Crime Facts

NAF Strikes Kill Many Terrorists In Zamfara

  The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has bombed three terrorists camps in Zamfara on Wednesday, eliminating several of them and their structures. The operation was conducted by the Air Component of Operation Hadarin Daji, NAF Spokesman, AVM Edward Gabkwet, said in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Gabkwet said the camps destroyed belong to terrorist […]

Commander Reportedly Killed As Bandits Clash In Katsina

  A notorious bandit who terrorized sections of Katsina and Zamfara states has reportedly been killed by a rival gang. Reliable sources from Batsari local government of Katsina state told Daily Trust that the bandit known as Dangote was killed in the early hours of Sunday alongside his two brothers in a gun battle with […]

Kidnappers abduct UNIZIK student in Anambra

  A student in the Department of Science Education, Nnamdi Azikiwe University (Unizik) Awka, Anambra, Ms Francisca Chioma, has been reportedly kidnapped in the State. According to TribuneOnline, it was gathered that the student was kidnapped while en route to a burial ceremony in a village outside Awka, on Friday. According to a close friend […]

Bandits kill 30 security volunteers in Niger

  Tragedy has struck in the Dogon-Dawa community in the Mariga local government area of Niger state as suspected bandits have reportedly killed no fewer than thirty members of a local Security outfit called Yan Sa Kai in the area. Some casualties were also said to have been recorded on the side of the bandits […]

Gunmen Abduct Taraba Varsity Students

  Two students of Federal University Wukari, Taraba state, have been abducted. Kidnappers had stormed a students’ hostel located outside the campus at about 10.30pm on Monday and abducted the students The victims are said to be a male and female from Microbiology and Economics Departments of the University. Daily Trust gathered that the students […]

Kidnappers invade Ogun church, abduct two worshippers

  Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have reportedly attacked a Celestial Church in Ogun State, abducting two worshippers identified as Oladapo Seyifunmi and Oluboboye Abiola. The incident occurred at the church located near Oriyarin village, Mowe, in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State on Thursday. According to the state Police Public Relations […]

Slain soldiers’ children get FG scholarships

  President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday conferred national honours on 17 members of the Nigerian Army who were killed in Delta State on March 14, 2024. This was as he announced the provision of housing facilities for the surviving family members and scholarships for all their children to the university level. He also directed the […]

Bandits Kill Zamfara Community Guard Commander, Abduct 6

  Bandits, on Sunday, invaded Tsafe town in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State and killed Malam Aminu Muhammad, a commander of the state’s Community Protection Guards (CPG) in charge of Tsafe, and one other personnel, Ibrahim Kabiru. The assailants, who stormed the town around 11:45pm, also abducted six people, among them four staff […]