Nigeria records decline in kidnaps in its three hotspots, records rise nationally
The number of reported kidnapped persons in Nigeria between June 2022 and July 2023 increased to 3,620, an analysis of data from SBM Intelligence reveals.
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Ransom requests bled Nigeria over ₦1 billion in 2019, figures to increase
Kidnappers abducted over 1,386 Nigerians from January to December 2019; This number increased in 2020 at 1,984 persons in just eleven months, estimating over ₦13.5 million in ransom between January – May; Abductions have bled Nigeria over $18 million in the last nine years (June 2011- March 2020); Experts have linked insecurity to Nigeria’s economic woes; In all, intelligence-based security initiatives and poverty alleviation programmes are a way to address the spate of kidnapping in the country.
At 60: The Changing Face of Insecurity in Nigeria
Tomorrow we celebrate Nigeria’s independence from British rule. Yet, with Nigeria’s trajectory, you’d be hard-pressed to find a reason to be happy. Insecurity in Nigeria is so worrisome that Nigeria is one of the most unsafe places to live and work.