Hundreds of villagers in Bokkos and Barkin Ladi LGA of Plateau State are dressed in sorrow after a bloody attack by bandits. Christian families across Nigeria were preparing to celebrate this year’s Christmas Day. So too, the agrarian communities of Bokkos and Barkin Ladi until bandits struck late Saturday, butchering villagers till midnight on Christmas Eve. No fewer than 12 villages in the towns were attacked. The armed killers burnt houses, displacing several residents; damaged...

The 66 kidnapped victims who were rescued by the army between Thursday and Saturday in Sokoto State have received donations of N16.65 million from Governor Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto State and Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko. Among those rescued are nursing mothers and their babies, children, and the elderly. Recall that 52 persons were rescued on Thursday and 14 others on Saturday by the military during ongoing operations by the troops aimed at flushing out bandits...

The Commissioner of Police Enugu State Command, CP Kanayo Uzuegbu has announced the arrest of seven male suspects in the state for offenses ranging from conspiracy, armed robbery, unlawful possession of firearms, and cultism. The Commissioner in a press release signed by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe on Thursday reveals that a 27 years old male suspect named Ndubuisi Ugochukwu Eze Oboro was arrested by police operatives serving in the Abakpa Police...

Two villagers were killed on Tuesday, 19 December, in an attack on Pemi village in Chibok LGA of Borno State by Boko Haram jihadists. The terror gang stormed the village at 7:00 p.m., firing gunshots into the air recklessly. Eyewitnesses recounted scenes of panic and fear as villagers scrambled for cover in nearby bushes while the attackers descended upon homes, looting food items and setting houses ablaze. “We are certain that two persons died from...

The Nigerian police announced on Monday that four of the gang of robbers behind the recent chilling bank robbery in Otukpo, Benue State, have been arrested. Otukpo witnessed a deadly attack on 20 October when a gang of 12 to 20 heavily armed gunmen stormed branches of Access Bank, United Bank of Africa, Stanbic IBTC Bank, and Zenith Bank located in the commercial district of the town and stole millions from the banks’ vaults. Before...

Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, Minister of Women Affairs, has disclosed that police have arrested a Uyo-based lawyer identified as Ekere Ebong for assaulting his wife in a viral video. In a five-minute video seen on WhatsApp, Mr Ebong was seen in the video standing over his bloodied wife, who was in her underwear, while several people intervened by stopping him from beating her. In the video, one of the neighbors was heard accusing the man of beating...

In a swift and decisive operation, the Anambra State Police Command has successfully rescued four children of the same family from the clutches of kidnappers. The daring rescue operation took place in the early hours of Saturday, 16th December, 2023, near Urum, approximately 25 kilometres away from their home in Achalla village, Enugwu Agidi. According to Information provided by DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, Police Public Relations Officer, Anambra State Police Command, the incident occurred on the...