Gunmen Kill 3 at NIPSS in Late-Night Assault

Gunmen killed three people, including a police officer, when they attacked the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State, late Monday night. Security sources said the attackers arrived at the facility around 11:40 p.m. and immediately opened fire on officers stationed at the main gate. Security personnel returned fire, triggering a gun battle that lasted several minutes. A staff member of the institute, who...

Katsina Bans PoS, Phone Charging Centres in 2 LGAs Over Security Concerns

…President Tinubu Approves Recruitment of 1,000 Forest Guards The Katsina State Government has stepped up its response to rising insecurity with new restrictions targeting suspected support networks for banditry and kidnapping, including a ban on point-of-sale (PoS) operations and commercial phone charging centres in Matazu and Musawa Local Government Areas. Governor Dikko Umaru Radda disclosed this while briefing journalists after a meeting with Islamic clerics and other stakeholders at the Government House, Katsina. He said...

Tinubu Hails Troops For Rescuing Late Gen. Rabe’s Widow

President Bola Tinubu has hailed the Nigerian Armed Forces and other security agencies involved in the successful operation in Kogi State that led to the elimination of notorious bandit kingpin, Ibrahim Bastuji. The President described the operation as a significant blow to criminal networks terrorising communities in Kogi and neighbouring states. In a statement on Tuesday signed by Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Tinubu noted that Bastuji’s reign of violence, kidnapping...

Insecurity: Governor Mbah Charges Property Owners to Check Tenants

Security Forces Capture 6 Gunmen, Arms in Enugu The Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah has charged property owners in the state to do background checks on prospective tenants before entering into tenancy agreement. Governor Mbah said this has become imperative as any property wherein criminals carry out their nefarious acts will be demolished no matter how ignorant of the act the property owner claims. The State Governor said this on Friday at the...

Nigerian Army Uncover Arms Hideouts In Gariki And Agbani Enugu Linked To IPOB

A joint security force operation has uncovered arms hideouts and recovered substantial cache of weapons and ammunitions in Enugu South and Nkanu West Local Government Area in Enugu State. A statement signed by Lieutenant Colonel Olabisi Olalekan Ayeni, Acting Deputy Director Army Public Relations, 82 Division Nigerian Army states that Operation UDO KA in collaboration with Department of State Services (DSS) uncovered two hideouts in the state. “Troops of 82 Division Garrison operating under Sector...

Bandits Kill Abducted Islamic Cleric in Captivity

An Islamic cleric of the Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’ah wa Ikamatis-Sunnah (JIBWIS), Alhaji Muhammad Maibarga, has died while in the custody of bandits. Maibarga was abducted alongside a friend, a former chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Koko/Besse Local Government Area of Kebbi State. A video reportedly released by the abductors showed the cleric in a deteriorating health condition before his death was later confirmed. The Police Public Relations Officer of the state command,...

Bandits Flaunting Ransom Money on TikTok Must be Tracked and Arrested — Senate

The Senate has directed security and intelligence agencies to intensify efforts to identify, track and arrest bandits and terrorists who openly display their activities and proceeds of crime on social media platforms, particularly TikTok. The resolution followed a motion sponsored by Senator Sunday Karimi, representing Kogi West Senatorial District, on the rising wave of banditry and terrorist attacks in parts of Kogi State and other areas of the country. During debate on the motion, Senator...

Court Jails 5 Over Papiri School Abduction

The Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced five men to 25 years in prison each for their involvement in a mass abduction in Niger State and for supplying arms to terrorists. The convicts were linked to the 21vNovember 2025 attack on St Joseph Catholic Church in Papiri, where gunmen abducted more than 300 students and staff. While about 50 of the victims escaped, more than 250 were forced by the attackers to trek for...

Gunmen Kill Vice Principal, Abduct WASSCE Candidates in Kogi

Gunmen on Wednesday invaded a secondary school in Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State, killing a vice principal, two others and disrupting the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The attack occurred around 9:45 a.m. at Government Secondary School, Iluke Bunu, while students were writing the examination. Daily Trust reported that the assailants shot dead the Vice Principal of Government Secondary School, Aharha-Bunu, Mr Gani Anifowose, alongside two other victims identified as...

Edo Closes Schools to Avert Mass Abduction After DSS Alert

The government of Edo State has ordered the temporary closure of three secondary schools in Akoko Edo Local Government Area following intelligence indicating a credible threat to students and staff. A circular issued by the Edo State Ministry of Education, dated 9 June 2026, said the decision followed advisories from security agencies. “The Ministry of Education has received intelligence reports and advisories from relevant security agencies regarding credible threats to the safety of students, staff,...

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