The fight against thuggery and substance abuse by the Kano State Joint Task Force Committee on Security Restoration and Youth Rehabilitation has yielded positive results with the arrest of 31 suspects during a series of coordinated raids across key areas in the state. Dr. Yusuf Ibrahim Kofar Mata, chairman of the task force while speaking on the operations that took place between May 10 and May 14, targeted known criminal hideouts in Dorayi, Ja’in, Sharada,...

No fewer than 23 farmers and fishermen in the village of Malam Karanti near Baga, in the Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State, have been killed by terrorists Islamic State of West Africa Province, ISWAP. It was reported that Malam Karanti is an ISWAP enclave where civilians often farm and fish despite risks. The terrorists were said to have assembled the farmers and fishermen in Malam Karanti, a village five kilometres from Baga, and...

A Federal High Court in Lagos presided over by Justice Daniel Osiagor has convicted 10 Thai sailors and their vessel named MV Chayanee Naree for trafficking 32.9 kilograms of cocaine from Brazil into Nigeria through the Apapa seaport, Lagos. The conviction came after over three years of diligent prosecution by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The convicted sailors who are all nationals of Thailand include: Krilerk Tanakhan; Boonlert Hansoongnern; Jakkarin Booncharoen; Thammarong Put-tlek;...

The Operation Safe Haven has announced that no fewer than 10 people have been killed and several cows rustled in the renewed violence in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State. The recent surge of violence in Riyom reportedly stemmed from farm destruction, cattle rustling, and attacks on livestock carried out by individuals from both Fulani and Berom communities. A statement from Operation Safe Haven says that the renewed violence in the council area began...

At least 12 persons have been arrested in connection with acts of terrorism in Kwara State. The General Officer Commanding, GOC, 2 Division, Major General Obinna Onubogu, made this known after a recent visit to the camps in the Kaiama and Baruten local government areas of Kwara State. The suspects, according to the Nigerian Army, are members of a breakaway group of the Boko Haram insurgents known as Mahmuda. The terrorists are said to have...