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By Imisioluwa Afunmiso Troops of Sector 2, Joint Task Force North West, Operation FANSAN YAMMA, have rescued a kidnapped victim, recovered 126 rustled livestock and arrested suspects during separate operations in Katsina State. The operations, carried out on July 26, also led to the recovery of a locally fabricated weapon and ammunition in coordinated raids ...
Kano State Police Command says its operatives have rescued nine passengers abducted during an attack on a commercial bus along the Jos-Kano highway in Doguwa Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, CSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Kano, saying the incident occurred on July 26 at ...
Security operatives are reportedly intensifying their search for 44-year-old Gideon Iroegbu Samson, an Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) member who fled his ancestral home following repeated military raids on his family residence. Samson, a native of Umuagbara Village in the Urata Amaise Autonomous Community, Osisioma Ngwa Local Government Area of Abia State, went into hiding ...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kano State Command, has arrested two suspected vandals over alleged vandalism of railway and electrical infrastructure in Kano State. The State Commandant, Mohammed Hassan-Agalama, made the disclosure on Monday in Kano. Hassan-Agalama said the suspects were arrested in separate intelligence-led operations carried out at Panshekara in Kumbotso ...
The detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has terminated the engagement of his longtime legal counsel, Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor, revoking all legal authorities previously granted to him.In a statement, Kanu declared that Ejiofor no longer possesses express, implied, or ostensible authority to represent him, his family, or the ...
A fugitive drug kingpin, Ntoruka Emmanuel Chinedu, and an ex-international football player, Hunkarin Segun George have been convicted and sentenced to a combined total of 24 years imprisonment by Justice Musa Kakaki of the Federal High Court, Lagos, for unlawful importation of 7.050 kilograms of cocaine into Nigeria. Chinedu was first arraigned in September 2015 ...
The Police in Delta has arrested a suspected four-man syndicate who specialised in stealing phones from shops and recovered nine phones. The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe disclosed this on Monday in Asaba. Edafe explained that the command had received series of reports on the stealing of mobile phones from shops in ...
The Police command in Delta has arrested two suspects and recovered two locally fabricated Beretta pistols during a stop-and-search operation. The command’s spokesman, SP Bright Edafe, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Warri. Edafe said the suspects were arrested on Saturday by the command’s Safer Highway Patrol teams. He said the operatives ...
By Imisioluwa Afunmiso Troops of the Joint Task Force North West, Operation FANSAN YAMMA, have rescued 48 kidnapped victims following a terrorist attack on Magami village in Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The operation, carried out in the early hours of Sunday, July 26, was launched after troops of Sector 2 received ...
By Taiwo Scholastica The Nigerian Navy has arrested a vessel and its 12 crew members over their alleged involvement in crude oil theft and the illegal possession of petroleum products in Akwa Ibom State. The arrest was carried out in the early hours of Thursday, July 23, 2026, under Operation DELTA SENTINEL, following credible intelligence ...
By Muyideen Aliyu The Kwara State Government has reiterated its commitment to tackling insecurity across the state through strategic partnerships with key security stakeholders. The state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Senior Ibrahim Sulyman (SAN), disclosed that the government will partner with the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) and other security agencies to curb the ...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested Onuigbo Ndubisi Chinedu, a 55-year-old clothing trader at the popular Balogun Market on Lagos Island, over an attempt to export 3.30 kilograms of cocaine concealed within the walls of cartons used to package food items bound for the United Kingdom. Onuigbo was arrested on Thursday, July 23, 2026, ...
The Police Command in Ogun says it has arrested four suspects over alleged burglary at Agbado area of the state. The Command’s Spokesperson, DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Saturday in Abeokuta. Babaseyi listed the names of the four suspects arrested to include Sodiq Raji, 32, Zubby Nzube, 28, ...
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has intensified efforts to enhance internal accountability and transparency by upgrading its Complaint Response Unit (CRU), the central digital platform dedicated to tracking and resolving citizen grievances. The newly appointed Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Anietie Edem, made this known on Friday during a courtesy visit to the Executive Council ...
The Police Command in Ogun has arrested two suspects, Nnabike Uzolo, 26 and Chino Mgbenya, 28, for allegedly vandalising a telecommunication cable at Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state. The command’s Spokesperson, DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Saturday in Abeokuta. Babaseyi said the Ota Division received intelligence ...
…as N/East stakeholders plans to deliver massive votes for APC candidates By Taiwo Scholarstica President Bola Tinubu has urged governors in the six North-East states to intensify efforts to tackle terrorism and banditry threatening the region. The President spoke on Thursday when he received a delegation of political leaders and senior government officials from the ...
The Police on Thursday charged two men, Chibuzor Nwogu, 25, and Ayobami Akintayo, 33, before an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court , Ibadan, over alleged attempt to steal an air-condition in a Secondary School in Ibadan. Defendants were charged on two – count of conspiracy and attempt to steal, which they pleaded not guilty to. The ...
The three men arraigned over alleged involvement in the recent kidnapping of school children and teachers in Orire Local Government Area (LGA) of Oyo State, on Thursday, pleaded guilty to terrorsim charge. The three men are Abdulrazak Umar (a.k.a. Abu Khalifa/Abu Khalid), Yunusa Musa (a.k.a. Yunusa bin Musa) and Shamsu Adamu Sani (a.k.a. Abu Itisar). ...
The Police Command in Akwa Ibom says it has apprehended two suspected vandals in separate incidents. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Timfon John, disclosed this in a statement in Uyo on Thursday. John said that one of the suspects was apprehended on July 19 for vandalism of aluminium window frames, electrical wires, and cables ...
By Imisioluwa Afunmiso A tanker driver who allegedly fled after knocking down and killing a commercial delivery motorcycle rider on Kodesho Road in Ikeja has been arrested by officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA). The fatal crash occurred opposite a Filling Station along Kodesho Road, inward Awolowo Way/Oba Akran in the Maryland-Ikeja ...
By Imisioluwa Afunmiso A Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri has convicted and sentenced a woman, Yagana Musa Mohammed, to six months imprisonment for defrauding a man of N3.5 million under the guise of securing employment for him in Qatar. Justice B.T. Zannah delivered the judgment on Wednesday after Mohammed pleaded guilty to a ...
By Imisioluwa Afunmiso No fewer than 12 persons have been convicted and sentenced by the Federal High Court sitting in Warri, Delta State, for tampering with and abusing the naira during a social event. The convictions were secured by the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before Justice Hyeladzira Nganjiwa. ...
By Imisioluwa Afunmiso Troops of Sector 2, North-East Joint Task Force, Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), have foiled an alleged Boko Haram extortion mission and neutralised a suspected terrorist driver during an operation along the Paya-Kafiya axis of Yobe State. The military disclosed that the operation, conducted on July 19, also led to the recovery of ...
