22 soldiers and more than 70 militants have been declared dead by Defense Headquarters as part of a continuing military operation in Borno State’s infamous terrorist stronghold, the Timbuktu Triangle. According to the DHQ, the operation, which started on January 16, 2025, and has been carried out by forces from Operation Hadin Kai, has centered…
During a raid on various criminal hideouts in Kom Kom community, Oyigbo Local Government Area, Rivers State, on Saturday, the Rivers State Police Command arrested four suspects and retrieved a number of exhibits, including one round of live 7.62×51mm ammunition. Several plastic containers containing liquid substances suspected of being hard narcotics were found by the…
Five inhabitants, including a family of three and their visitor, were taken hostage by a group of at least twenty armed bandits who stormed the Chikakore village in Kubwa, Abuja, on Sunday night. A group of at least twenty armed bandits raided the Chikakore hamlet in Kubwa, Abuja, on Sunday night, taking five residents captive,…
After obtaining ₦8 million from the family, unknown gunmen suspected of kidnapping have reportedly broken into the home of a Kano businessman in Garo town, Kabo Local Government Area of Kano State, and taken his daughter, Zainab. According to information obtained, the terrible occurrence happened when ten or so gunmen broke into the home of…
According to a statement released by the force’s public relations officer, OluMuyiwa Adejobi, three of the six terrorist kingpins—Ifeanyi Anayo, also known as Zuma De Rock, age 28, Chukwuemeka Odionyenfe, also known as Nmimi, age 22, and Kingsley Sunday, age 21—were part of the gang that carried out the attacks on the Owerri Correctional Center…
A few kilometers from the city of Enugu, in Ugwu Onyeama, Udi Local Government Area, Enugu State, a petrol tanker exploded on Saturday, killing an unknown number of people. However, none of the emergency responders have released a statement, and we have not been able to confirm sources putting the number of casualties above…
According to reports, Prof. Emeka Chukwuma, a lecturer at Delta State University in Abraka, was murdered by gunmen. Our correspondent was informed by sources that the 56-year-old professor typically returns home to Asaba every weekend. On Friday evening, Professor Emeka Chukwuma was killed in Asaba. After the Anwai campus was converted to Dennis Osadebey University,…
Operators of the Lagos State CP Special Squad have apprehended two suspects, identified as Agbojule Smart’m’, 27 years old. Keleke Michael’s’, 30 years, in response to the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, Ph.D., NPM.’s directive to pursue the fugitive suspects in connection with the kidnapping of the wife of retired Assistant-Inspector General, AIG…