By MARK JANG, Jos – Special Military Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), maintaining peace in Plateau and parts of Kaduna and Bauchi States, have arrested 13 suspects over alleged kidnapping, banditry, rustling and other criminal offences. The Media Officer of OPSH, Captain James Oya, who...
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By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – No fewer than four students of Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK), have been kidnapped by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers. The incident, according to a source occurred outside the school campus around Angwan Kare area of Keffi on Monday night exactly 10:30...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Vigilantes and local hunters in Lere village in Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of Bauchi State have killed no fewer than 67 suspected kidnappers and successfully rescued 28 kidnapped victims. The Sarkin Lere (traditional ruler of Lere), Jamilu Bawa, disclosed this when the Bauchi...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A 37-year old man, Hamisu Dauda has been arrested by the Borno State Police Command for allegedly raping a 62-year old woman in Shani Local Government Area of the state. The Borno State Commissioner of Police, CP Muhammad Yusufu, disclosed this...
Temitope Oladipo Fayehun must be passing through hard times. A native of Ilesa in Osun State, Fayehun’s ordeal started on March 2, 2021, when he, alongside others in his vehicle, fell into the hands of some Fulani kidnappers along Osogbo-Ibokun-Ilesa Road in the state. While some of the...
Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Adm. Emmanuel Ogalla flagged off “Exercise Crocodile Lift’’ and “Ex-Grand African Nemo 2023’’ on Monday in Lagos to improve maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea. The CNS alongside senior Naval officers and French nationals onboard NNS KADA. Ogalla flagged off the combined...
Bandits have killed four persons and injured four others at Uguwan Dankali in Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The spokesman in Kaduna State, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirm the attack on Sunday in Kaduna. ASP Hassan stated that upon receiving a distress call, a joint response team...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Police Command has arrested no fewer than 500 suspects for various crimes committed in different parts of the state. Commissioner of Police, CP Yusuf Muhammad stated this at a press conference which was held on Monday at the Borno...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A 67-year old drug trafficker, Clement Chukwuemeka has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Oct. 3 for ingesting 100 wraps of cocaine. Chukwuemeka told NDLEA operatives that he engaged in...
The Defence Headquarters says troops of the armed forces have in the last one week neutralised 31 terrorists and apprehended 81 others in various operations across North East, North Central and North West. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, said this in a statement on Sunday...
The Police Command in Sokoto State has launched an initiative to retrieve all unlicensed firearms from residents to enhance public safety and security across the state. This development is contained in a public announcement signed by Mr Ali Kaigama, the Commissioner of Police in the state, and issued to...
Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has orders all criminals currently operating in Benue State to leave or risk arrest. This is contained in a press statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Sir Tersoo Kula, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi...
The Police Command in Kaduna State, says it has arrested 10 suspected kidnapers between September and Oct. 3, 2023. The Command’s Acting Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, stated this at a news conference on Saturday in Kaduna. He said that operatives of the Command recovered three...
A Lagos High Court will on Monday deliver judgment in the case of a police officer, Darambi Vandi, charged with shooting dead a Lagos-based lawyer, Mrs Omobolanle Raheem, on Christmas Day. The court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square gave the judgment date on July 13 after adoption of...
The Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS BEECROFT has thwarted illegal bunkering within the Igboelejo community area of Lagos State and seized the boat used for the criminal activity. The Commander, NNS BEECROFT, Commodore Kolawole Oguntuga, disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Lagos on Friday. Oguntuga said that...
The Police Command in Ogun on Friday in Abeokuta said a Police Inspector and two security guards were injured after being shot by suspected armed robbers. SP Omolola Odutola, the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), in a statement disclosed that the robbers had invaded a hotel in...
The Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle, says President Bola Tinubu has demonstrated commitment to promote national unity and cohesion as key element of his Renewed Hope Agenda. Matawalle said this at the inauguration of the National Defence College (NDC) Course 32, with the inaugural lecture titled,...
The Nigerian Army has announced the launch of three training exercises across the country to forestall criminality during the Yuletide period. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.- Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, who briefed newsmen on Friday in Abuja, said the training exercises would hold in the South...
The troops of Joint Task Force South-East Operation, code-named ‘Operation UDO KA II’, has conducted clearance operations in the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its Eastern Security Network (ESN) affiliates hideouts in two council areas in Imo. This is contained in a statement issued on Friday in...