Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the neutralisation of two suspected kidnappers and the arrest of a suspected gang kingpin during a coordinated intelligence-led operation along the Ijebu-Ode/Ibadan Road axis of the state. The operation, carried out by operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit, also led to the recovery of...
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No fewer than 6 suspected members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) have been killed following a premature improvised explosive device (IED) detonation in Marte Local Government Area of Borno State. Security sources told Zagazola that the incident occurred at about 7:00 a.m. on May 16, 2026,...
Nigeria Armed Forces, in collaboration with United States forces has successfully conducted a meticulously planned and highly coordinated counterterrorism operation resulting in the elimination of Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, a senior ISIS leader and one of the world’s most active terrorists. Director, Defence Information, Major General Samaila Uba, confirmed the development...
The reported killing of Abu-Bilal al-Manuki, a senior commander of the Islamic State and widely described as the second-in-command of ISIS globally, by joint United States and Nigerian forces may represent one of the most consequential counterterrorism successes recorded in the Lake Chad conflict in recent years. More than...
Troops of Sector 2, Operation FANSAN YAMMA in continuation of series of offensive operations against terrorists and bandits, have successfully neutralised several terrorists, recovered weapons and livestock across Sokoto and Katsina states Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 8 Division, Army / Sector 2 Operation FANSAN YAMMA, Lt. Col....
Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, has received the Special Envoy for Children Affected by Armed Conflict (CAAC), Her Excellency Ambassador Jainaba Jagne, alongside an international delegation at the Force Headquarters, Abuja, as part of ongoing efforts to strengthen the protection of schools and educational institutions across Africa....
Armed Forces of Nigeria have recorded fresh operational successes across various theatres of operation between May 8 and 14, 2026, with troops rescuing kidnapped victims, neutralising terrorists, arresting suspected collaborators and recovering arms and stolen items in coordinated offensives nationwide. The Defence Headquarters, in its weekly operational briefing, said...
Federal Government has handed over several foreign nationals arrested for illegal mining and suspected terrorism links to the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) for further investigation. Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, disclosed this on Friday while speaking with Channels Television in Abuja over allegations by...
Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has reaffirmed its commitment to discipline, accountability, and institutional reform with the dismissal, arrest, and prosecution of police personnel found involved in cases of conspiracy, armed robbery, kidnapping, extortion, stealing, and abuse of office in Rivers State and its environs. The Force spokesman , DCP...
Nigeria’s Ministry of Defence on Thursday, received a delegation from the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Senior Course 47 on a study tour, at the Ministry’s headquarters Ship house, Abuja. In his opening remarks, the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Defence, Mr Richard Pheelangwa represented by Director Joint...
Acting Customs Area Controller (CAC) of Ogun I Area Command, Deputy Comptroller (DC) Oladapo Afeni, has reaffirmed the command’s resolve to dismantle trans-border smuggling networks operating along the Idiroko–Republic of Benin corridor. DC Afeni made the declaration during a press briefing held at the Command on Tuesday, 12 May...
In line with the drive of the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sunday Kelvin Aneke, to build a highly responsive and technologically advanced Nigerian Air Force (NAF), participants of Senior Course 48 of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC), Jaji, witnessed firsthand the Service’s...
Operatives of Ifo and Sango Divisions, Ogun State Police Command, have recorded a major breakthrough in the fight against armed robbery and vehicle theft with the arrest of two suspected armed robbers, Mohammed Adeniyi Usman alias “Mandela” ‘M’, aged 48 years, and Abiodun Ogunojukan alias “Ilasa” ‘M’, aged 38...
In furtherance of ongoing counter-terrorism efforts to strengthen joint operations between the Multi National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) N’Djamena and the Joint Task Force (North East), Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), the Force Commander (FC) MNJTF, Major General Saidu Audu, undertook an operational visit to the Headquarters OPHK in Maiduguri,...
A 21-year-old female police officer, Peace Banshuam Otu, has reportedly been kidnapped in the Obuluku (Isieluku) area of Delta State. Banshuam, an indigene of Baffin Village in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State, was recently recruited into the Nigeria Police Force and posted to Delta State. She...
Suspected armed bandits on Monday invaded Ipojo Golden Estate in the Oke-Eri area of Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, and abducted three members of the same family during a late evening attack. The gunmen, said to be about 15 in number and armed with sophisticated weapons, reportedly stormed the estate around...
Nigeria Police Force in Nasarawa State has confirmed the rescue of six students of Nasarawa State University, Keffi who were abducted earlier this month from the institution’s Gudi campus in Akwanga Local Government Area. The students, all from the Faculty of Engineering, were reportedly kidnapped on May 6, 2026,...
Edo State Police Command has commenced investigation into a fatal shooting incident that occurred on Sunday, 10th May, 2026 at about 1700hrs around the University of Benin axis, Benin City. Preliminary investigation according to the police, revealed that three occupants of a Mercedes-Benz GLK vehicle namely; Onwuke Blessed ‘M’,...
Delta State Police Command has recorded another breakthrough in its sustained crackdown on illicit drug trafficking and substance abuse across the state. Police spokesman, SP Bright Edafe, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Monday in Asaba. SP Edafe said operatives of Area Command, Effurun, acted on...
Operatives of the Edo State Police Command in collaboration with the Edo State Security Corps (ESSC) have arrested twelve suspected cultists following a swift response to credible intelligence at Amazing Grace Estate, Elele Community, Uzairue, Auchi. The Command’s Spokesperson, ASP Eno Ikoedem, disclosed this in a statement issued on...