, were ambushed by local mercenaries. According…
The families of the schoolchildren kidnapped in Kaduna have been approached by the kidnappers, who are demanding a one billion naira ransom in exchange for…
President Tinubu has reinforced the government’s position that no ransom should be paid to criminals who have abducted individuals. He has reiterated this policy to…
Bandits have reportedly abducted 16 people – 15 students and a woman – from a Tsangaya school in Gada LGA of Sokoto State. Sources have…
A devastating attack on the village of Mbaikyor in Benue State has left 17 people dead and many homes burned to the ground. The attack,…
Tragedy struck the Nigerian town of Kuriga, Kaduna State, when more than 280 schoolchildren and teachers were abducted by bandits. A number of prominent organizations,…
Tragedy struck in Plateau State on Sunday when the Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sylvanus Namang, was killed by suspected gunmen. According…
The Ekiti State Police Command has confirmed that eight individuals suspected of kidnapping children and teachers of the Apostolic Faith School in Emure-Ekiti have been…
The abducted pupils of the Apostolic Faith Nursery and Primary School in Emure Ekiti, who were kidnapped on Monday by gunmen, have regained their freedom.…
Senator Shehu Sani, a former politician, has claimed that over ten thousand schools in the North had closed as a result of kidnapping and terrorism.…
Terrorists on Thursday evening killed the traditional ruler of Koro town in the Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, Oba Segun Aremu-Cole. Reports also…
Aondo Ver, a director at Federal Housing Authority, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has been kidnapped by gunmen suspected to be terrorists in Abuja. According to…
The kidnappers who abducted the students and teachers of the Apostolic School, Emure-Ekiti have contacted their parents to demand a N10 million ransom for each…
In two distinct operations carried out in Zamfara State, troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have announced that they freed twenty hostages and eliminated two terrorists,…
Gunmen have reportedly abducted an undisclosed number of schoolchildren in Emure Local Government Area of Ekiti State. According to reports, the incident involved students from…
Two traditional rulers have been reportedly murdered in Ekiti State. According to LIB, the incident happened between Oke-Ako and Ipao-Ekiti in Ajoni Local Government Area…
The operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, on 20th January 2024, have arrested a notorious k!dnapper identified as Bello Mohammed, 28, who allegedly killed Nabeeha,…
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Abia State University, Uturu, Godwin Emezue, was on Friday night, January 26, abducted from a petrol station at Umuekwule, Amachara in…
The chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Lagos chapter, Philip Aivoji has been kidnapped. According to reports gathered by PurpleWorld, Aivoji was abducted on…
Over 30 persons have been reportedly killed and several houses destroyed, yesterday, in the Kwahaslalek and the surrounding communities, as gunmen defied the 24-hour curfew…
No less than two persons have been abducted in an attack on Otu town in Oyo State on Saturday. One person was also shot in…
The four remaining siblings of late Nabeeha Al-Kadriyah have regained freedom. PurpleWorld earlier reported that the victims were abducted on Tuesday night, January 2, 2024,…
A Nigerian man, who has been identified as Safiu Kareem, has raised an alarm regarding the abduction of his father, Akeem Kareem, and an undisclosed…
Nollywood actress, Lizzy Gold, has appealed to the President, raising alarms over the high level of insecurity in the nation. Lizzy bemoaned the increasing prevalence…
Terrorists have killed a school principal, Idris Abu Sufyan, and kidnapped his wife and baby in Kuriga community, Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State.…
The Abuja Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a kidnapper named Chinaza Phillip in Abuja by the Kaduna State Police Command operatives on Thursday.…
A final year student of the Bayero University, Kano (BUK), Talatu Salihu, has been killed by terrorists who kidnapped her together with her siblings at…
A Nigerian lawyer, Oladosu Folorunso Ariyo, has narrated how kidnappers in military camouflage abducted his wife, their four children and later killed his 13-year-old daughter…
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, has asked President Bola Tinubu to fulfil his campaign promises to Nigerians by tackling…
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have kidnapped two female students of Al-Qalam University, Katsina State. The victims, Habiba Ango Shantali and Maryam Abubakar Musa were…
