Bandits have attacked some communities of Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State killing six people and abducting 26 others. According to reports, the bandits stormed Sabon Gida Libere, Ungwan Ganye, Ungwan Nabara, and Kadi communities in separate attacks and unleashed terror on the residents. Aminu Khalid, a resident of the community,  the bandits invaded Sabon Gida Libere on Monday, killing one person and abducting 23 people, while three people were killed at Ungwan Nabara....

As the 2024 National Summit on Mass Atrocities commenced on Wednesday, Global Rights, Nigeria, revealed alarming statistics on the country’s insecurity situation. Executive Director, Abiodun Baiyewu, disclosed that 24,816 people have been killed and 15,597 kidnapped in mass atrocities across Nigeria in the past five years. Baiyewu highlighted the gravity of the situation, citing data that shows the devastating impact of insecurity, including 3.4 million internally displaced people across Nigeria and 100,000 refugees in neighbouring...

…Recovers N4, 986,000.00 Cash, 2 AK-47 Rifles, Ammunition The Kano State Police Command has arrested a notorious armed robber, Hassan Iliya, 35 years old, of Alhazawa Village, Musawa LGA, Katsina State, while attempting to escape on a motorcycle. The Command spokesman, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa in a Press Statement said the arrest followed a report on 05/08/2024 by a resident of Yandadi Village, Kunchi LGA, Kano State that armed robbers stormed his residence, attacked him,...

A leading African digital commerce platform, Interswitch Limited has been defrauded of the sum of N3.9bn by 16 persons. However, the Nigeria Police Force National Cyber Crime Centre has so far recovered the sum of N3.9bn cash and properties from the suspects, with efforts ongoing to recover more. At a joint press briefing in Abuja on Monday, the Department of State Services’ spokesperson, Peter Afunanya, said the center made the arrest and recovery following a...

Hoodlums in Calabar, the Cross River State capital have vandalized an 18-seater NUJ bus conveying food items from the State Emergency Management Agency warehouse to the Ernest Etim Press Centre, Calabar. The hoodlums beat up the NUJ bus driver, Mr. Joseph Akpaenin, as well as the NUJ auxiliary staff, Mr. Saviour Ekpenyong. They also descended on journalists, critically maiming one of them, a Nigerian Tribune reporter, Joseph Abasi-Abasi. After beating up the journalists, the hoodlums...

The Delta State Police Command has apprehended four suspects for allegedly colluding with kidnappers to collect ransom payments from their victims. According to the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe, the suspects used their bank accounts to receive the ransom payments, deducting between 15 per cent and 40 per cent as their share before remitting the balance to the kidnappers. The suspects were identified as Chimerije Joshua Nwakpa, Eze Levy Onyekachi, Ezemma Maxwell Nnadozie,...

A Mobile Police officer with Mopol 6, Maiduguri, and serves as a security detail at the Borno State House of Assembly, Sergeant Linus Wadzani has killed his father ASP Wadzani Ntasiri (Rtd). The incident occurred in the Tudu area of the Maduganari community behind the Borno State Police Command headquarters in Maiduguri. Briefing Journalists at the Borno State Police Command Headquarters on Monday, the command’s spokesman, Kenneth Daso, stated that the deceased had served at...