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...
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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...
No fewer than 30 persons, including eight children, were killed on Sunday night when suspected terrorists attacked Naridon community in Kamaru Ward of Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, in one of the deadliest assaults recorded in the area in recent times. The attackers reportedly stormed the community...
Troops of Operation FANSAN YAMMA have launched an intensive search-and-rescue operation following the abduction of the Executive Chairman of Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Hon. Nura Umar Abdullahi, by armed bandits. The incident occurred in the early hours of Saturday when the attackers stormed the chairman’s residence,...
Troops of Operation FANSAN YAMMA have continued to sustain pressure on terrorists across the North West, recording significant operational successes on 19 and 20 July 2026 through the rescue of kidnapped victims, the disruption of a planned abduction, and the arrest of suspected terrorist logistics suppliers in separate operations...
Troops of the Joint Task Force Kano, deployed at Forward Operating Bases (FOBs) reinforced by troops from a Response Area, have successfully foiled bandits attack and prevented the rustling of livestock in Yankamaye, Rimaye axis along the boundry between Kano and Katsina states. Assistant Director Army Public Relations, 3...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde on Monday received the teachers and pupils rescued from their abductors after spending 56 days in captivity following the attack on Ahoro Esienle and Yawota schools in Oriire Local Government Area of the state. The Nigerian Army formally handed the victims over to the...
A 60-year old headmaster of Nomadic Basic School in Igbojaye, Itesiwaju Local Government Area of Oyo State, Mr. Matthew Owoade, has been kidnapped by armed bandits on Saturday evening while returning from his farm, with his abductors demanding a N30 million ransom for his release. According to his son,...
Residents of Gummi in Zamfara State turned out in large numbers on Thursday to welcome troops of Sector 2, Operation FANSAN YAMMA, following a successful operation that dealt a major blow to armed bandits operating around the area. The Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 8 Division Nigerian Army...
National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, has commended the Federal Government’s efforts that eventually led to the release of the abducted pupils and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. Yilwatda, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and...
Oyo State Police Command has confirmed the successful rescue operation of two persons who were abducted by armed kidnappers at Tiro Village, Irawo, in the Oke-Ogun area of the state. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Ayanlade Olayinka, who confirmed this in a statement on Friday, said the couple...