Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has dismissed allegations made by social media personality Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), accusing police officers of collaborating with kidnappers by sharing information about travellers at highway checkpoints. In a statement issued on Wednesday by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Ani...
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The sustained offensive against terrorist groups in Nigeria’s North-East has recorded another major breakthrough, with more than 150 terrorists, including commanders, fighters and their associates, surrendering to troops of Operation HADIN KAI within the past week. The Acting Military Information Officer of Headquarters Joint Task Force North-East, Operation HADIN...
The media aides of the Borno State governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, have officially presented the seventh edition of his administration’s flagship publication, The 7th Verdict, at an event attended by members of the State House of Assembly, the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state...
Amnesty International has accused the Nigerian government of failing to protect citizens from relentless attacks by armed groups and bandits, revealing that at least 10,217 people have been killed across several states since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu assumed office in May 2023. In a new report released on Monday,...
Troops of 2 Division Nigerian Army have rescued a kidnap victim and recovered an AK-47 rifle during an operation in Kogi State, further disrupting the activities of criminal elements operating within the area. The Nigerian Army disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday via its verified X handle...
Nigerian military has rescued six kidnapped victims and recovered ₦800,000 stolen from them after troops of Operation FANSAN YAMMA foiled a kidnap operation along the Dandume–Sheme Road in Katsina State. The Media Information Officer of Joint Task Force North West, Operation FANSAN YAMMA, Lieutenant Colonel Aliyu Danja, disclosed the...
Edo State Police Command has successfully rescued a 32-year-old kidnapped hostage, Oboharekpe Muhammed David, following a coordinated search-and-rescue operation by police operatives and other security agencies in South-Ibie. The command’s spokesman, ASP Eno Ikoedem, confirmed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Sunday in Benin. ASP Ikoedem said...
Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has stepped up its air operations against terrorism, banditry, kidnapping and other forms of criminality across the North-West by reinforcing its air presence in Sokoto State to support ongoing joint military operations. The development was disclosed in a statement issued by the Director of Public...
Nongu u Kristu u i Ser u sha Tar (NKST) Church has rejected the Federal Government’s proposed pilot ranching initiative in Benue State, insisting that the state should not be used to test a policy linked to a conflict that has devastated its communities for years. The church said...
Nigerian Air Force (NAF) aircraft have emerged as one of the most feared weapons among terrorists and bandits operating in the North-West, underscoring the critical role of airpower in degrading criminal capabilities and denying them freedom of action. Governor Dikko Umar Radda of Katsina State made the observation on...
Amnesty International has called on the Nigerian authorities to immediately investigate the deadly attack on three communities in Wurno Local Government Area of Sokoto State, where at least seven people were killed and more than 17 others abducted by armed assailants. The rights organisation, in a statement issued on...
Nigerian Army troops have disrupted a planned attack on Mwar Community in Chakfem Kingdom, Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, recovering five rifles and 15 rounds of ammunition in a raid on a suspected arms cache. The Army in a post via its X handle on Thursday, said...
A civil society organisation, Safe House for Justice and Human Empowerment Centre (SHJHEC), has warned that continued insecurity and restricted access to farmlands could worsen food insecurity in Plateau State and Nigeria. The organisation said many households had been cut off from their farmlands and income-generating opportunities, leaving displaced...
Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested a man allegedly posing as one of its operatives after he was found wearing the agency’s tactical uniform and carrying a fake pistol in Abuja. The suspect, identified as Moferewa Maiye, was apprehended late Wednesday following an intelligence-led operation by DSS officers....
General Officer Commanding (GOC) 3 Division, Nigerian Army, and Commander of Operation Enduring Peace, Major General Maxwell Dangana, has relocated his tactical headquarters from Jos to Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, as police announced the arrest of a suspected mastermind of the deadly attack on Bin-Per community....
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...
Force Commander of the ECOWAS Stabilisation Support Mission in Guinea-Bissau (ESSMGB), Brigadier General Danjuma Ribah Dantani, has charged Nigerian troops serving in the mission to remain disciplined, professional and focused on their mandate, warning against conduct capable of undermining the mission or tarnishing Nigeria’s image. Dantani gave the charge...
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...
Nigerian Navy has rescued 22 passengers abducted by suspected sea robbers after their boat was hijacked along the Calabar–Oron–Ibaka waterway in Akwa Ibom State. Director of Naval Information, Navy Captain Abiodun Folorunsho, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Saturday in Abuja Captain Folorunsho said the incident...
Troops of the Joint Task Force (North East), Operation HADIN KAI, have foiled a coordinated attack by suspected Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters on a military position in Borno State, killing several insurgents and recovering a cache of weapons and other combat equipment. The attack occurred in...