The acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has revealed that a total of 1,071 people were killed in crime-related cases across the country in the first quarter of 2019. The Police chief made the disclosure during the quarterly Northern Traditional … read more
Two Shell oil workers kidnapped in Nigeria’s restive oil-rich south have been freed, six days after they were seized by gunmen who killed their guard and driver, police said Wednesday. The Royal Dutch Shell oil workers, whose nationalities were not … read more
Two Chinese men kidnapped on Wednesday in Ebonyi State have regained their freedom. The police spokesperson in the state, Loveth Odah, told journalists in Abakaliki on Sunday that they were rescued by the police unhurt. According to her, their abductors … read more
Three oil workers have been kidnapped from a Nigerian oil rig. Gunmen raided the Niger Delta Petroleum Resources rig in Ogbele on Saturday morning, according to a spokesman for the area’s military operations, Major Ibrahim Abubakar. The three people kidnapped … read more
In a bid to enhance interaction and business with the Chinese in Kano State, the Emir of Kano, Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II has approved the appointment and instalment of a Chinese man, Mr Mike Zhang, as a chief and leader … read more
Two senior employees of the oil company Shell have been kidnapped and their police escorts killed in Nigeria’s restive Delta region, police said. The attack took place as the workers were returning from a business trip on Thursday on a … read more
The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) says six sailors have been abducted by Pirates off Nigeria’s oil-rich south. According to the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre, the sailors were aboard a small oil tanker, before they were attacked. The Apecus, a Palau-flagged … read more
Two Chinese nationals working on a road project in southeast Nigeria have been kidnapped by an armed gang. Employees of the Tongyi group of companies, Sun Zhixin and Wang Quing Hu were working in Ebonyi State when they were apprehended … read more
Nigerian authorities have arrested nine private maritime security contractors (PMSCs) during a multinational anti-piracy sweep in the Gulf of Guinea. The Nigerian Navy detained the civilian anti-piracy personnel on suspicion of illegal firearms possession. Four semiautomatic rifles were found on … read more
Four Nigerian emergency agency workers were kidnapped on Wednesday as they returned from an assignment in oil-rich Rivers State in southern Nigeria, security sources said. Three men and a woman from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) were snatched, the … read more