The Ondo State Security Network Agency, known as the Amotekun Corps, has arrested 39 suspected bandits allegedly fleeing northern Nigeria following recent airstrikes on terrorist hideouts in Sokoto State. The suspects were apprehended at the Elegbeka forest axis in Ose Local Government Area, a location identified as a hotspot for criminal activities such as…
The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested two suspected armed robbers in connection with the murder of a 32-year-old man, Sirajo Abdulhamid, in Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, SP Nafiu Habib, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday, December 30, 2025. He said the suspects allegedly attacked…
Bandits have attacked two Catholic priests at the Parish House of St. Rita Catholic Church in Unity Estate, Mararaba, Nasarawa State, near Abuja, leaving them seriously injured. The attack reportedly occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, December 30, 2025, when armed assailants stormed the parish residence. During the incident, two priests were assaulted, while…
A 19-year-old matric pupil from Tiego Tawana Secondary School in Dithakang village near Mafikeng, in South Africa’s North West province, has died after he was allegedly forcefully taken to an initiation school. The deceased, Onalenna Booi, was reported missing by his family after he completed his examinations in late November. According to relatives,…
Armed bandits have abducted a pastor of the Living Faith Church, also known as Winners Chapel, in Okoro Gbedde, Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State. The incident occurred on Saturday, December 27, 2025, while the pastor was on his way to his farm. Eyewitnesses said he was riding on a motorcycle along…
A Nigerian–American, Izunna Okonkwo, has been indicted alongside five others of different nationalities over an alleged $41m stock market fraud in the United States. According to a statement shared on the United States Department of Justice website on Sunday, Dec. 20, Okonkwo and the other defendants allegedly engaged in insider trading between June 2020 and…
Troops of the Forward Operating Base (FOB) Wukari, operating under the 6 Brigade of the Nigerian Army and Sector 3 of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), have arrested a notorious bandit leader linked to several cases of kidnapping and armed robbery along the Benue–Taraba corridor. The suspect, identified as Fidelis Gayama, was apprehended on December 21,…
Gunmen have abducted nine persons, including a woman and her three children, in Inele-Ugoh village in Igah Ikeje community, Olamaboro Local Government Area of Kogi State. The incident occurred in the early hours of Friday, December 19, 2025 when more than 40 armed men stormed the community. The woman and her three children were…
A Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) attached to Mopol 12 in Niger State, Isah Abdullahi (also known as Kunkuri), has shot himself d3ad amid allegations of involvement in the supply of arms and ammunition to bandits and other hoodlums in the state. Until his d3ath, the late DSP Isah Abdullahi was the head of…
The Nigeria Police Force has announced the arrest of a suspect, Okitipi Samuel, over his alleged involvement in a cyberattack on the database of multinational technology company, Microsoft. The Force Public Relations Officer,CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this on Thursday, December 18, 2025 in Abuja while briefing journalists on the outcome of investigations carried out…
