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The NSCDC has dismantled a suspected human trafficking hideout in Ilado, Olorunda LCDA, rescuing 24 foreign victims including a pregnant woman, in the second such operation in the Badagry axis within recent weeks.
The Nigerian Navy intercepted two wooden boats loaded with suspected illegally mined black sand and arrested 13 suspects at Lekeson and Liama communities in Bayelsa State, as part of ongoing efforts to combat illegal resource extraction in the Niger Delta.
Troops of Operation Fansan Yamma rescued 22 kidnap victims in two separate operations across Sabon Birni and Isa LGAs of Sokoto State, forcing terrorists to abandon their captives under sustained military pressure - though one civilian was killed in the initial attack.
Ahead of the Ekiti governorship election, DIG Adegoke Fayoade toured the state to assess security preparedness, meeting the Ewi of Ado-Ekiti and charging police officers to remain neutral, professional and vigilant throughout the electoral process.
After a viral video showing two masked individuals emerging from a forest near Pan-Atlantic University triggered public concern, Lagos Police Commissioner CP Tijani Fatai led an on-site security assessment and deployed Lagos State Security Trust Fund drones around the Lekki campus.
Five travellers kidnapped from an Abuja-Lagos night bus walked free after 17 days in captivity when relentless Nigerian Army air and ground operations in Kogi's forests forced fleeing bandits to abandon their captives.
MACBAN has condemned a mob attack on four Fulani travellers in Okpokwu LGA, Benue State, that left one person dead and two injured - insisting the men were innocent travellers wrongly suspected of links to a kidnapping case in the area.
Colleagues, journalists and the Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria mourn the death of DCP Khan Salihu, a respected Lagos State Police Command officer admired for his integrity, administrative excellence and rare commitment to transparent engagement with the media.
Eleven people were killed in a Benue boat mishap near Daududawadawa after a vessel reportedly sailed an hour past curfew with a faulty engine into a storm - with NIWA confirming that one family alone lost six members, including the head of the local maritime group.
Nigerian Army and Air Force troops have rescued Mrs Amina Abubakar, wife of the late former Director of Defence Information Major General Rabe Abubakar, weeks after she was abducted by bandits - though she sustained gunshot wounds during the rescue operation and is currently receiving treatment at a military hospital.
A dismissed police inspector suspected of supplying weapons to terrorists, bandits and kidnappers has been arrested by troops in Plateau State. The operation led to the recovery of pistols, 167 rounds of ammunition and other items, in what the Army described as a major breakthrough against illegal arms trafficking networks.
