DSS frees detainees wrongfully arrested for kidnapping

  The Department of State Services (DSS) has ordered its personnel to immediately release three suspects who had been in its custody since June 2025 for alleged involvement in banditry…

Residents kick over frequent kidnapping inspite of heavy security checkpoints on Enugu-Ugwuogo Nike road

  Residents and travelers along the Enugu-Ugwuogo Nike-Ekwegbe-Opi-Nsukka road are raising disturbing questions over the seeming inability of security forces to curb rampant kidnappings on the 43-kilometer stretch of road…

Ekiti court sentences two to death for kidnapping, armed robbery

  An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, on Monday sentenced two persons to death by hanging for armed robbery and kidnapping. The court also jailed them for life…

Enugu-Nsukka Highway Turns Kidnappers’ Den as Police Dismiss Reports, Threaten Whistleblowers”

  The Uguwuogo Nike-Opi-Nsukka highway in Enugu State has become a hotspot for kidnappers, with at least three abductions reported in less than four days last week. Despite the alarming…