During Monday’s jailbreak, the Federal Government recaptured 5 of 12 inmates who escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Koton Karfe, Kogi state. A statement by the spokesman of the Nigerian Correctional Service NCoS, Abubakar Umar, said the incident occurred in the early hours of Monday 24th March 2024. Umar said during the incident, some inmates in a section of the facility manipulated the padlocks, leading to the escape of 12 inmates. According to...

Terrorists have killed 44 civilians in an attack on Fambita village in the Tillabéri region of Niger Republic. The massacre comes just two days after the Nigerien military carried out an air-to-ground raid targeting suspected EIGS militants at the Kiral gold mining site in the same region. A counter-insurgency expert focused on the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama disclosed this in a post on his X handle. The government of Niger Republic attributed the assault...

The couple who assaulted young schoolgirls who plucked mangoes from their compound in the Pompomari area of Maiduguri, Borno State has been arrested. Videos of brutalization had triggered outrage, with many calling on the authorities to act. The Borno State Command Police Public Relations Officer in a statement said the couple was apprehended with the assistance of concerned citizens and operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Borno State Command. The statement said:...

The Accountant General of Bauchi State, Sirajo Jaja, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) over alleged fraud involving N70 billion. EFCC spokesman Dele Oyewale in a statement said Jaja was arrested in Abuja on Wednesday alongside Aliyu Abubakar, an alleged unlicensed bureau de change, operator from Jasfad Resources Enterprise, and Sunusi Ibrahim Sambo, a Point of Sale, PoS operator. “The arrests are connected to an ongoing investigation into alleged money...