Troops of Operation FANSAN YAMMA have rescued 41 travellers, including women and children, after armed men attempted to abduct them following a vehicle breakdown along a highway in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The Nigerian Army confirmed the rescue in a statement signed by Lieutenant Colonel Danjuma...
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Chairman of Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Hon. Nura Umar Abdullahi, and four other kidnap victims have regained their freedom after escaping from a terrorist hideout during a military operation in Zamfara State. The victims escaped in the early hours of Thursday as troops of Operation FANSAN...
Katsina State Governor, Dr. Dikko Radda, has lauded the Nigerian military, the Department of State Services (DSS), and vigilantes.for stopping scores of bandits from attacking and mass-kidnapping residents of Gidan Iyado, Kakumi Ward, Bakori Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. A statement by the State Commissioner for Internal...
Troops of Sector 2, Joint Task Force North West, Operation FANSAN YAMMA (OPFY), have rescued 23 kidnapped victims, foiled terrorist attacks and arrested four suspected members of the Lakurawa terrorist group during separate operations across Sokoto State. Media Information Officer, JTF North West, OPFY, Lt. Col. Aliyu Danja, confirmed...
Troops of Operation Enduring Peace have rescued two kidnapped victims, arrested 12 suspected criminals and recovered illegal weapons during coordinated security operations across Plateau State. The operations, carried out by troops deployed in different sectors of the Joint Task Force, targeted suspected criminal hideouts in Jos North, Bassa and...
Nigeria Police Force, through operatives of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT), has uncovered a staged kidnapping scheme and separately arrested members of a suspected kidnapping and armed robbery syndicate in two intelligence-led investigations. Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja, CSP Ani Iniedu, disclosed this in a statement issued...
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...
Troops of Joint Task Force North West, Operation FANSAN YAMMA, have disrupted an alleged logistics operation by notorious terrorist kingpin Shehu Bagewaye after intercepting three disassembled canoes reportedly procured to aid the movement of his fighters through riverine communities in Zamfara State. The Media Information Officer of Joint Task...
Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, has expressed profound gratitude to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and security agencies for the successful release of victims abducted from communities in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State and Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State....
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...
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has announced the successful rescue of the seven people abducted during the recent attack involving students of Gateway ICT Polytechnic, Saapade. The governor made the announcement in a post on his official X account on Thursday, saying all the victims were rescued alive after...
Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has condemned the abduction of worshippers in Enugu State, describing the disruption of religious activities by criminals as a national calamity that requires urgent and collective action. In a post shared on his X account on Monday, Obi expressed deep concern...
Troops of Operation HADIN KAI have rescued a 20-year-old woman who was abducted by Boko Haram during the 2021 farming season after she escaped from a terrorist hideout in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State. The victim, identified as Ummi Umar, was found by troops of the 82...
National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has strongly condemned the abduction of five students of Gateway ICT Polytechnic, Saapade, Ogun State, describing the incident as another disturbing indication of the worsening security situation confronting students in the country. The students were reportedly kidnapped after armed men attacked a private...
Ogun State Police Command has intensified efforts to rescue victims abducted from a private hostel in Ipara, following the attack by suspected kidnappers on Wednesday night. In a statement issued on Friday, the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Oluseyi B. Babaseyi, said the command, working in collaboration with other...
Benue State Police Command has arrested two women for allegedly staging a fake kidnapping in a bid to extort ransom from the family of one of the suspects. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Orchia Peter Aondona, disclosed this in a statement, saying the suspects allegedly conspired to deceive...
Federal government, on Wednesday, arraigned two commanders of the Ansaru terrorist organization captured by the Department of State Services (DSS), and their three foot soldiers, for terrorism, kidnapping and murder of two teachers of schools in Orire LGA of Oyo State. The five suspects were arraigned before Justice Salim...
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...
Troops of Joint Task Force North West, Operation FANSAN YAMMA (OPFY), have foiled a mass kidnap attempt and rescued 48 civilians after terrorists stormed Magami village in Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State in the early hours of Sunday. Media Information Officer, Joint Task Force (North West)...
Troops of Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), in collaboration with personnel of the Nigeria Police Mobile Force (MOPOL), successfully foiled an attempted mass abduction by ISWAP terrorists at the Federal Government Girls College (FGGC), Monguno, at about 0130 hours (1:30 a.m.) on 19 July 2026. Acting Military Information Officer, Headquarters...