Activities of violent extremists and kidnappers in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State have been thwarted by the troops of the Nigerian Army deployed for counter-terrorism operations in Kaduna State. According to a statement by the Director of Army Public Relations, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu the operation, which targeted the terrorists” stronghold in Basurfe village, Southwest of Kidandan, was conducted after intelligence confirmation that the terrorists were using the village as their administrative refuge....

Christopher Oluchukwu, Commandant with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has been sentenced to 5-year jail term for his involvement in ‘Employment Scam’. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) at the Katsina State High Court 3, filed a case that the convict was accused of receiving the sum of N200,000:00, N300,000:00 and N400,000:00 from three individuals under the pretext of securing jobs for their children with the NSCDC. Spokesperson...

In a verdict delivered on Monday, 6 May 2024, an Ekiti State High Court sentenced three men to death by hanging for armed robbery. The convicts, identified as Oyebanji Sola, 31; Jimoh Azeez, 31; and Ogunlade Babatunde, 28, were found guilty of robbing occupants of a private student hostel located along Federal Polytechnic Road, Ado Ekiti, on 3 October 2018. Justice Lekan Ogunmoye, who presided over the case, stated that the prosecution successfully proved the...

Petitions against “brazen act of corruption and human rights abuse” going on at the SCID Awka under the watch of  Mr Fakorade Awka-based lawyer, Mr Richard Okonkwo, has called on the Nigerian Police authority to beam searchlight on the activities of a Deputy Commissioner of Police in-charge of the Anambra State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID Awka, Mr Akin Fakorade in order to bring sanity and professionalism back to the department that will ensure safety of...

Operatives of the Anambra State Police Command have arrested no fewer than seven persons for suspected cultism and armed robbery in the State. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Ikenga Tochukwu disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen. According to him, the gang members were arrested at about 10.pm on Friday when the officers swooped on them. He said a cut-size double barrel gun, one tricycle without a reg number, and some hard drugs...

The Nigerian Defence Headquarters, DHQ, has announced significant progress in the fight against terrorism, claiming that troops neutralized over 715 terrorists and rescued 465 kidnapped victims in operations conducted throughout April. Major General Edward Buba, Director of Defence Media Operations, revealed these figures during a press briefing in Abuja on Thursday. He elaborated that the operations involved a combination of ground and air offensives carried out across the country. “The synchronised strikes between the ground...