Fatai Owoseni, Special Adviser to Governor Seyi Makinde on Security Matters, has described as miscreants, some persons who attacked the state secretariat in the Agodi area of Oyo State on Saturday. Owoseni, a former commissioner of police, was a guest…
Kidnapper arrested during ransom collection
Operatives of the Adamawa State Police Command have arrested a suspected kidnapper identified as Roland Raymond. The command disclosed this known via its X handle. According to the information by the command, Raymond, a resident of Detti village, Ganye Local…
Explosion rocks Ikeja cantonment Army farmland
The Nigerian Army has reported a “minor explosion” within its Ikeja cantonment, Lagos State on Monday. A statement by the Director Army Public Relations, Major General, Onyema Nwachukwu, said the incident which occurred on a farmland near the Mammy Market,…
LASTMA arrests hoodlums, Army and Customs uncover sacks of drugs, Man jailed for sexual assault and more
What is a city without crime? thisislagos descends into the Lagos underground to search out the baddest guys committing the craziest crimes in LasGidi. LASTMA arrests 19 hoodlums, impounds 123 vehicles (Punch) The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has disclosed…
Terrorist leader killed in Katsina counter-insurgency operation -Army
Troops of the Nigerian Army have killed a notorious terrorist leader, Maikusa, who is reported to be the second-in-command in the hierarchy of terrorists in Katsina State, under the leadership of another terrorist known as Modi Modi. This was disclosed…
Police arrest 2 fake soldiers in Lagos
The Police Command in Lagos State says two men, Jonathan Yahaya and Mohammed Umar, were handed over to them by the Nigerian Army, for allegedly falsely parading themselves as soldiers. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this…
Taraba CJ asks police to prosecute ex-council boss over killing of former lawmaker
Taraba State Chief Judge, Justice Joel Agya, has asked the Commissioner of Police in the state, David Iloyanomon, to arrest and prosecute Shiban Tikari, a former Chairman, Takum local government council over abduction and killing of a former Taraba lawmaker,…
Troops rescue 18 female kidnapped victims, hand them over to KTSG
Troops of the Nigerian Army on Wednesday succeeded in rescuing 18 female kidnapped victims from their captors and handed them over to the Katsina State Government. The Brigade Commander, 17 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Katsina, Brig.- Gen. Oluremi Fadairo,…
Soldiers rescue 4 kidnap victims in Taraba, destroy bandits’ hideouts
Soldiers of 114 Battalion (Rear) of 6 Brigade, Nigerian Army, in conjunction with other security forces, on Saturday destroyed multiple bandits’ hideouts and rescued four kidnapped victims in Yorro Local Government Area of Taraba. This is contained in a statement…
Again, Army discovers 5-million litre capacity illegal oil bunkering facilities in Rivers
The 6-Division of the Nigerian Army on Wednesday discovered and confiscated 15 boilers and 9 reservoirs with capacity to hold 5-million litres of crude oil from illegal refinery operators at Obuama and Uzuama communities in Kom Kom area of Oyigbo…
