Defence Headquarters (DHQ) revealed that soldiers of Operation Safe Haven turned down a N13.7 million bribe offered by terrorists during a high-stakes operation along Jos-Sanga Road in Plateau State. Director of Defence Media Operations,Maj.-Gen. Markus Kangye, shared details of the incident during a press briefing on Thursday in Abuja,...
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By HARUNA AHMED, Sokoto – Sokoto State Police Command has arrested a suspected member of the notorious Lakurawa bandit syndicate and recovered an AK-49 rifle along with ammunition in a targeted operation. Commissioner of Police (CP) Ahmed Musa announced the breakthrough in a statement released on Thursday through the...
By OJOMA PETER, Lokoja – Kogi State Police Command has declared the late Muhammad Kassim, alias Enemi, and six other arrested suspects as members of a cult and arms trafficking syndicate operating within and beyond Kogi State. The announcement comes in response to allegations of politically motivated killing made...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja-. FCT Police Command operatives have arrested one Yahaya Saleh, a 40-year-old man, for attempting to bribe police investigators with the sum of One Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira (₦1,500,000) in a desperate bid to secure the release of a kidnap suspect currently under investigation. Police...
Security operatives in Kogi State have arrested two additional suspected informants to kidnappers, bringing the total number of suspects in custody to three. The arrests were made in Ayetoro Kiri, Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area, following confessional statements from an earlier arrested suspect, which revealed the identities of other collaborators...
Managing Director of Benin-Owena River Basin Development Authority (BORBDA), Dr. Femi Adekanmbi, has dismissed the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Ondo State as “dead on arrival.” According to Adekanmbi, the ADC lacks credibility and viable policy alternatives to President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Adekanmbi questioned the opposition’s campaign strategy, given...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted parcels of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis concealed in microwaves imported from Thailand and wraps of cocaine built into ladies’ lipsticks going to Guinea at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja Lagos....
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- No fewer than 28,054.053 kilograms of skunk, a local strain of cannabis, were destroyed on three farms measuring over 11 hectares at Ewere Uzebba forest in Owan West LGA of Edo on Tuesday 8th July, while 82kg of already processed cannabis was recovered from the...
By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin – A heartbreaking incident occurred on Friday evening along the Fugar-Agenebode road in Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State. According to the Police Command in Edo, a 12-year-old girl lost her life during a gunfire exchange between security operatives and fleeing kidnappers. The...
A daring attempt to kidnap the Chairman of Gassol Local Government Council in Taraba, Alhaji Abubakar Saidu, was foiled by the swift response of the police. It was learnt that the incident occurred at Saidu’s residence in GRA, Jalingo, in the early hours of Friday. Saidu told reporters in...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Nigerian Army has arrested three suspected gunrunners in Kaduna State, foiling an attempt to supply arms to criminals in the bush. The suspects, identified as Yakubu Jilbril, Abubakar Yahaya, and Isiya Sani, were arrested by troops of 37 Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) Demonstration Battalion...
By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin – A devastating attack on the Catholic Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary in Ivianokpodi, Agenebode, Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State, has left one Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) officer dead and three students abducted. It was learnt that the incident occurred...
Nigerian Army troops have recorded significant successes against terrorists and criminal elements across the country. In a series of coordinated operations, troops neutralized over 15 terrorists and recovered multiple weapons and ammunition. In the North East, troops conducted offensive operations targeting ISWAP/JAS enclaves in Borno State. “Troops engaged and...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja- Nigerian Government has commenced Phase 7 of the Kainji Mass Trials of terrorists’ suspects, reaffirming its commitment to confronting terrorism through lawful and transparent means. According to the National Counter Terrorism Centre, Office of the National Security Adviser (NCTC-ONSA), the trials represent a cornerstone of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have successfully neutralized 24 Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists in a series of coordinated ambushes and clearance operations in Borno and Adamawa states. According to the Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Headquarters Theatre Command Operation Hadin Kai, Captain...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – A joint security team comprising Police Mobile Force (PMF) operatives, military, and the Nigerian Air Force has successfully neutralised 30 bandits during a gun battle in Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State. The Katsina State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Dr....
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- Lagos State Police Command has announced a massive deployment of personnel across the state ahead of the Local Government (LG) elections on Saturday. The command said the move aims to ensure a hitch-free exercise and maintain peace and order during the election period. The Commissioner...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – Kano Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), has commenced a comprehensive investigation into the case of one Ahmad Salisu, arrested by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), for allegedly concealing and failing to declare the sum of $420,900 (Four Hundred and...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has launched precision air strikes against key terrorist strongholds nestled in the Mandara Mountains, located in Borno State. The targets, Wa Jahode and Loghpere, have long served as fortified enclaves for the Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JAS) faction of Boko...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – Niger State Police Command has rescued 35 kidnapped victims from various locations across the state in recent operations. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Minna, the state’s capital. SP Abiodun said the rescue...