Security Forces Kill Two Gunmen, Arrest Robbery Suspects In Anambra
Security operatives in Anambra State have killed two gunmen and also arrested members of a robbery gang. The development followed joint operations by the police alongside the vigilantes, according to a Tuesday statement from the Anambra Police spokesman Ikenga Tobechukwu. “These joint operations yielded a major positive development on 7/5/2023 by 8:45 pm. The operatives while on routine patrol along Usmusiome...
One Killed As Police Rescue 58 Abductees In Kogi
Police operatives have rescued 58 kidnap victims at Udulu Forest, Gegu LGA of Kogi State, bordering Sardauna Forest, Nasarawa State, and other identified kidnappers den in communities contiguous to the Federal Capital Territory. Spokesperson of the FCT Police Command, Josephine Adeh, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, saying the bandits/kidnappers on sighting the security team coordinated by the police,...
Bandits Kill 2 Abducted Teenagers Who Attempted To Escape, Free 70 In Zamfara
Bandits have released 70 out of 85 victims abducted from Wanzamai village of Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara state. The victims were kidnapped three weeks ago on farmlands. They are mostly residents of Wanzamai, a community that had suffered series of bandits’ incursions in the past. While the children went to the bush to fetch firewood, the other adults were...
Policeman Detained For Abandoning Duty Dies In Kogi Cell
A policeman serving under the Kwara State Police Command, Taiye Atobiloye, has died in a cell at the D Division of the Kogi State Police Command, following his detention for being absent from duty for two days at the Zone 8 Command, Lokoja, Kogi State. Atobiloye, with service number 232980, who was attached to the Oke Onigbin Division in Kwara...
How Gunmen Whisked Catholic Priest Away In Anambra
A yet-to-be-identified Catholic priest has been reportedly abducted at the Nnobi roundabout in the Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State. An eyewitness said the man who was driving a Lexus FX 300 with plate number Anambra GDD 882 PW was heading towards the Awka-Etiti direction when the gunmen waylaid him. “The assailants forcefully bundled the priest into their jeep...
Army Neutralises 35 Terrorists, Destroys 12 Camps In Sambisa Forest
The Nigeria Army Troops of the 21-Armored Brigade, Bama, Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) and 199 Special Forces Battalion in collaboration with Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), have killed 35 Boko Haram terrorists in the ongoing clearance operation in Sambisa Forest. The troops headed by one Brig. Gen. Victor Unachukwu a.k.a Emperor, made the unprecedented incursions into the Boko Haram hideouts...
Weeping As Bandits Kill 29 Persons In Fresh Attack In Kaduna
No fewer than 29 people have been killed in a fresh attack by bandits on Runji Village in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The attack which occurred at about 10 pm on Saturday night comes barely three days after bandits killed eight people at the Atak’Njei community also in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area. The Kaduna State Commissioner...
Police Rescue 9 Abductees In Zamfara
The Police Tactical Operatives in Zamfara state have rescued nine hostages comprising seven females and two males who were kidnapped on Tuesday at Kucheri village in Tsafe LGA of the state. According to the Public Relations Officer of the state, CSP Mohammed Shehu Anipr, the rescue of the victims was courtesy of a piece of credible information obtained from a...
Troops Intercept Vehicle Conveying Ammunitions To Bandits In Kaduna, Arrest Driver
In another significant breakthrough, Troops of Operation Whirl Punch have intercepted a large quantity of ammunitions being conveyed to bandits by a courier around Polewire in Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna State. A statement signed by Commissioner, Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, on Thursday, said, according to a report forwarded to the Kaduna State Government, the...
Fresh Attack Kills Eight In Southern Kaduna
An attack by suspected terrorists on the Atak’Njei community in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State has claimed no fewer than eight lives. The attack happened at about 9p.m. on Wednesday, journalists were told. It is coming weeks after a similar attack on the Langson community in the same local government area that claimed no fewer than 10 lives. Atak’Njei...
