Troops of the Joint Task Force, Operation Enduring Peace, have uncovered a significant cache of arms and ammunition during a raid on a suspected gunrunning hub in Fashoron Village, Daffo District, Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State. The operation, carried out on November 13, 2025, followed credible intelligence on the activities of suspected arms dealers. A statement posted on the force’s verified Facebook page on Friday by the Media Information Officer, Major Samson Nantip Zhakom, said the suspects fled moments before the troops stormed the hideout. Zhakom disclosed that troops recovered an AK-47 rifle with its magazine, a sub-machine…
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Security operatives in Kwara State have killed a suspected bandit during a fierce gun duel in Adekanbi Village, close to Bode-Saadu in Moro Local Government Area. The joint operation, involving police personnel and local vigilantes, was part of intensified efforts to dislodge criminal elements across the state, according to a statement issued on Friday by the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi. Findings revealed that the encounter occurred on Wednesday after operatives launched a tactical mission based on intelligence reports indicating that a group of bandits had occupied a fortified hilltop in the area. Ejire-Adeyemi said the security…
Residents of Tudun Yola, Gwale Local Government Area of Kano State, were left in shock after two women were reportedly killed and their home destroyed by fire in what authorities say was a deliberate attack by unknown assailants. The victims, Hauwa’u Yakubu and Zahra’u Aliyu, were both married to Alhaji Ashiru Shu’aibu Usaini. According to reports, the attackers stabbed one of the women before setting the house on fire. Anas Shu’aibu, a stepson of the deceased, told newsmen that the tragedy occurred on Wednesday around midday while the husband and his sons were away at work. “We didn’t realise anything…
The Kaduna State Police Command has intercepted a suspected child-trafficking operation and rescued 17 children believed to have been mobilised for onward movement to Abuja and other destinations. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Mansir Hassan, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, noting that operatives acted on credible intelligence and arrested three suspects under the Dan Magaji bridge in Wusasa around 4pm on Wednesday. According to Hassan, officers from the Dan Magaji Division stormed the area and found the children in the custody of the suspects, who had allegedly brought them from different states with plans to transport them to the…
Two Nigerian nationals have been sentenced to one year imprisonment each for attempting to obtain Ghana’s National Identity Card with forged documents. The convicts — Ike Isaac, who also identified himself as Alex Kwesi Brown Appiah, and Emmanuel Innocent Egbe, who claimed the name Innocent Emmanuel Kodom — were jailed by the Madina District Court II after being found guilty of presenting false information and possessing forged documents during the Ghana Card registration exercise. Their conviction was announced in a statement by the National Identification Authority and signed by its Head of Corporate Affairs, Williams Ampomah E. Darlas. According to…
At least two inmates awaiting trial at an Akwa Ibom State Custodial Centre are feared dead following an explosion from a faulty transformer located near the facility. The incident, which happened a fortnight ago and injured two others, was said to have caused a blackout throughout the period and damaged electrical appliances in the centre. The high-voltage wire reportedly snapped and dropped directly on a portion of the custodial facility, causing an electrocution that led to the death of the inmates. The State Controller of Corrections, Frank Okonkwo, who confirmed the tragic passing of the two awaiting-trial inmates of the…
Five persons have been arrested in the Upu community of Otukpo Local Government Area, Benue State, for allegedly vandalising high-voltage transmission infrastructure belonging to the Transmission Company of Nigeria. Their arrest, carried out by local vigilantes, was disclosed in a statement issued on Thursday by the TCN. According to the company, the suspects were caught on November 3 while attempting to sabotage the Otukpo–Yandev 132kV single-circuit transmission line. “The Transmission Company of Nigeria wishes to inform the public that ongoing efforts to safeguard its facilities are yielding results with the arrest of five suspected vandals from Upu community by local…
Fresh anxiety has gripped Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State after suspected Boko Haram fighters reportedly abducted seven residents, including two daughters of a local pastor, during a night raid on Shikarkir village. Sources said the insurgents stormed the community around 8pm on Wednesday and initially seized about 15 people. However, eight victims reportedly escaped as the attackers were few in number and not heavily armed. A resident, John Yusuf, confirmed that the terrorists neither fired shots nor destroyed property during the invasion. A community leader in Chibok, who spoke on condition of anonymity, described the incident as heartbreaking,…
A Magistrate’s Court in the Bolade area of Oshodi, Lagos, has sentenced eight men to six months’ imprisonment each after they pleaded guilty to charges bordering on phone snatching and related offences. The convicts were arrested on Thursday during an early-morning raid by officials of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps around the Mile 2 pedestrian bridge — a hotspot long associated with violent phone theft. Those convicted include Anthony Osinachi, 21; Victor Onuoha, 45; Rowland Ede, 25; Daniel Chisom, 24; Emmanuel Chukwu, 35; Ogbonnaya Uchechi, 18; Godday Eke, 28; and Benjamin G., 30. They were immediately arraigned before the…
Fresh concerns have trailed the abduction of six senior directors of the Federal Ministry of Defence as their captors have reportedly demanded a ransom of N150m for their release. The officials were seized on November 10, 2025, along the Kabba–Lokoja highway in Kogi State while travelling from Lagos to Abuja for a Directorate-level promotion examination. Sources said the victims were taken in a coordinated ambush mounted by armed men who barricaded the busy highway and whisked them away. A relative of one of the victims, who spoke in distress, said the families were shattered by the ransom demand. “We are…