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...
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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has condemned the killing of 32 residents of Ungushi community in Kebbe Local Government Area of Sokoto State, describing the attack as another painful reminder of the worsening security situation in the country. Reacting to the incident in a statement, Atiku expressed deep sympathy...
General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 8 Division, Nigerian Army, Major General Bemgha Paul Koughna, has stressed that strong collaboration between security agencies and local communities remains essential to dismantling terrorist networks operating in parts of the North-West. Speaking during an operational assessment visit to the Forward Operating Base...
Troops of the Joint Task Force North West, Operation FANSAN YAMMA (JTF NW OPFY), have successfully thwarted multiple terrorist attacks across Katsina and Kebbi States. Media Information Officer, Joint Task Force (North West) Operation FANSAN YAMMA, Lieutenant Colonel Aliyu Danja, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on...
Nigerian Army has rescued nine kidnapped victims and disrupted attempts by terrorists to infiltrate communities in Niger State, as troops stepped up operations across parts of Mariga and Rijau Local Government Areas. Acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, Headquarters 18 Brigade, Bida, Captain Adebayo Adewumi, disclosed this in a...
Chairman of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Comrade Festus Osifo, has commended the leadership of the Department of State Services (DSS) for the arrest and prosecution of terrorists and bandits across the country. Speaking on Tuesday in Abuja, Osifo said the arrests and prosecutions were sending the right signal...
Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has confirmed the loss of ten gallant Police personnel during an encounter with a heavily armed group of suspected bandits along the Rafin Makuku axis of Sakaba Local Government Area, Kebbi State. The Force spokesman, CSP Ani Iniedu, confirmed this in a statement issued to...
Troops of Sector 1, Joint Task Force Operation WHIRL STROKE, in collaboration with personnel of the Nigerian Police Force, have foiled an attack by suspected armed herders at Azege Village, Tombo Council Ward, Logo Local Government Area of Benue State. Acting Media Information Officer, HQ JTF Operation WHIRL STROKE,...
Troops of Sector 2, Joint Task Force North West, Operation FANSAN YAMMA (JTF NW OPFY) rescued 33 kidnapped passengers in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, following a swift response to credible information on the kidnap of commuters by terrorists. Media Information Officer, Joint Task Force (North West)...
Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun, has lauded the Department of State Services (DSS), the Nigerian Army, the Nigerian Police, as well as Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), for rescuing five kidnapped students of Gateway ICT Polytechnic, Saapade, in Remo North Local Government Area of the state. The students, who were...
No fewer than 163 victims rescued from the deadly attack on Woro community in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State have arrived in Ilorin after spending several months in captivity. They reached the Kwara State capital late on Thursday after security forces secured their freedom during coordinated operations...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has welcomed the successful rescue of 308 Nigerian citizens who were abducted in different attacks in Niger and Kwara states. One hundred and sixty-three of those rescued were abducted from Woro Community in Kaiama LGA, Kwara State, and 145 from Niger State. The victims were...
Residents of several communities in Shagari Local Government Area of Sokoto State were thrown into panic on Tuesday morning after heavily armed bandits launched coordinated attacks on multiple villages, forcing many people to flee while making away with hundreds of livestock. Shagari Local Government, the hometown of Nigeria’s Second...
Kaduna State Police Command has recorded major breakthroughs in its ongoing fight against insecurity, neutralising a notorious kidnap kingpin, arresting 16 suspected kidnappers, three alleged gunrunners and recovering several firearms and stolen items within two weeks. The Commissioner of Police, Kaduna State Command, CP Rabiu Muhammad, disclosed this during...
Kebbi State Police Command has confirmed the release of kidnapped High Court Judge, Justice Faruk Hassan Bunza, who was abducted from his residence in Bunza Local Government Area on July 26. According to the Command, the judge’s release was confirmed by his family and the Kebbi State Ministry of...
Troops of Sector 2, Operation FANSAN YAMMA, deployed at the Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Kasuwan Daji, Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State, have decisively foiled an attempted infiltration by terrorists. Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 8 Division, Nigerian Army / Sector 2 Operation FANSAN YAMMA,...
An intelligence-led operation by the Department of State Services (DSS), has resulted in the death of over 60 suspected bandits in Bakori Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. Security sources disclosed that one notorious bandit kingpin, Idi Abasu Aiki, believed to be responsible for several cases of attacks...
Fresh attacks by suspected bandits have thrown several communities in Lau Local Government Area of Taraba State into panic, leaving at least five people dead, several others injured, and hundreds of residents displaced. The renewed wave of violence has also seen the abduction of the village head of Garin-Magaji,...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has strongly condemned the recent barbaric and cowardly attack on innocent citizens in Naridon Village in Kamaru Ward, Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The attack on innocent citizens in the early hours of Monday led to the killing of about 30 residents, including...
Troops of Sector 2, Joint Task Force North West, Operation FANSAN YAMMA (JTF NW OPFY), have recorded significant operational successes in Katsina State, by rescuing a kidnap victim, conducting a joint raid that led to the arrest of suspects and recovery of a locally fabricated weapon, as well as...