A secondary school student, Folorunsho Ariyo, who was kidnapped in the Dutse axis of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has been killed by her abductors.…
A young lady identified as Najeebah who was kidnapped alongside her five sisters and her father in Abuja on January 9 has reportedly been k!lled…
Suspected bandits reportedly killed a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member identified as Obaje Saidu. One Asta Matthew, who disclosed this in a Facebook post…
A graduate of Computer Science at the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, Oluwatosin Onadipe, was said to have died after he was allegedly hit…
Reports confirmed that the blood-curling simultaneous attacks by assailants on over fifteen communities in the Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi Local Government Areas of the state on…
Scores of travellers including a medical doctor and his son have reportedly been kidnapped in Otukpa, Benue State along the Enugu-Makurdi Federal road. According to…
Omoba De Jombo Beats, a Nigerian Juju artist, and his crew mates who were reportedly abducted by unidentified gunmen while returning from an event in…
A Nigerian Juju musician known as Omoba De Jombo Beats and his crew members were allegedly kidnapped while returning from an event on Sunday. This…
A Nigerian man identified as Emmanuel Ume, has been reportedly killed by his abductors after collecting N5m ransom from his family. Details of the incident…
Unknown gunmen has reportedly attacked a nightclub in Oba, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, k!lling several persons, LIB reports. It was gathered…
Kidnappers have abducted a couple in the Alfa area of Igbogbo in Ikorodu Local Government Area of Lagos State, Peak News reports. According to reports,…
Students of Federal University Lafia, Nasarawa State have taken to the streets to protest against the recurring abduction of their fellow students by unknown gunmen.…
The team bus conveying the players, coaches and staff of Sunshine Star Football Club, a Nigerian football club based in Akure, Ondo State was attacked…
Some yet to be identified gunmen has reportedly murdered the traditional ruler of Otulu community in the Ezinihitte Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo state,…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ward chairman for Ife/Akpodim/Chokoneze Ward in Imo State, Ezinihitte Mbaise council area, Smith Chiedoziem Anyanwu, has been killed by some…
Suspected gunmen have abducted the wife and two children of Hon Lawal Ayanshola Soliu, the lawmaker representing Ipaiye/Malete/Olooru of Moro Local Government in the Kwara…
A Benue Links bus traveling to Otukpo on the Naka road in Gwer West LGA was ambushed by gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen at…
25 people have been abducted on Friday along Owo/Ifon/Benin Expressway in Ondo State. This was made known by the Public Relations Officer, Ondo State Police…
The Campaign Director-General of Labour Party, Abia State Chapter, in the just concluded general elections in Uturu, Isuikwuato Local Government Area of the State, Hon.…
Bandits in the late hours of Thursday, September 7, 2023, reportedly invaded St. Raphael Parish in Fadan Kamantan, Kafancha Diocese of Kaduna State and burnt…
Bandits have demanded N4m ransom to secure the release of one of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members kidnapped in Zamfara State. PurpleWorld earlier…
Gunmen has kidnapped six farmers in Osun Community. In a statement released by the Osun State Police Command, they made it known that they are…
Some Ex-Boko Haram terrorists embarked on a protest in Borno state over non-payment of their allowance. According to PressExpress, the former terrorists who are being…
The Department of the State Services (DSS) in a leaked memo to the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) warned against an attack on trains plying the…
A ‘repentant’ Boko Haram terrorist who has been reintegrated back to Bama community in Borno State has been caught on his way to Sambisa Forest…
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, on Friday, declared an end to all sit-at-home order in the South-East. He…
The Enugu State Government on Monday sealed shops in major markets across the state that refused to do business in observance of the sit-at-home order…
Unknown gunmen have attacked the Isi-Uzo Divisional police station in Ikem in Enugu state. According to The Nation newspaper, the gunmen took with them the…
A suspect arrested over the deadly attack on the convoy of a Nigerian televangelist, Apostle Johnson Suleman, has said that they were paid N50 million…
The Nigerian Army has reportedly intercepted a truck loaded with thousands of live cartridges at Ajilete-Owode Road in the Yewa North Local Government Area of…
