Bandits have ambushed vehicle conveying policemen at Gidan Kano on the Gusau-Sokoto highway in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State, killing five of them and injured several others. The officers were travelling in an 18-seater bus belonging to the Zamfara State Transport Authority when they were attacked on Monday morning. The security personnel were reportedly on their way to provide security during the All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial rerun primary in Zamfara North Senatorial...

No fewer than 12 pupils of Madarasatul Nurul Islam, Maikujeri community in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State have been reportedly kidnapped by bandits on a maize farm. Daily Trust gathered that the children were abducted around 10am on Saturday while harvesting maize on their teacher’s farm on the outskirts of the town. A source close to the Quranic school said 13 people, including 12 female pupils of the school and the younger brother...

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested a Deputy Superintendent of Corps with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Onoja Samuel, for allegedly firing gunshots into the air during a confrontation with traders at Kubwa Market, Abuja. The incident occurred on Sunday, 25 October 2026 at about 1:50 pm, after the police received a distress call reporting that an armed man was shooting sporadically at the market. According to the police,...

The Benue State Police Command has rescued 29 kidnapped victims, arrested 34 foreign nationals for investigation over their suspeciuos activities in the state and recovered seven locally fabricated firearms during operations in October 2026. The Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Cletus Nwadiogbu, disclosed this Tuesday, during press briefing in Makurdi on the security situation and operational achievements of the command in the state. Nwadiogbu, also said the command have arrested 14 suspects in...

A State High Court sitting in Yola, the Adamawa State capital has sentenced three men to death for kidnapping two Catholic priests in in February 2025. Thursday’s judgment marks the seventh death sentence secured by the Department of State Services (DSS) in 2026. The presiding judge, Justice Christopher Mapeo, while delivering the judgement on Thursday found Taledo Demiel, Namomai Medan and Mikaila Yusuf guilty of criminal conspiracy to commit kidnapping, armed robbery, harbouring a kidnapped...