Author: Uche Samuel

Officials in India have detained two Nigerian citizens, Modebe Joseph and Sunday Okonkwo, for their purported participation in an international cybercrime ring accused of infiltrating cooperative banks. The individuals were apprehended in Noida, situated in Uttar Pradesh, by the cybercrime division of the Gautam Buddh Nagar Police Commissionerate during a synchronized security operation. As per a report from The Times of India, Joseph, aged 42, and Okonkwo, 35, were allegedly associated with a cyber threat organization known as Solar Spider, which reportedly targets financial establishments with inadequate cybersecurity measures. The detentions were executed through a collaborative operation involving personnel from the Cyber Crime Police Station along with various security entities. Dep...

Forces of the Joint Task Force (North East) Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) has disrupted attempts by terrorists to launch attacks on troop positions at Azir Bridge in Sector 2 and Banki in Sector 1. The insurgents, who advanced in significant numbers in a frenzied effort to overrun the sites, encountered rapid and overwhelming opposition from alert troops. Lieutenant Colonel Sani Uba, Media Information Officer at the Headquarters Joint Task Force (North East)Operation HADIN KAI stated that the soldiers executed well-organized spoiling attacks that unsettled the terrorists’ assault formations and caused chaos among them. The statement indicated that the unsuccessful assaults starkly contradict the erroneous propaganda and false narratives circulating on various online media platforms, asserti...

A Rivers State High Court located in Port Harcourt has adjudicated three individuals to death by hanging for their involvement in the abduction and killing of a pharmacist, Muenalo Sunday, in Khana Local Government Area of the state. The presiding judge, Justice Augusta Chukwu, issued the death penalty on Friday to Confidence Kirinee, commonly referred to as General Illa, Precious Mona, and Soniabari Sagha after determining their guilt in conspiracy, cultism, kidnapping, and murder. In the same ruling, the court found Loveday Legah guilty of affiliation with a secret cult group connected to the offense and condemned him to life imprisonment. The judge further stated that the prosecution had convincingly proven the allegations against the convicts beyond a reasonable doubt. The court esta...

The scheduled interment of 13 individuals who lost their lives during a recent assault by alleged armed herdsmen in the Turan community, Jato-Aka, in the Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State, has been delayed due to the absence of a mortician at the facility where the remains were stored. Relatives of the departed and members of the Concerned Sons and Daughters of Turan Community had previously designated Thursday, March 12, 2026, for a collective burial. Arrangements were already in progress in the Mbachom community, where mourners and locals congregated in expectation of the memorial service. Nevertheless, the event was stalled after family members could not retrieve the remains from the mortuary. A kin of one victim, Bemgba Numve, who spoke with reporters in the area, stated th...

Forces of Sector 3 Operation WHIRL STROKE (OPWS) have detained two alleged abductors in Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State. This was reported in a message shared on X on Friday by security expert Zagazola Makama. As stated by Makama, the operation commenced on March 11 at approximately 9 am, when security forces proceeded to Arufu Village. “They captured one suspect who initially refuted involvement but later confessed to taking part in kidnapping events earlier in February. “A subsequent investigation resulted in the apprehension of another accomplice in Chinkai Village. Items seized from the suspects included two mobile devices, a homemade knife, and the amount of N21,520,” Makama noted. The suspects and the recovered items are presently in the custody of the forces as inqui...

An educator at the College of Health Technology, Ijero-Ekiti, Ekiti State, has been condemned to death by hanging by an Ondo State High Court for armed robbery. The accused, Shittu Isiaka, was found culpable on a two-count indictment of conspiracy and armed robbery by the presiding judge, Justice O. M. Adejumo. On the third charge, the court acquitted and freed Isiaka for allegedly jeopardizing the life or health of the victim. The judge determined that the prosecution did not prove the claim beyond a reasonable doubt. The accused was initially presented before the court on November 26, 2018, on a three-count accusation of conspiracy to carry out armed robbery, armed robbery, and endangering life. According to the prosecution, the accused along with other suspects who remain at large, in...

