Three Killed As Rival Cult Groups Clash At Osun-Osogbo Festival
Three persons were reportedly killed following a violent clash between rival cult groups around the Osun-Osogbo ancient groove, during the festival’s grand finale on Friday. Also, 10 operatives of the Nigeria Hunters and Forest Security Service (NHFS) were wounded by the hoodlums during the clash. The incident threw Osun traditionalists and tourists into panic as […]
Troops Rescue Former FCE Provost, Son After Gun-Battle With Bandits In Zamfara
Troops of Sector 1 Operation Hadarin Daji have rescued a former Provost of the Federal College of Education (Technical) Gusau, Dr. Hassan Abubakar Augie and his son from bandits. The Nigerian Army, in a statement on Friday, August 11, 2023, said the duo was kidnapped from their residence on Thursday night and taken into a […]
Repentant’ Boko Haram Terrorist Nabbed For Supplying Logistics To Terror Group
A ‘repentant’ Boko Haram terrorist who has been reintegrated back to Bama community in Borno State has been caught on his way to Sambisa Forest to supply various logistics to Boko Haram terror group. According to a counter-insurgency publication, Zagazola Makama, the suspect was apprehended alongside two other collaborators at Barraram Village also known as […]
Police Inspector Attacked By Suspected Motorcyclists Dies In Lagos
The Lagos State Police Command on Friday confirmed the death of an inspector attached to the Iponri Division from injury sustained during an attack by persons suspected to be commercial motorcyclists. The command spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria. Mr Hundeyin, a superintendent of police, said the inspector, whose […]
Military Eliminates 38 Terrorists, Apprehends 242 Suspects
The Defence Headquarters says Nigerian have, in the last one week, neutralised 38 terrorists, apprehended 242 others and rescued 89 kidnapped hostages in different operations across the country. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Major-General Edward Buba, made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Buba said the apprehended suspects comprised 175 gunmen/criminals, […]
Military Rescues Chibok Girl Nine Years After Kidnap
One of the young Nigerian girls kidnapped in 2014 has been rescued by the Nigerian military, an official has said. Rebecca Kabu was rescued on 17 July in Cameroon, said Yaminu Musa, a rear admiral and the Coordinator of the Counter Terrorism Centre in the office of the National Security Adviser. Mr Musa told Nigeria’s […]
Troops Nab IPOB Commander, Gunrunners In Cross River, Raid Camps In Enugu
The Nigerian Army has said troops of 82 Division under the auspices of Operation UDO KA II in conjunction with the police, DSS and other security agencies raided hideouts of the Indigenous People of Biafra and Eastern Security Network (IPOB/ESN) killing some of the and arrested its commanders who threatened to unleash mayhem in Enugu. […]
