Troops of Joint Task Force North West Operation FANSAN YAMMA (JTF NW OPFY) have sustained their operational momentum across the Joint Operations Area, rescuing a kidnapped victim in Kaduna State and foiling a terrorist attack in Sokoto State. Media Information Officer, Joint Task Force (North West) Operation FANSAN YAMMA...
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Amnesty International has called on the Nigerian authorities to immediately investigate the deadly attack on three communities in Wurno Local Government Area of Sokoto State, where at least seven people were killed and more than 17 others abducted by armed assailants. The rights organisation, in a statement issued on...
Troops of the Nigerian Army have arrested a suspected gunrunner and recovered an AK-47 rifle and other items in Plateau State, while a separate operation in Edo State led to the rescue of a kidnapped victim. The Army disclosed this in a statement issued via its verified X (formerly...
Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), on Wednesday, August 19, 2026 arraigned the trio of Emmanuel Serah Motunrayo, Awotunde Olugbenga and Idowu Olugbemi Sunday before Justices Olusola Adetujoye and Olusola Adetujoye of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State. Motunrayo alongside...
Abuja Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, August 18, 2026 arraigned three alleged land grabbers, and two firms before Justice Ngozika. C. Nwabulu, of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja. The defendants are Paul Olufemi Ogunlana, Olaniyi Rufai, Dauda Bashir,...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, on Thursday, August 20, 2026, arraigned the Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of Brookfield Group Holdings, Olatunji Oluwaseun Adebola,( a.k.a Whitelion) before Justice C. Ngozi of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, for an alleged...
Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Olufemi Oluyede, has assured retired military personnel that the ongoing review of salaries for serving members of the Armed Forces will lead to corresponding increases in the pensions of veterans. Oluyede gave the assurance on Thursday during an interactive meeting with military veterans...
Joint Task Force North West, Operation FANSAN YAMMA, has intensified its offensive against terrorists, rescuing 10 kidnapped victims in coordinated operations across Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara states. The Media Information Officer of Operation FANSAN YAMMA, Lieutenant Colonel Aliyu Danja, disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday, August 20,...
Nigerian Army troops have disrupted a planned attack on Mwar Community in Chakfem Kingdom, Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, recovering five rifles and 15 rounds of ammunition in a raid on a suspected arms cache. The Army in a post via its X handle on Thursday, said...
Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Disu, on Wednesday, delivered the opening address at the North-West Security Summit in Gusau, Zamfara State, where he called for an intelligence-led, community-supported, and coordinated regional response to insecurity. The Summit, hosted by the Zamfara State Government, brought together governors, traditional rulers, security chiefs,...
Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested a man allegedly posing as one of its operatives after he was found wearing the agency’s tactical uniform and carrying a fake pistol in Abuja. The suspect, identified as Moferewa Maiye, was apprehended late Wednesday following an intelligence-led operation by DSS officers....
Operatives of the Anti-Robbery Team, Ogun State Police Command have recorded another major breakthrough with the arrest of two suspects, Adeyinka Onakomaya ‘m’ aged 46, and Olayiwola Kehinde ‘m’ aged 48, over their alleged involvement in armed robbery, carjacking, and unlawful possession of firearms. The command’s spokesman, DSP Oluseyi...
Force Commander of the ECOWAS Stabilisation Support Mission in Guinea-Bissau (ESSMGB), Brigadier General Danjuma Dantani, has urged Ghanaian troops serving with Ghana Company 5 (GHANCOY 5) to remain alert, disciplined and ready to respond to their responsibilities under the regional peace mission. Dantani gave the charge on Wednesday, August...
Cross River State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has rescued 42 persons and arrested suspected members of an alleged transnational criminal syndicate accused of deceiving unsuspecting job seekers with fake overseas employment offers. The suspects were reportedly operating under the cover of a multi-level...
General Officer Commanding (GOC) 3 Division, Nigerian Army, and Commander of Operation Enduring Peace, Major General Maxwell Dangana, has relocated his tactical headquarters from Jos to Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, as police announced the arrest of a suspected mastermind of the deadly attack on Bin-Per community....
At least 24 bandits were killed on Tuesday after soldiers of the Nigerian Army, operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), Katsina Community Watch Corps foiled an attempt to mass-kidnap persons in Gidan Bawa village, Kandarawa Ward, Bakori Local Government Area of the state. According to a security...
Enugu State Police Command has arrested a 23-year old suspected transformer vandal, identified as Nnaji Chidiebere, after he was found unconscious with various degrees of burns while allegedly vandalising a transformer along Ogbaike Road, Obollo-Afor, Udenu Local Government Area. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Daniel Ndukwe, confirmed the...
Force Commander of the ECOWAS Stabilisation Support Mission in Guinea-Bissau (ESSMGB), Brigadier General Danjuma Ribah Dantani, has charged Nigerian troops serving in the mission to remain disciplined, professional and focused on their mandate, warning against conduct capable of undermining the mission or tarnishing Nigeria’s image. Dantani gave the charge...
Justice A. Aluko of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, convicted and sentenced two persons to six months imprisonment respectively for offences bordering on unlawful trading of naira notes. The convicts; Mutairu Omowunmi Tawa and Faith Chukwujeku were separately arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Directorate...