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, FCT Command, has apprehended a 27-year-old male individual who impersonated a National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, member to swindle parents and students. The individual, whose identity remains confidential, masqueraded as a corps member to gain employment at the International Model Science Academy, a branch of the National Mathematical Centre in the Kwali Area Council of the territory. Mr. Olusola Odumosu, the Commandant of the FCT Corps, revealed this during a press briefing in Abuja on Thursday. Odumosu refuted an online media claim suggesting that the command was unlawfully holding the individual and demanding large sums of money. He characterized the report as erroneous, misleading, and an unfounded accusation against the command a...

The Nigeria Police Force, Sokoto state command reported that its operatives from the Anti-Kidnapping Unit have apprehended five individuals suspected of being part of a counterfeit currency syndicate referred to as "Sai Malam." In a release by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Ahmad Rufa’i, three suspects—Muhd Hamidu from Kwanni, Niger Republic, along with Umar Hassan and Sadik Isah from Illela Local Government Area—have been transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department for additional inquiry. It was noted that intelligence efforts led to the capture of two additional suspects: Buhari Abubakar and Kasimu Muhammad, both residing in the Makera Asada quarters of Sokoto Metropolis. The statement indicated that the command has efficiently recovered counterfeit bill...

Two individuals have been apprehended in Adamawa State for purportedly kidnapping a four-year-old child and soliciting a ransom. The Adamawa State Police Command detained the two alleged abductors in relation to the kidnapping of the four-year-old boy in Ngballang, a locality in Numan Local Government Area. The Police officials stated on Friday that the occurrence was reported on March 2, 2026, when Umar Ibrahim, a resident of Ngballang, submitted a complaint at the Numan Police Division stating that his son, Ramadan, had gone out to play on March 1 but did not return home. According to the officials, preliminary attempts by the family and the community to find the child were futile, until the father received a call a few days later from an unidentified number, notifying him that his son...

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Ogun State Command has achieved the legal conviction of 20 drivers for differing traffic infractions within the state. The violators were sentenced during the Phase II of FRSC Mobile Court proceedings held at the Itori unit command, overseen by Her Worship, Chief Magistrate O.T. Odunsaya. As stated in a press release disseminated on Friday by the Corps Public Relations Officer, Odunsi Afolabi, the offenders were brought to court and subsequently found guilty. “The session witnessed 20 individuals being charged and subsequently convicted, without any acquittals reported. A total of 40 violations were recorded, 39 of which incurred various penalties and none was subjected to imprisonment,” he remarked. Afolabi mentioned that the enforcement operation co...

The Anambra State administration has apprehended a well-known spiritual figure from Nnewi referred to as De Young Chief Priest. This apprehension ensued after the administration’s initiative to target traditional practitioners and herbalists accused of concocting charms for offenders. Law enforcement officials detained De Young Chief Priest on Thursday within his office in Nnewi due to purported illicit activities. As per reports, the individual is presently being questioned by officials as part of a continuing inquiry into alleged spiritual aid offered to wrongdoers in the area. The administration has not yet disclosed comprehensive information regarding the accusations against the herbalist. NAIJATAB also discovered that the detainment is thought to be linked to the state administrati...

Combatants of the Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, allegedly sprinted in chaos on Friday after forces of Operation Hadin Kai, aided by the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, successfully thwarted an attempted assault on a military installation in Banki, Bama Local Government Area of Borno. This information was shared in a post on X by counter-insurgency and security specialist in the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama. As per Makama, intelligence sources revealed that the insurgents initiated the attack in the pre-dawn hours of Friday, advancing in substantial numbers in a bid to overrun the military unit. He mentioned that the troops promptly confronted the militants in an intense gunfight, effectively countering the offensive and preventing the insurgents from breaching the base. Accord...