Two communities, Banga and Larh in Dugwaba district of Hong local government area of Adamawa State, have witnessed another incursion by suspected members of the outlawed terrorist group Boko Haram. The terrorists who struck the communities have killed six people and injured many others, including Police Inspector. Confirming the incident in a telephone interview, the Commandant of the local security outfit ‘Vigilante Group’, Mr Simon Dabna whose members are assisting security agencies in the maintenance...

Operatives of the Adamawa State Police Command on 13/04/2025 have arrested Herbalist identified as Murtala Musa in connection with the death and mutilation of an 11-year-old boy in Kodomun village, Demsa Local Government Area of the state. The Command image maker, SP Suleiman Yahya Nguroje in a statement on Sunday said the incident was reported to the police in Demsa on the 13th of April, 2025, by the Village Head of Kodomun and one Fancy...

Due to incessant kidnappings and worsening insecurity in Oke-Ere community in Yagba West local government area of Kogi State, some women from the area have staged a protest, calling an end to the menace. According to reports emanating from the community that kidnappings have become a daily affair in the area and that the people have become helpless. The sources said a certain kidnapper (name withheld) came out publicly to denounce kidnapping and mentioned some...

President Bola Tinubu has condemned the spate of killings in Plateau State, describing the attacks as unacceptable and vowing that those responsible will be brought to justice. Reacting to the brutal killings in Ruwi, Hurti, Tadai, Manguna and Dafo communities in Bokkos Local Government Area, the President said: “The report of another violent attack in communities in Plateau State by mindless gunmen saddens me. The latest attacks on defenceless citizens are unacceptable. I have directed...