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Joint security teams rescued thirty-four kidnap victims during parallel armed operations in Zamfara and Edo states. Troops neutralised one kidnapper and recovered ₦1.5 million in cash during the south-western sting. Thirty-three travellers regained freedom in northern Zamfara after soldiers intercepted their captors along a major highway. Security forces exploited live ransom talks to trap the…
Pan-African trade officials just signed a $3.1bn deal to rebuild continental border networks. The African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat sealed a twenty-year concession with Bergmans Security Consultant and Supplies to digitise customs clearance. Secretary-General Wamkele Mene signed the contract in Abuja to launch the customs modernisation project. Private capital will fund the entire technological…
Police authorities deployed 15,000 operatives across Osun State ahead of the upcoming governorship election. The state Commissioner of Police (CP), Samuel Etaifo Erale, announced the massive security apparatus to reassure voters and deter potential troublemakers. Uniformed officers, tactical units, and intelligence personnel will cover all polling units and collation centres statewide. High-profile security presence aims…
At least twenty-one people were killed, and thirty-seven others abducted when armed bandits sacked a rural community in Sokoto State over the weekend. The assault leaves yet another northern village destroyed while security agencies scramble to respond. Gunmen swept through the settlement unimpeded for hours. Federal declarations of military progress ring hollow across these…
Suspected bandits have abducted Kebbi State High Court Judge Faruku Hassan Bunza from his home in Bunza Local Government Area. The armed gang struck around midnight on Sunday, shortly after the jurist returned from a trip to neighboring Sokoto State. Attackers invaded his residence along Zogirma Road, firing shots into the air before whisking him…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the expansion of the Nigerian Army from eight to twelve divisions. The ambitious military restructuring includes the immediate recruitment of twenty-eight thousand new personnel to boost operational capacity. Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu announced the sweeping reform during a military conference in Abuja. The expansion creates specialized…
Nigeria has taken its most decisive step yet toward breaking the federal monopoly on policing. The House of Representatives on Thursday passed the Executive Bill seeking to establish state police forces nationwide. Lawmakers withdrew their own earlier constitutional amendment proposal during plenary to adopt President Bola Tinubu’s executive version instead. The legislative breakthrough follows the…
The Federal Government has secured guilty pleas from three terrorism suspects linked to the kidnapping of students and teachers in Oyo State. Prosecutors brought the men before the Federal High Court in Abuja on fresh terrorism charges. The defendants admitted guilt on several counts involving kidnapping, arms possession, and terror financing. Their sudden confession hands…
The federal government has filed a ten-count criminal charge against three men accused of kidnapping schoolchildren and teachers in Oyo State. The prosecution filed the case at the Federal High Court in Abuja following a sweeping counter-terrorism investigation. The state accuses the defendants of terrorism, kidnapping, concealment, incitement, and running illegal mining operations. Department of…
A combined force of military and police personnel has rescued four school kidnapping victims in Kogi State. The rescue occurred just hours after their abductors demanded a ten-million-naira ransom. The victims include the principal of Government Secondary School, Olowa, a National Examinations Council official, and two female candidates. Gunmen had snatched them on Tuesday evening…
