523 Arrested for Crime in Kaduna as Police Rescue Over 100 Hostages

The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested 523 suspects for various crimes between October and November 2024. Commissioner of Police Ibrahim Abdullahi disclosed this on Monday, stating that the suspects were arrested for crimes including kidnapping, cattle rustling, phone snatching, and rape. The arrests included 26 suspected kidnappers, 12 cattle rustlers, 97 phone snatchers, and 10 rape suspects. Over 350 individuals were apprehended during raids on criminal hotspots. Recovered items included five AK-47 rifles, two...

Troops Neutralize 114 Terrorists Over Past Week

Troops of the Nigerian Army have neutralized 114 other terrorists including a notorious terrorist commander, Munzur Ya Audu, in Yobe State. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba disclosed this during a press briefing in Abuja, saying the success was recorded during a series of strategic operations across the country. Major General Buba stated that troops targeted terrorist logistics hubs and other facilities tied to insurgent activities, with a focus on dismantling...

Armed Drug Traffickers to Serve Life in Revised NDLEA Act

…Passes RMAFC Reform Bill for Revenue Efficiency The National Assembly has amended the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Act, prescribing life imprisonment for individuals involved in drug offences and trafficking. This decision was reached after the Senate and the House of Representatives adopted the harmonised report on the amendment of the NDLEA Act. Presenting the report, Senator Tahir Monguno, Chairman of the Senate Conference Committee, explained that the amendment introduces stricter penalties to combat...

Acting Army Chief Vows Unrelenting Assault on Terrorists, Bandits

The Acting Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, has issued a stern warning to terrorists and criminals operating across the country, stating that the military is prepared to take decisive action against them. “Nobody has a monopoly of violence besides those of us in uniform,” Oluyede declared during the handover ceremony at the Nigerian Army Infantry Corps in Jaji Military Cantonment, Kaduna, on Wednesday. “For the criminals out there, they should be ready...

NSCDC Arrests I4 Suspected Herders In Adamawa

They violated the Executive Order banning transhumance movement across the state The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Adamawa State Command, arrested fourteen suspected herders for violating the Executive Order banning transhumance movement across Adamawa state until 1 January 2026. DSC Nyako Amidu Baba, the Command’s spokesman, briefed Journalists at the NSCDC headquarters in Yola and said the operation was carried out in collaboration with some sister security agencies in the state. He said...

5 Soldiers, 30 Terrorists Dead In Borno As Troops Clash With Terrorists

The Defence Headquarters has confirmed that five soldiers were killed, ten wounded, and four declared missing during a surprise attack by Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists targeting troops engaged in stabilization operations in Gubio Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno State. Major General Edward Buba, the Director of Defence Media Operations, in a statement, however, said the troops eliminated several terrorists and recovered weapons, adding that a reinforcement team, supported by an air component, was dispatched to...

Unknown gunmen have launched simultaneous attacks on two communities in Anambra State on Monday morning, leaving a trail of death and destruction. Between 8am and 10am, gunmen stormed Abatete town, targeting security personnel attached to the town’s President-General (PG). Three security men were shot and killed in the hail of bullets. The PG, whose identity has not been disclosed, was critically injured and rushed to a nearby hospital. “We are praying for his recovery,” said...

Police Parade Suspects in Murder of OMMATA Chairman, Reveals Gang’s Hideout

The Enugu State Police Command has arrested and paraded two out of a seven-man criminal gang, who murdered in cold blood Chief Stephen Aniagu the Chairman of Ogbete Main Market Traders Association (OMMATA) on the 14th of September, 2024. Briefing newsmen at the Police headquarters in Enugu on Friday, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, the Police Public Relations Officer said the arrest of the two suspects on the 8th and 9th of November 2024 was successful due to concerted...

Court Arraigns Three Abia State Govt Workers For Alleged Pension Fraud

Three civil servants with Abia State Government were arraigned before the Federal High Court Umuahia for alleged stealing of pension funds in the state. The suspects were arraigned on six-count charge through a charge sheet dated October 11, 2024, was signed by C. N. Iheji, Senior State Counsel for the Attorney General of Abia State and marked FHC/UM/CR/199/24 between Abia State government and Onyekachi Success Nwabueze, Miriam Azubuike, Victor Chisom Samuel and others. The case...

EFCC Probes Nationals Of Niger Republic For Abusing Naira

Following a viral video of abuse of naira during a wedding in Abuja, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited nationals of Niger Republic, Ibrahim Mohammad and his family members for hatching the spraying of naira, and other currencies at a wedding in Abuja. In a statement issued by the spokesman of the agency, Dele Oyewale, the EFCC said it had gotten to the root of the matter and found out that it...

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