Kwara State Police Command has arrested a suspected member of a kidnapping syndicate, Muhamodu Sanni, while he allegedly attempted to withdraw ransom money at a Point-of-Sale (POS) terminal in Kwara State. The arrest is part of an ongoing intelligence-driven operation targeting kidnappers and their support networks operating around the...
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Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi, has ordered the immediate release of a carpenter, Mustapha Marwana, who was cleared of allegations linking him to terrorist activities. According to a security source, the release followed a thorough investigation of his case by a DSS investigation...
Kogi State Police Command has successfully rescued sixteen (16) victims abducted along the Itobe–Anyigba Highway in Ofu Local Government Area, following an intense gun battle with their abductors. The incident occurred at about 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, 9th August 2026, between Ojuwo Ajengo and Mamerebo, an identified kidnapping flashpoint...
Ogun State Police Command has recorded major breakthroughs in its ongoing fight against violent crime, rescuing seven kidnapped victims, neutralising three suspected kidnappers and arresting 38 suspects during a series of coordinated operations across the state. The command said the arrests included 23 foreign nationals linked to an alleged...
Troops of 4 Brigade Nigerian Army, under 2 Division, participating in Operation WABAIZIGAN, have successfully rescued 14 kidnapped victims following a swift response to a kidnap incident along the Lagos–Benin Expressway in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State. Assistant Director Army Public Relations, 4 Brigade Nigerian...
In a well-coordinated offensive operation, troops of 6 Brigade Nigerian Army (NA)/Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) have successfully rescued two kidnapped victims during a fighting patrol conducted in response to credible intelligence on kidnapping activities within the Lande Jessi general area in Lau Local Government Area (LGA) of...
Troops of Sector 2 Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), in conjunction with the Yobe State Hunters Group, have arrested five suspected kidnappers during a well-coordinated intelligence-led operation conducted on 23 July 2026 at Jegalari Village in Fune Local Government Area of Yobe State. Acting Military Information Officer, Headquarters Joint Task...
Department of State Services (DSS) has secured the release of the remaining four students of the Federal Polytechnic, Kaura Namoda, who were kidnapped by bandits in Zamfara State, following a coordinated intelligence-led operation. According to the agency, the rescue mission was carried out without the payment of any ransom....
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), have successfully rescued the four remaining students of the Federal Polytechnic, Kaura Namoda, Zamfara State, who were abducted by bandits earlier this month. The latest operation comes just days after the DSS rescued a professor of Nasarawa State University, Keffi, in...
A former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Oluseyi Petinrin, has praised the Department of State Services (DSS) for the recent rescue of 46 kidnapped pupils and teachers of a school in Oriire, Oyo State. He described intelligence as key to all military operations, saying the intelligence supplied...
The management of the Nassarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK), has applauded the Department of State Services (DSS), for rescuing the school’s Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, Professor Samuel Okunsebor. Okunsebor, who was kidnapped by armed men at about midnight on Wednesday at Mile Uku, a boundary community between Lafia and...
National Examinations Council (NECO) has dismissed claims that Government Secondary School, Olowa, in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State, operates as a “miracle centre,” describing the allegation as false and misleading. The examination body was reacting to comments credited to the Kogi State Commissioner for Information and Communications,...
Few days after the intelligence -led rescue of pupils and teachers kidnapped by bandits in Oriire, Oyo State, another security team comprising operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) and forest guards, on Thursday, rescued two kidnapped children in Kwara Stare. Rescued in a forest between Oba Isin/Owa...
Oyo State Police Command has arrested two suspected kidnappers and rescued a five-year-old girl, Miss Fikayo Gbemiga, who was abducted from her family’s residence in the Iyana Offa area of Ibadan. The successful operation, carried out by operatives of the Command’s Anti-Kidnapping Squad, followed days of intelligence gathering and...
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,...
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...
A carefully coordinated security operation involving the Nigerian military and multiple security agencies has led to the rescue of 44 pupils and teachers abducted from Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, bringing an end to nearly two months of uncertainty for the victims and their families. The Nigerian...
President Bola Tinubu has expressed profound joy at the successful rescue of the children and teachers from Oriire community in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, by the security forces. President Tinubu in a statement by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, praised the heroic efforts of the security agencies, especially the military, the...