The police command in Nasarawa state says two people were killed in the Agyaragu community in Obi Local Government due to a clash between a police special constabulary and an army personnel. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Ramhan Nansel, disclosed this at a news conference on Sunday in Lafia. Mr Nansel …

Soldiers attached to the Ojo Cantonment Barracks led by a yet-to-be-identified colleague, who was accosted for driving against the traffic around Volks Bus Stop, along the Ojo Iyana Iba Road area of Lagos State have stabbed a policeman, Saka Ganiyu, to death. According to PUNCH Online, the soldier, who was not wearing his uniform, while driving an unregistered T4 Volkswagen …

Defence headquarters yesterday vowed that no matter how long it takes, the military will continue to hunt for the killers of the 17 officers and soldiers, who were on a legitimate duty to ensure peace and security in the Delta State community. It also assured that notorious terrorist and bandit leader, Bello Turji, who has been having a field day …

Weeks after arresting Okuama community leaders, armed soldiers in their numbers and gunboats allegedly stormed the town in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State early Monday morning, shooting at anything in sight. A man from the community who spoke to Vanguard on phone from the bush said the military personnel came on land through Okoloba community after using …

Soldiers of the 14 Brigade, Ohafia, stationed at Aba, have killed a gunman suspected to be a sit-at-home enforcer at the Osisioma Ngwa area, in Aba, Abia State, along the Enugu – Port Harcourt expressway. It was gathered that the gunmen had warned traders and motorists against doing business to observe the sit-at-home order. They destroyed goods belonging to the …

Soldiers from the 35 Artillery Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Alamala, on Wednesday, carried out an environmental sanitation exercise at Lafenwa market in Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun State. The exercise was part of activities to mark the 2024 Nigerian Army Day celebration. The soldiers were seen sweeping through the market and clearing drainages within the environment. Speaking …

Troops of the Nigerian Army deployed for operations in Ebonyi State have thwarted an attack by suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra on Isheke Police Station. The IPOB fighters were said to have invaded the station and torched the facility as well as several vehicles on the premises. In a statement posted on Thursday on X, the service …

Troops of Operation Whirl Punch have killed six bandits terrorising the Birnin-Gwari general areas in the Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The state Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this on Friday in Kaduna. He said the troops successfully cleared Maidaro, Ngade Alha, Dogon Dawa, Damari, Saulawa, Farin Ruwa, Maganda, Sabon Layi, and Kampanin …

The Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti, has raised the N25 million bounty placed on the killers of five soldiers in Obikabia Junction in Aba, the commercial hub of the state to N30 million. He made the pledge during the meeting which had the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Hasan Abubakar, the Commander 14 Brigade Ohafia, Brigadier General O.O. …

Ekiti State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Taiwo Olatunbosun said on Sunday that soldiers, police and Amotekun Corps operatives had moved in to curtail the dispute between Eda Oniyo in Ekiti State and neighbouring Obbo Ayegunle in Kwara State over land ownership. Olatunbosun said: “Available information indicated that the boundary dispute between Eda Oniyo Ekiti and Obbo Ayegunle in Kwara State …