As part of efforts to address the lingering concern over killings in Plateau State, at least 1,400 vigilantes, hunters and members of neighbourhood groups have been recruited to tackle lingering security challenges bedeviling various communities in Plateau State. Attacks on villages have resulted in the loss of hundreds of lives and the displacement of thousands of residents. The training of the recruits is taking place amidst recurrent security challenges in various communities of Bokkos, Barikin...

Armed bandits have attacked the Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School (GGCSS) in Maga, Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area, Kebbi State, killing the school’s vice‑principal and abducting 25 students. According to local security sources, the assailants struck at about 4:00 a.m. on Monday, breaching the school’s perimeter and firing sporadically. The deceased has been identified as Hassan Yakubu Makuku, the school’s vice‑principal, who, according to residents, was shot while attempting to shield students from the attackers. “He...

Operatives of the Adamawa State Police Command attached to the State Intelligence Department (SID), Yola, have arrested a 40-year-old Hamza Hammantukur Isa, resident of Bauchi Street, Jimeta, Yola North Local Government Area of Adamawa State, has been arrested in connection with alleged human trafficking. A statement by the Command Public Relations Officer, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, stated that the arrest was made on 12th November 2025 by Operatives of the State Intelligence Department (SID), Yola, based...

The 7 year old son of Mr. Ozioma Okonkwo has exonerated his father of defiling his two sisters. In a press release signed by SP Daniel Ndukwe, the Public Relations Officer of the Enugu State Police Command, states that in two separate handwritten voluntary statements, Ozioma Okonkwo’s 7-year-old son not only exonerated his father but also revealed that his mother, Mrs. Chisom Okonkwo, made him and his sisters accuse their father wrongly. Mrs. Chisom Okonkwo,...

The hearing in the trial of Polycarp Andrew, a dismissed staff and former exhibit keeper of the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has been adjourned till December 11, 2025. Andrew is facing six counts of criminal breach of trust after allegedly stealing over ₦22 million from exhibits under his custody while serving as an exhibit keeper. He was later arrested in Taraba State after absconding when investigations linked him to...

As part of its ongoing internal reforms aimed at sanitising the Service and upholding professional standards, the Department of State Services, DSS, has dismissed a total of 115 personnel over alleged misconduct and corruption. The Service, in a statement issued on Tuesday, explained that the dismissals occurred over a period of time and formed part of broader efforts to sanitize the system. The DSS also cautioned the public to be wary of some dismissed officers...