The Angwan Durun-Uwa community in Plateau State’s Barkin Ladi Local Government Area was thrown into panic and uncertainty on Thursday when the headless body of a young woman was discovered in a sack at a refuse dump. Gomex Iliya, a youth leader in the town, over the phone. He claimed some residents who went to … Read more
The Nigerian Army has recovered an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) and six other travellers who were seized by suspected kidnappers on Monday in Sopp village, Riyom Local Government Area, Plateau State. According to a security source who spoke on the condition of anonymity, troops from Sector 6 of Operation Enduring Peace Operation, OPEP, carried … Read more
Agboola Olamilekan, a suspected cultist, was arrested by police in Ilorin, the capital of Kwara state. According to a statement issued by the state police command’s spokesperson, SP Adetoun Ejire Adeyemi, the suspect was apprehended during a combined security operation in Ilorin on Wednesday. One firearm was also confiscated. “The operation, carried out by police … Read more
The Kwara State Police Command has initiated an inquiry into the murder of a farmer, Abdulazeez Abubakar Abiodun, also known as Azeez Garba or “Kebe”, whose lifeless body was discovered on his cocoa estate in the state’s Isin Local Government Area. Garba was reportedly killed by unknown assailants on his field along the Owa-Onire axis, … Read more
The Zamfara State Hisbah Commission has detained a woman called Khadija Abdullah in Gusau’s Gadar Baga region on charges of witchcraft. According to a statement published on Tuesday by the commission’s Public Relations Officer, Umar Haruna Tsafe, the arrest came after community leaders accused the suspect of carrying out claimed spiritual rituals at her home, … Read more
Six persons died when a gas-laden truck exploded at an Army checkpoint on the Abuja-Lokoja Federal Highway in Kogi State. Zagazola Makama, a security analyst, detailed the incident in a post on X on Tuesday night. According to the post, the explosion occurred inside the authority of the Chikara Division, prompting a quick reaction from … Read more
During a joint security operation in Kebbi State’s Danko Wasagu Local Government Area, a member of the Yansakai vigilante group was slain, and four suspected bandits were neutralised. Zagazola Makama, a security analyst, detailed the incident in a post on X on Tuesday night. According to the post, the event began when a large group … Read more
Gunmen stormed Government Secondary School, GSS, Olowa in Kogi State’s Dekina Local Government Area on Tuesday, kidnapping the school principle, four pupils, and a National Examinations Council, NECO, ad hoc staff member while the NECO examination was in progress. Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency and security expert who covers Lake Chad, reported on the development. According … Read more
Alhaji Sani Yellow, the notorious bandit lord, has disputed news of his death. A video posted on X on Wednesday by a user named Mobilisingnigerians showed Sani Yellow disputing accusations that he was murdered during a recent security raid in Zamfara State. According to a message that accompanied the video, news of his death were … Read more
Bola Oyebamiji, the governorship candidate of the Osun State All Progressives Congress (APC), has urged the British High Commission and the international community to closely follow the August 15, 2026, governorship election, expressing worries about reported political violence and intimidation in the state. During a courtesy visit by a delegation from the British High Commission … Read more