Fresh attack by suspected gunmen on Ngbra Zongo community in the Kwall District of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State has claimed the lives of no fewer than 13 persons, including three pregnant women and children. Several people were also reportedly injured in the attack, which occurred in the early hours of Friday, leaving residents in panic across the community. According to some residents, the assailants stormed the area beeen midnight and 2:am shooting...
The Enugu State Police Command has arrested two suspects for unlawful possession of firearms, ammunition, impersonation, and cultism in two separate operations. A press statement signed by the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Daniel Ndukwe dated 6th May, 2026, states, “On 26th April 2026 at about 11:00 a.m., operatives attached to the Command’s Department of Operations, while on routine patrol at Naira Triangle along Abakaliki Road, Enugu, arrested one Victory Chinecherem Chukwuebuka Anyegbulam, a.k.a....
The Taraba State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has apprehended A 40-year-old suspected notorious bandit, Jonathan Wunuji from Kurmi Local Government Area of Taraba state have been arrested for being in possession of a locally made pistol. The suspect, a resident of Zambana village who is known for terrorizing his immediate community was paraded at the NSCDC headquarters in Jalingo, by the State Commandant of the corps, Anthony Bala Bitrus....
Kano State Government has ordered the arrest of a trader, Surajo Ibrahim, a dried food seller operating in the Kofar Dawanau area along Northwest Road, accused of selling government-issued free child nutrition supplies meant for distribution to vulnerable families. The Kano State Commissioner for Health, Dr Abubakar Labaran Yusuf, has ordered the arrest following a routine inspection carried out by a team across health commodity distribution points in Kano on Sunday. During the visit, the...
Niger State Police Command has directed its personnel to adhere to constitutional policing standards across the command and desist from abuse of authority. The Commissioner of Police, in the State Command, CP Adamu Abdullahi Elleman, issued the directive during the command’s end-of-month strategic conference held at the Police Officers’ Mess, Minna, attended by Heads of Departments, Area Commanders, Tactical Commanders, and Divisional Police Officers. Elleman directed the outright ban on police involvement in land dispute...
The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), has condemned the alleged extrajudicial killing of an unarmed and handcuffed suspect in Delta State, and demands immediate investigation and prosecution of the police who perpetrated the crime. CDHR in a statement on Wednesday jointly signed by its National President, Comrade ‘Yinka Folarin and General Secretary, Comrade Idris Afees Olayinka, recalled that a viral video circulating on social media captures the disturbing incident, showing the officer...
A serving officer of the Nigerian Army, Colonel Mohammed Alhassan Ma’aji, has taken the Federal Government to court, challenging what he describes as his prolonged and unlawful detention without trial. The suit, filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja under the Fundamental Rights (Enforcement Procedure) Rules 2009, seeks his immediate release and ₦500 million in damages for the alleged violation of his fundamental rights. Named as respondents in the case are the Attorney General...
Security operatives in Kogi state have rescued 15 out 23 pupils abducted from a facility known as Dahallukitab Group of School located in isolated area of Zariagi, along Kabba Junction axis of Lokoja. According to a statement issued by Kogi Commissioner of Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo, that the facility was operating illegally in a remote, bushy environment without registration with the State Government and without the knowledge of relevant authorities and security agencies. The...
The trial of 36 Military Officers allegedly involved in plotting a coup to overthrow the government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration began on Friday behind closed doors at the Scorpion Mess in Abuja with Journalists barred from coverage. According to the statement made available by the Director of Defense Information, Major General Samaila UBA, the defendants arrived at the court at about 8:54 am in an Army Headquarters Garrison bus, followed by a Defense...
The Kogi State Government has condemned the attack on an unregistered orphanage and school facility in Zariagi, along the Kabba Junction axis of Lokoja. The government commended security operatives whose swift intervention led to the rescue of 15 pupils in the unfortunate incident which it described as avoidable. In a statement issued on Monday, the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Femi Fanwo, confirmed that 15 pupils have been rescued following the swift intervention of...
