Abba Kyari, the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, facing drug trafficking charges, has been temporarily released from custody by a Federal High Court in Abuja. Mr Kyari, once celebrated as a “supercop,” has been incarcerated since his arrest in February 2022. The court presided over by Justice Emeka Nwite, granted him a two-week bail on compassionate grounds to allow him to attend his mother’s burial in Borno State. The court ruling followed an application...

Suspected members of the Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, terror group launched a deadly attack on a police team in Borno State on Monday night. The assault, in Marte local government area, resulted in the death of a Divisional Police Officer, DPO, and injuries to two other officers. According to local sources, the heavily armed insurgents stormed the community at about 7:30 p.m., targeting a health worker who narrowly escaped abduction. The resident ran...

In a major blow to criminal gangs in Taraba state, Nigerian Army troops apprehended six suspected kidnappers during separate operations on 19th May. The arrests were conducted by troops of the 6 Brigade Nigerian Army/Sub Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke, OPWS. Acting on intelligence, soldiers from the 93 Battalion raided Chinkai village in Wukari local government area. Their swift action resulted in the capture of two suspects, Usman Gide Ali (25 years old) and Abdulrahman...