…₦5m bounty placed on escapees Seven inmates have escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Ilesa, Osun State, following the collapse of the prison’s perimeter wall caused by a heavy overnight rainfall in the early hours of Tuesday, 20th May 2025. The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) confirmed the incident in an official statement released on Wednesday by its spokesperson, Umar Abubakar. The agency said the wall gave way around 2:00 a.m., allowing the inmates...

In a space of 7 days, police operatives of the Enugu State Police Command have rescued twenty-eight (28) persons and arrested ten (10) suspects in respect of the kidnapped cases. In the Command’s bulletin signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Daniel Ndukwe, the successful Police operations was a joint effort with the Military, Neighborhood watch, forest guards and community members. Firearms, ammunition, cash, vehicles and several other exhibits were also recovered in the...

A tragic scene unfolded in Ibadan on Tuesday when a stray police bullet claimed the life of a young student on his way to sit his final secondary school exam. The unnamed boy, a Senior Secondary School 3 (SS3) pupil, was being driven by his father along the busy Gbagi Market Road when he was hit by a bullet reportedly fired by a policeman during a confrontation with a fleeing Hilux vehicle. Eyewitnesses say the...

…Four Others Allegedly Set to Travel to Saudi Arabia Security operatives have arrested a wanted bandit, Yahaya Zango, at the Hajj Camp in Abuja while he was attempting to travel to Saudi Arabia under the guise of a pilgrim. Zango, who has been on the watchlist of law enforcement agencies for alleged involvement in kidnapping and banditry across northern Nigeria, was apprehended during routine screening of intending pilgrims for the 2025 Hajj. A credible security...

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,...