Troops of Joint Task Force Operation ENDURING PEACE (JTF OPEP) on Operation PEACE SHIELD have consistently achieved positive operational results against criminal elements in the Joint Operations Area (JOA). A statement issued by the Acting Media Information Officer, JTF Operation ENDURING PEACE, Captain Joshua John, said the successes include...
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Founder and chairman of the Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy & Development, Professor Ibrahim A. Gambari, has expressed deep sorrow over the tragic death of Barrister Nwamaka Chigbo, an Abuja-based lawyer who was allegedly killed by kidnappers. Prof. Gambari, a former Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, conveyed...
Troops of 13 Brigade Nigerian Army, operating from Forward Operating Base (FOB) Ikang, have successfully rescued eight kidnapped civilians following a swift and coordinated response to a distress call on 29 December 2025. Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, Headquarters 13 Brigade Nigerian Army, Major Yemi Sokoya, confirmed this in...
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) on Saturday arrested the leader of the gang that kidnapped and murdered a prominent professor of neurology, Ekanem Philip Ephraim, in 2023, a credible security source has confirmed. The gang leader, Patrick Essien Etim, 23, and his accomplice, Bassey Antiha Asuquo,...
Swift intervention by the Edo State Police Command has led to the rescue of 11 passengers abducted by armed assailants along the Benin–Lagos Expressway, following a late-night attack that claimed the life of a driver. The incident occurred around 11:55 p.m. on December 20 at Isiuwa, according to security...
Lagos State Police Command has uncovered a carefully staged kidnapping plot after arresting five suspects, including a 15-year-old schoolboy, over a fake abduction that led to the extortion of N1.7 million from the boy’s mother. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Abimbola Adebisi, confirmed the arrests in a statement issued on...
Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin, has commended security operatives for rescuing three of the five persons kidnapped in Zurin Mahauta village in Lakwaya town, Gwarzo LGA of Kano State, by bandits on Sunday night. Bandits suspected to be from neighbouring states had stormed the village last...
Security forces in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have carried out a sweeping night-time operation that led to the destruction of kidnappers’ camps and the rescue of several abducted residents across multiple communities. The coordinated mission—led by troops of the Nigerian Army, operatives of the Department of State Services...
Troops of Sector 5, Operation PEACE SHIELD, have recorded a major operational breakthrough in Kaduna State with the successful rescue of 10 kidnapped victims and the recovery of arms, ammunition and ransom money. The Army authority in a post via its X handle on Friday, said the operation followed...
Troops of 13 Brigade, Nigerian Army, have successfully rescued four kidnapped victims during a well-coordinated and decisive waterborne operation in Bakassi, Cross River State, on Tuesday, 2 December 2025. The troops, while on a routine water patrol aimed at denying criminal elements freedom of movement along key waterways, intercepted...
Kaduna State has been thrown into mourning following confirmation that the Anglican priest, Venerable Edwin Achi, kidnapped late October, has died while in the hands of his captors. His wife, Sarah Achi, is still being held, deepening anxiety among family, church members and residents of the Nissi community in...
As part of ongoing intensified efforts to combat banditry, kidnapping and other violent crimes across Kogi State, troops of 12 Brigade Nigerian Army have successfully foiled an ambush by armed bandits and rescued a kidnapped victim during a coordinated operation around Oshokoshoko and Obajana in Lokoja Local Government Area....
Troops of the Joint Task Force, Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), have successfully rescued a military officer and nine other abducted persons from kidnappers in Benue State. The operation was detailed in a statement issued by Lt. Ahmad Zubairu, Acting Media Information Officer at the OPWS Headquarters in Makurdi, on...
The PRNigeria Young Communication Fellowship has concluded its latest training programme with the induction of new fellows in Ilorin, Kwara State, despite facing severe security challenges that tested the organisation’s resilience and commitment to youth empowerment. The event, held at the PRNigeria Centre, was overshadowed by the kidnapping of...
In a coordinated offensive, troops of the Nigerian Army’s 2 Division/Sector 3 Operation FANSAN YAMA have successfully rescued 21 kidnapped victims from criminal enclaves spread across Kwara and Kogi States. The operation, which took place on Friday, was confirmed in a statement by the Acting Deputy Director, Army Public...
Cross River State Police Command has verified the abduction of 17 passengers by sea pirates along the Calabar Waterways. Deputy Public Relations Officer of the command, DSP Igri Ewa, confirmed the incident on Saturday in Calabar, revealing that the attack occurred on Thursday. He assured that the police had...
In a deadly assault, suspected kidnappers gunned down eight Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) personnel and abducted a Chinese expatriate at the BUA Cement Company in Okpella, Edo State, on Friday night. The attack occurred around 10:00 p.m. as the NSCDC team escorted five Chinese expatriates back...
In a startling case of deception, the Anambra State Police Command has apprehended a 23-year-old man and his 24-year-old girlfriend for orchestrating a fake kidnapping in Awkuzu, Oyi Local Government Area. The arrests were announced in a statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, on Saturday...
By PETER OJOMA, Lokoja- Kogi State Police Command has foiled an attempt to abduct passengers along the Obajana-Oshokoshoko road. According to the command’s spokesman, SP Williams Ovye-Aya, the police patrol team responded promptly to sporadic gunfire and engaged the hoodlums in a gun duel, forcing them to flee. “All...
Obalohun of Okoloke, Oba Dada Ogunyanda, has regained his freedom after spending 28 days in the custody of his abductors. The Kogi traditional ruler was kidnapped by gunmen on May 15, 2025, but was released on Tuesday, June 11, following a coordinated effort by security forces and local vigilance...