The Vice-President of the federal republic of Nigeria, Kashim Shettima has sought the support of Nigerians for the federal government’s soon-to-be unveiled solution to the…
The Commander of the Ogun State government owned security outfit, So-Safe Corps, Soji Ganzallo, has confirmed that unknown gunmen stormed a branch of the Redeem…
Seven students of University Of Jos have been kidnapped on Tuesday night, sources told The Nation. The source revealed that the incident happened around 1:00…
Bandits have released a video of villagers kidnapped in Kafin Koro and Kwagana wards in Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger State. The video shows…
Following the Anambra state police Spokesperson, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga’s report, revealing an attack on a convoy of staff of US consulate, the white house has…
The spokesperson of Anambra state police command, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, has made it known that two staff of the United States consulate in Nigeria were…
Vigilantes in Kogi State have rescued 134 victims who were abducted from various parts of the Federal Capital Territory. The victims were rescued during the…
A man identified as Musa Abari has been shot d€ad after suspected kidnappers attacked his home in Kasada village in Kuje area council in the…
. The traditional ruler of Nyiev community in Guma Local Government Area of Benue state, Chief Bernard Shawa, has confirmed the murder of 39 of…
This is just as angry youths of neighboring Apa LGA where a traditional ruler in Ugbobi community and many others were equally murdered by the…
No fewer than 80 children were Friday morning abducted by bandits in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The children are between the ages…
Bandits have abducted two female students of the Federal University, Gusau in Zamfara State. The students were abducted in the early hours of Sunday, April 2,…
Kidnappers of six Independent National Electoral Commission officials who participated in the governorship and state assembly elections in Kogi State, are reportedly demanding for the…
Gun-wielding herdsmen have attacked Ogbese community in Ondo State, during which several residents were kidnapped while others were badly injured. PurpleWorld learnt that the incident,…
Bandits have killed a pastor of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) Rev. Musa Mairimi, and kidnapped his wife in Kajuru Local Government Area of…
Bandits attacked travellers and residents on the Kaura Namoda-Shinkafi road in Zamfara State. In the photos shared on Tuesday, their vehicles were ridden with gun…
Many people have been killed in several communities of Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State after suspected herders launched attacks on the areas. According…
During the virtual symposium organised by Governmend, one of the speakers, Olorunfemi Adeyeye who’s a known social media commentator stated that insecurity hasn’t improved, the…
Gunmen have k!lled a lecturer at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Anambra State. Prof. Anthony Eze of the Faculty of Education was shot d€ad in…
Troops of the Nigerian army have rescued 30 kidnapped victims during an operation near Manini village along the Kaduna-Birnin Gwari highway in Kaduna State. The…
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Nasarawa State Police Command and Miyetti Allah Vigilante Group, have rescued 30 kidnap victims held hostage in the Toto Local Government Area of the state.…
Gunmen have abducted scores of passengers from a train station in Igueben Local Government Area of Edo State. The victims were waiting to board a…
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A former governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, on Monday escaped death while four of his Police Escorts died when his convoy was attacked…
A woman identified as Ramlat Alh Shehu Aji was kidnapped on her way to Katsina state from Kagara in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger state…
Popular Skit maker and activist Adebowale Adedayo, popularly known as Mr Macaroni, has said that insecurity in Lagos State has worsened under the tenure of…
The Special Force of the Nigerian Air Force has rescued seven Chinese nationals taken hostage by terrorists in Kaduna State. It was reported that the…
Gunmen on Saturday attacked the Imo State High Court in the Orlu Local Government Area of the state. The hoodlums were said to have also…
Self protection: For now, the law of Nigeria doesn’t permit individuals to own pepper spray or shocker- police spokesperson, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, reveals
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