Police have begun a special operation in Plateau State as a move to tackle insecurity in the state. Inspector-General of Police, IG Kayode Egbetokun, who disclosed this Friday in Jos when he paid a condolence visit to the state governor Caleb Mutfwang said he had directed the Deputy Inspector-General (DIG), in charge of zone 4, to relocate to Plateau. ”We have commenced a special operation in this state, and I have directed the DIG in charge...

Anambra State Police Command has launched an intensive manhunt for armed insurgents who infiltrated from a neighbouring State and killed two Police Personnel on 28th December 2023 at about 18.30 hours (6.30 p.m.) The gang which disguised in military fatigue and seemed to be on a kidnap mission were jolted on seeing two armed Police officers approaching their direction. According to the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Tochi Ikéngà, they opened fire on the officers...

The Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) jihadists blew up three power transmission towers on Thursday morning, the second explosion in a week. An officer of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, simply identified as Nurudeen was killed in the fatal explosion. Nurudeen reportedly stepped on an explosive at the scene of the vandalised towers. The destroyed electrical transmission towers are along the Maiduguri–Damaturu road. The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, confirmed...

The Presidency has condemned the recent dreadful attacks on several villages in Plateau State by herders of the Fulani tribe, promising to bring the killers to book. Armed gangs, locally called “bandits”, overran more than 15 communities across Bokkos and several other LGAs in Nigeria’s Home of Peace and Tourism, and razed down houses on Saturday and Sunday. The death toll in the attack has risen to 195 with scores still missing. President Tinubu instructed...

It was a tragic Christmas Eve in Ebonyi State after unknown gunmen stormed the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Nkweagu village in Abakaliki county during a vigil mass on Sunday night, killing three persons. The attack was confirmed by the Catholic Bishop of Abakaliki Diocese, Most Reverend Peter Nworie-Chukwu during the Christmas service at Saint Theresa Cathedral Church, Abakaliki on Monday. According to the priest, the gunmen arrived at the church in a tricycle, commonly...

The Police have arrested Mr. Chukwuebuka Igwebuike in Enugu for possession of three hundred and sixty-two thousand Naira (N362,000.00) fake new naira notes. Confessing the crime, the fraudster revealed his modus operandi; using fake one thousand Naira notes to pay for items of smaller cost to get change with genuine smaller denominations from the unsuspecting retailer. In a police bulletin signed by the Enugu State Police Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, the suspect...

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...