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Troops arrest kidnap kingpin in Taraba

According to the Nigerian Army, another kidnapping mastermind has been apprehended in southern Taraba by soldiers from 6 Brigade Nigerian Army/Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke, or OPWS.  In a statement released on Monday night, Lieutenant Umar Muhammad, Acting Assistant Dir ....
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Niger govt orders closure of schools

Following the kidnapping of children from a Catholic school in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area, Niger Governor Umaru Bago has ordered the immediate closure of all schools in the state.  Following an expanded security meeting in Minna on Saturday, Bago made the announc ....
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Police arrest seven suspects for armed robbery in Niger

Seven armed robbery suspects who were allegedly intimidating state citizens in their houses and on the road have been taken into custody by Niger State Police Command officers.  Two suspects, Habibu Isyaku, 20, and Musa Yakubu, 18, of the Texaco neighborhood of Maitumbi, M ....
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Obafemi Awolowo's grandson Olusegun dies at 62

Olusegun Awolowo, the former Executive Director of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), passed away.  He was sixty-two.  The incidence was confirmed by the family in a statement.  It stated: "We announce the passing of our beloved husband, father, and gr ....
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Bandits attack Niger community, abducts pupils

An unknown number of pupils from St. John Primary and Secondary School in the Papiri ward of the Agwara local government region of Niger state have been kidnapped by bandits.  Although the specifics of the kidnapping are yet unknown, the crime was reported to have happened on Fri ....
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Officer killed as FCT police stop kidnapping attempt

In Guto Village, a border community in Bwari Area Council, the Federal Capital Territory Police Command reported on Thursday that its agents had foiled an attempted kidnapping.  The group of roughly thirty armed guys allegedly broke into the neighborhood and tried t ....
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