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The Lagos State Police Command has intercepted forty-seven sacks of military camouflage uniforms and eighty cartons of illicit drugs in a major intelligence-led operation. State Commissioner of Police Fatai Tijani disclosed the significant breakthrough during a press briefing at the command headquarters in Ikeja on Tuesday. Detectives from the Anti-Kidnapping Unit intercepted the illicit cargo…
Nigerian troops successfully neutralized an armed abduction attempt and rescued 22 hostages during dual tactical operations across Sokoto State. The coordinated counter-terror strikes, executed by the joint task force under Operation Hadarin Daji, targeted known bandit strongholds in the North-West zone. Major General Bamidele Alabi, the Commander of the Joint Task Force, confirmed the operational…
Armed men have launched a deadly assault on the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies in Plateau State. The attackers stormed the elite facility in Kuru near Jos late on Monday night. Three security operatives lost their lives whilst defending the nation’s foremost policy centre. This bold raid on a highly guarded federal establishment…
The Nigeria Customs Service has intensified its nationwide border crackdown on illicit agricultural imports, intercepting smuggled vegetable oil products worth 1.31 billion naira. Comptroller-General of Customs Adewale Adeniyi confirmed that the service recorded 65 distinct seizures in 2025 and an additional 23 interceptions during the first half of 2026. The combined duty-paid value of the…
The Oyo State Police Command has unmasked the core operational structure of the urban criminal syndicate behind the violent abduction of former Power Minister Adebayo Adelabu’s relatives. Police public relations officer Ayanlade Olayinka detailed the explicit roles played by four arrested principal suspects and two neutralised gang members on Sunday. Operatives rescued the victims, Olaide…
Military forces have killed sixty Islamist fighters during an aggressive assault to rescue 360 abducted women and children in Borno State. Troops from Operation Hadin Kai executed a complex, multi-day clearing operation in the dense Mandara mountain range of the Gwoza Local Government Area. The army high command confirmed the decisive tactical breakthrough on Saturday…
Federal tactical operatives have killed two suspected kidnappers during a late-night raid to rescue the sister and twin sons of a former minister. Operatives from the Intelligence Response Team stormed a hideout in Ibadan on Saturday evening to free the hostages unharmed. The successful raid followed three days of intensive digital tracking and surveillance across…
The armed gang holding a former Nigerian military spokesman has demanded a prisoner swap alongside the restitution of seized cattle to secure his release. Major General Rabe Abubakar, who previously served as the Director of Defence Information, was ambushed on Saturday alongside his wife in northwestern Katsina State. Rather than seeking a standard financial payout,…
Armed hoodlums have attacked the Nigeria Immigration Service passport front office in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, escaping with an operational rifle and personal valuables. The assailants breached the facility at approximately 10:00 p.m. on Tuesday night during a period of low administrative activity. The gunmen overpowered the personnel deployed to secure the facility before ransacking the…
Gunmen have kidnapped the younger sister and nephews of former Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, in Ibadan. The assailants intercepted 43-year-old Mrs Olaide Busayo Adegoke John-Paul at approximately 7:30 a.m. in the Challenge area of Ibadan South West Local Government Area. The attackers forcefully seized her alongside her 12-year-old twin sons, Peter and Paul, during…
