Four riot policemen lost their lives on Friday following an attack from bandits numbering about 100 on them along Birnin-Gwari Funtua highway. It was reported that the operatives attached to Police Mobile Force 9 Squadron, Kano, repelled the attacks and inflicted heavy casualties on the criminals. According to a statement by the Force spokesman on Sunday, CP Frank Mba, one officer was missing from the personnel attached to Operation Puff Adder. They had just done...

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent _____ Four policemen have been killed and one officer kidnapped in an ambush on a police convoy by bandits along Birnin-Gwari Funtua Highway in Kano. Authorities say sixteen (16) officers were attacked in the ambush which happened on Friday, 15th January 2021. The officers who are personnel attached to Operation Puff Adder were deployed to Niger State in the sustained operation to reclaim public space and tackle incidents of banditry,...

The Police Command in Anambra on Saturday said it had quelled a renewed crisis between neighbouring communities of Aguleri and Umueri in Anambra East LGA. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, CSP Haruna Mohammed, who said this in a statement in Awka, the state capital, however, noted that no loss of lives or injury was reported. He said, however, that one building, four vehicles and two motorcycles were set ablaze by the warring...

The Benue state government has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on Ukum and Katsina-Ala Local Government Areas as part of measures to address insecurity in the two council areas. Deputy Governor of the state Mr. Benson Abounu, announced this at the end of a security council meeting on Wednesday in Makurdi. “The curfew will be from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. daily. It is part of our efforts to tackle banditry, kidnapping, armed robbery, and general...