Suspected members of Boko Haram Insurgents have attacked a nomadic settlement in Wuturo village in Konduga Local Government Area, killing one herder and rustling about 1,400 sheep. The Borno State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Nahum Kenneth Daso, in a statement on Thursday said the attack was reported to the Konduga Police Division by members of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria. According to Daso, the attackers arrived at the settlement late at...

A joint team of security operatives has rescued 21 residents abducted by suspected kidnappers at Byazhin Across in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) following a fierce gun battle with the criminals in a forest in neighbouring Niger State. The Commissioner of Police in the FCT, Miller G. Dantawaye, disclosed this during a briefing to journalists at the police command headquarters in Abuja over the weekend. According to him, the successful rescue...

Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have launched a deadly assault on a Nigerian military formation in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State, killing the commanding officer and several other soldiers in a fresh escalation of attacks in the North-East. The attack occurred in the early hours of Monday when heavily armed insurgents stormed the military base from multiple directions and overwhelmed troops stationed at the facility. Residents of Kukawa said the assault began around 12:30...

The Oyo State Police Command confirmed that a 43-year-old man named Lateef Suleiman has allegedly beaten his elder brother to death in the Sepeteri area of Oyo State after accusing him of shooting him in a dream. The Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Command, CP Femi Haruna, has ordered the case transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for thorough and discreet investigation. The statement reads in part: “The Oyo State Police Command wishes...

As part of measures to enhance the security of their premises, the Ondo State Police Command has directed all worship places to install Closed-Circuit Television, CCTV, systems. The Ondo State Commissioner of Police, Adebowale Lawal, who has the directive, said the installation of CCTV in places of worship and other public places is an executive order that has been in effect in the state since 2022. Lawal, stressed the importance of screening congregants at entry...