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 Plateau State Government has filed criminal charges against five suspects arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) over the deadly attack in Angwa Rukuba, Jos North Local Government Area on Palm Sunday, which left more than 30 people dead. The prosecution, initiated by the State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Philemon Audu Daffi, follows renewed security efforts after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s recent visit to the state, where he assured residents that those...

Heavily armed bandits have invaded the palace in Olayinka community in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. During midnight raids which occurred around 1:40 a.m, the bandits whisked away the monarch Oba Salman Aweda, one of his wives, and other residents into the forest and have now thrown the community into fear, as the gunmen were said to have operated with total impunity. Oba Aweda was a recently elevated traditional ruler who had just...

The Ondo State Police Command has uncovered and foiled an alleged plot to carry out coordinated bomb attacks on government facilities in Akure, arresting six suspects said to have been preparing for the operation. The arrests followed an intelligence-led operation that exposed what the police described as a criminal syndicate operating across state lines and planning to deploy Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) on key public infrastructure. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Adebowale Lawal,...