The Department of State Services has arrested three additional suspects connected to the kidnapping of Professor Samuel Avengbe Okunsebor, Dean of Agriculture at Nasarawa State University. This brings the total number of people held in connection with the case to five. According to a security source, DSS operatives apprehended the three men on Friday night….
Operatives of the Enugu State Police Command have rescued four kidnap victims during separate security operations in Enugu and neighbouring Benue State, while intensifying efforts to arrest the fleeing suspects. According to the Command’s spokesperson, SP Daniel Ndukwe, the operations were carried out through coordinated intelligence involving police personnel, the Nigerian Army, the Enugu State…
Justice Faruku Bunza, the Kebbi State High Court judge who was abducted a week ago, has regained his freedom and returned home safely. The development was confirmed on Monday by the Kebbi State Police Command, which said the judge’s release had also been verified by his family and the Kebbi State Ministry of Justice. Police…
Troops of Operation FANSAN YAMMA have repelled a terrorist attack on a military base in Zamfara State, killing several attackers and rescuing nine kidnapped civilians. The Nigerian Army confirmed that one army officer and one police officer were killed during the operation. Furthermore, two soldiers sustained gunshot injuries. According to the military, the attack occurred…
Joint security forces have rescued nine abducted victims and killed three suspected bandits in Ekiti LGA of Kwara State. The operation was carried out in the Obbo-Aiyegunle, Ejiu-Ora and Osi axis of Ekiti LGA. This is a border area linking Kwara with Ekiti and Niger states. According to a statement issued by the Chief Press…
Troops of the Joint Task Force North West, Operation FANSAN YAMMA, have rescued 48 kidnapped villagers after repelling a terrorist attack on Magami village in Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The operation was carried out in the early hours of Saturday after soldiers received a distress call reporting that heavily armed terrorists…
Terrorists have abducted a local government chairman in Zamfara State after killing two police officers and a vigilante during the attack. According to the military, the attackers overpowered the chairman’s security team before taking him away to an unknown location. The Theatre Command said it had deployed all available resources to rescue the abducted chairman…
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai, working with the Yobe State Hunters Group, have arrested five suspected kidnappers during an intelligence-led operation in Jegalari Village, Fune Local Government Area of Yobe State. The operation took place on 23 July 2026, according to the Acting Military Information Officer of Operation Hadin Kai, Lieutenant Mohammed Goni. Goni said…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced three suspects linked to the abduction of students and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State to life imprisonment. Justice Salim Ibrahim ruled that the sentences of Abdulrazak Umar, also known as Abu Khalifa or Abu Khalid, Yunusa Musa, and Shamsu Adamu Sani will take…
Four people, including a local vigilante commander, have been killed in a gun attack along Oba Road in Omoku, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State. The victims were identified as Ozomela Stephen Nwaocha, the Omoku Zonal Commander of the Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area Security Planning and Advisory Committee (OSPAC), and three women. The attack…
