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The Katsina State Police Command has successfully rescued 18 kidnap victims and recovered stolen cattle following separate incidents involving armed bandits. In a statement on Sunday, a police spokesman in the state, ASP Abubakar Sadiq, said the incident occurred on January 3, 2025 along the Funtua-Gusau highway in Zamfara State. He said that the police…
28 Dec
Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Saturday extended condolences to the government and people of Sokoto State over those who lost their lives in the coordinated joint operation against the Lakurawa terrorist groups in their hideouts at Gidan Sama and Rumtuwa communities in Silame Local Government Area. About 10 villagers were said to have lost their…
28 Dec
Kwara State Police Command at the weekend foiled a well-orchestrated kidnap in Oke-Ero local government area of the state. The victims, who were forcefully abducted by armed assailants on their way to a wedding programme in Kogi State, were rescued in a joint operation involving the Police and the Oke-Ero Local Government Security Initiative personnel.…
2 Dec
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) rescued no fewer than six victims of Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) from a deadly container accident. The FRSC Corps Marshal, Malam Shehu Mohammed said this in a statement by the Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO) Mr Olusegun Ogungbemide on Monday in Abuja. Mohammed commended the efforts of FRSC Rescue…
2 Dec
The Borno State Government has successfully distributed food and relief materials to 63,000 victims of recent floods in Ngala Local Government Area (LGA). The distribution targeted Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and members of host communities severely affected by the disaster. The relief items, donated by the Federal Government, included essential food grains such as maize,…
8 Nov
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited Joint Venture (SPDC JV), on Friday, announced the donation of $1M to provide relief to over 500,000 affected by floods in Borno. The announcement is contained in a statement by Mrs. Gladys Afam-Anadu, the Media Relations Manager at SPDC. Afam-Anadu quoted the Managing Director of SPDC and…
4 Nov
The Niger State Police Command has disclosed that the command on 1st November 2024 received information that some passengers who were on transit in a Toyota Bus vehicle with Reg. No. LG 08 DGS from Sokoto State heading to Bayelsa State were attacked by suspected kidnappers at Gidan-Kwakwa along Tegina-Zungeru road in Rafi local council…
3 Nov
Security operatives under the Kaduna Police Command have rescued two kidnapped victims in the State, as they recovered 283 suspected rustled cows and 20 sheep. The operatives also arrested five suspects during the operation. Police Spokesman, ASP Mansir Hassan, in a statement, on Sunday, "on 31st October 2024, Acting on credible intelligence received, the Officer…
17 Oct
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has completed the airlift of the relief materials donated by the First Lady, Sen. Remi Tinubu, to victims of the flood disaster in Maiduguri, Borno. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore Olusola Akinboyewa, on Thursday in Abuja. Akinboyewa said the…
17 Oct
The fatality toll recorded in the Monday petrol tanker explosion in Jigawa State rose to 147 on Wednesday, with over 100 victims already committed to mass burial. The tragedy struck Majiya village in Taura Local Government Area (LGA) after a tanker accident spilled fuel in the community, claiming several households and family members. The police…
12 Oct
The Rivers State Police Command has clarified a ‘misleading report’ circulating on social media regarding a recent rescue operation. Rivers police spokesman SP Grace Iringe-Koko, said the statement was to set the record straight on the rescue of 16 children from a compound in Ozuoba, in Obio-Akpor council of the state. “On September 8, 2024,…
9 Oct
Katsina State Government said it will disburse N2billion to victims affected by flood in some parts of the state. The governor Dikko Radda made this known on Tuesday evening during the launch of the second phase for the distribution of 3,850 bags of 25kg of rice to vulnerable groups. The rice was donated to the…
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