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The Adamawa State Police Command on Monday night confirmed that suspected Boko Haram militants attacked Gare village in Pallam District, Madagali Local Government Area, abducting six members of a family.The command indicated that the incident occurred in the early...

Security forces neutralized Amadu, a wanted kidnapping kingpin, during a military operation in Jama'a Local Government Area of ​​Kaduna State.Details of the operation were made public in a post shared on X on Monday by security analyst Zagazola Makama. The...

Police in Minna, Niger State, have arrested a 30-year-old dismissed police officer, Haruna Haggai, for allegedly posing as security personnel, stealing motorcycles and extorting money from residents. Haggai was arrested on January 16, 2026, at around 10:00 p.m. at his...

The Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, Ogun 1 Area Command, Idiroko, has confirmed an attack on its personnel in the Akokoro area of ​​Iwoye in Imeko-Afon local government of Ogun. Zakaria Chado, spokesperson for the command, confirmed the attack, carried out...

Officers of the Ogun State Police Command on Saturday arrested fourteen suspected members of the Eiye Confraternity at a forested location in the Ipara-Remo area of ​​the state. The suspects, thirteen adult men and one woman, were detained around 1:20...

Seven suspects appeared before a Kwara State High Court in Ilorin on Friday, charged with alleged arson at the house of a traditional worshiper, Toyin Asabi Olorisa. The suspects were identified as Alhaji Yekini Oloruntele, Alhaji Saliu Usman, Garba Amuda...

The Wawa community in Borgu Local Government Area has been in mourning after six youths were confirmed dead following a deadly clash with suspected bandits in the forest. It was learned that the incident occurred around 5 pm on Thursday,...

A 27-year-old woman, identified as Esther Akwaji, reportedly collapsed and died under mysterious circumstances. The deceased was reported to have died while eating at her boyfriend's residence in Dei-Dei, Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. According to SaharaReporters,...

Properties worth millions of naira have been destroyed after separate fires devastated a church and an oil station in Oyo State. Newslodge reported that the church was destroyed by fire on Thursday, while the gas station was razed to the...

One Mr. Joseph Emmanuel, 24, of 3 Esit Ebom Street, Calabar, beat his 10-year-old daughter to death. According to reports, the deceased boy had lost his father's fuel tube, which he often used to transfer fuel to his commercial motorcycle. In...