The Multi-National Joint Task Force, MNJTF, has reported the surrender of a high-ranking Boko Haram Deputy Commander, Awana Alhaji Mele Keremi, along with nine others in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State. This information was disclosed in a statement issued by the Chief Military Information Officer of MNJTF in N’djamena, Chad, Lieutenant Colonel Olaniyi Osoba, to newsmen in Maiduguri on Monday. The statement highlighted the significance of the surrender, describing it as a major...

A 34-year-old man, identified as Mr. Chukwudi Okoye has been arrested on the directive of the Anambra State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Welfare, for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old girl in the state. According to video currently trending on social media, the suspect, who hails from Enugwu-Agidi in Njikoka Local Government Area of the State, committed the act in Amanuke, Awka North Local Government where he resides. It was gathered that the girl was...

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) is set to probe a woman who tore her husband’s international passport at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos. The agency state that the woman will be prosecuted under Section 10(b) of Immigration Act 2015, and has already been invited for questioning. A statement on Monday by NIS spokesman, Kenneth Udo, said the incident is a violation of the law. The statement read, “The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has...

Bandits have ambushed soldiers on patrol in Gudu Local Government Area of Sokoto State, killing four and injuring two. The troops were attacked on Saturday along the Kukurau-Bangi road, with the assailants also burning down two patrol vehicles. Member representing Gudu at the State House of Assembly, Yahya Gudu, confirmed the incident, describing it as disheartening. A resident, who spoke anonymously, said the bandits passed through their area on 20 motorcycles, each carrying two well-armed...

The Spokesperson of the Nigerian Police Force (NPF), Olumuyiwa Adejobi said the public should use their efforts as the operatives of the Force cannot arrest all criminal elements in the country at the same time. Adejobi, in a post via X, was responding to three pictures posted by an X user showing suspected terrorists displaying bundles of naira notes suspected to be kidnapping proceeds. The user captioned the post: “They are now posing with the...

Gunmen operating in Nnewi, Anambra State, on Friday attacked a police van, killing one of the policemen at a junction. Sources said the incident happened at about 9 am on Friday, and that the attackers when repelled by the policemen threw an improvised explosive device at the police team, and that one of them was ripped by the devise. Police command in the state, however confirmed this in a press release by the state police...