Security

Katsina State Police Command says its operatives have arrested one Usamatu Adamu, the village head of Unguwan Tambai, Runka, in Safana Local Government Area for allegedly supplying information to bandits. The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, revealed this while parading about 15 suspected criminals in Katsina on Tuesday. Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu said that on […]

Gunmen suspected to be bandits have kidnapped the district head of Kanya under the Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State. The bandits kidnapped the district head, Isah Daya when they stormed his village on Saturday. They also killed one, injured three persons and kidnapped eight others. The State Police Public Relations Officer, Nafui Abubakar, […]

The police in Ogun State has arrested 33-year-old Olayemi Olawale Shedrack, a suspected rapist and armed robber in Ijagun, Odogbolu local government area of the state. The suspect was arrested in connection to the alleged armed robbery and rape of female students in the Tai University of Education, Ijagun. It was reported that in July, […]

The Nigerian Army says its troops have eliminated eight terrorists and rescued 40 abducted individuals in a series of coordinated operations across the country. The Army, in a post on its official X handle on Monday, said the recent victories had further tightened the noose around the necks of unrepentant terrorists and their collaborators. The […]

State commands of the Nigeria Police Force have deployed men in flashpoints as organizers of the October 1 protest insist on going ahead with the demonstration on Independence Day as planned, findings have shown. If the protest holds, it will be the second time in two months that angry Nigerians would hit the streets in […]

Nigerian security forces have killed another notorious bandit leader, Kachalla Makore, along with several of his fighters. This was made known on Wednesday by Zagazola Makama, a Lake Chad Basin counterterrorism and insurgency expert, in a post on his X handle. Makama disclosed that the operation took place on Sunday along the Kwankele road in […]

Troops of the 6 Brigade, Nigerian Army and Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke, OPWS, have again dismantled a notorious criminal network allegedly responsible for various acts of violence and insecurity within Karim-Lamido Local Government Council of Taraba State. A statement made available to journalists on Wednesday by the acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 6 […]

Operatives of the Imo State Police Command on Sunday repelled an attack on the Njaba Divisional Headquarters by hoodlums suspected to be affiliated with the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra and its armed militia, the Eastern Security Network. According to a release signed by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Henry Okoye, the attackers, arriving in […]

The Kano Police Command has confirmed the death of one of the most wanted phone snatchers in the state and an armed robbery kingpin, Abba Bala, aka Burakita, after arresting him with life-threatening injuries he sustained from in-fighting among gangs. The command’s spokesperson, CSP Haruna Abdullahi Kiyawa, said Burakita of Dorayi Karama Quarters and another […]

A Delta State High Court sitting in Kwale has sentenced two men to 10 years imprisonment for possessing cut-to-size single-barrel guns. The convicts are Joshua Anamali, 25 years and Nelson Adoh, 30 years. They were arrested by police officers, who were on stop-and-search duty on January 27, 2021, in Ndemili community where the exhibit was […]