•Tinubu and bandits The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has observed that the federal government under President Bola Tinubu is clueless on how to stop the killings in parts of the country. The party lamented that the country’s security architecture is “getting unimaginably demobilised and incapacitated” by murderous non-state actors, reports Sa...
Three officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have been hospitalised for gunshot injuries sustained after they came under attack from some armed men during a raid operation in Jahi area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Thursday night. This was disclosed by the spokesperson for the Agency, Femi Babafemi, in a [&he...
•CG of Nigeria Prisons, Sylvester Nwakuche and the teenage victim, Favour Oluwaseyi The prime suspect in the kidnapping incident of a 12-year-old girl, Favour Oluwaseyi in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State on August 7, 2024, had been traced by men of the Nigeria Police to the Enugu Correctional facility. The suspect, simply iden...
•Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State Edo State governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, said kidnappers caught in the state will face the death penalty, specifically by hanging, expressing readiness to sign the death warrants of convicts. Governor Okpebholo disclosed this at the stakeholders’ session at the Uromi Town Hall, where he had an inter...
•Terrorists A prophet and prominent Northern Christian cleric, Isa El-Buba, has raised alarm over what he described as an ongoing genocide in Plateau State. El-Buba alleged that foreign terrorists are colluding with some local Fulani herdsmen to violently displace communities and occupy their ancestral lands. Speaking today during an appearanc...
•Terrorists Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have attacked the newly resettled Yamtake community in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State, killing two soldiers and an undisclosed number of civilians. Security and local sources confirmed the attack, saying the assailants invaded the communities around 11:15pm yesterday, reports Daily Trust....
A joint security team of the Police and Anambra Vigilante have caught and detained six persons for allegedly contracting sick persons to obtain money under false pretence from the public. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement issued in Awka and made available to newsmen [&hel...
•Natasha The Say No to Violence in Ebiraland (SNTVE), a leading peace advocacy group in Kogi Central Senatorial District, has strongly condemned the recent armed invasion of the family home of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. The group has called on the Inspector General of Police and other security agencies to urgently investigate the inciden...
Cart pushers and scavengers are there to collect waste where and when PSP operators in Lagos fail. However, the attendant cases of theft where the former group operate has left residents of the state calling out for solutions, reports Nigerian Tribune. Some residents in Lagos State have expressed concerns over the increasing rate of manhole [&...
•Bandits At least nine people have lost their lives after security operatives repelled an attack by suspected bandits in the Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State. The incident occurred in the early hours of Wednesday when bandits attacked the Zakka community, reports The Guardian. It was gathered that residents of the area called on [...

