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Troops of the Joint Task Force North West, Operation FANSAN YAMMA (JTF NW OPFY), rescued 31 kidnapped victims, neutralised two terrorists and arrested two suspected terrorists in separate operations in Katsina and Kebbi States on 14 and 15 September 2026.
The Plateau State Police Command says with the collective efforts of their officers and men, and the cooperation of Community leaders, Stakeholders and importantly, the confidence and timely information provided by members of the public for the month of August has paraded 31 suspects involved in different crimes. While the total number of Arms Recovered include 10 Rifles both English and Locally made, with 54 live ammunition total number recovered.
The Plateau State Police Command has disbursed over Twenty five eight hundred and twenty one thousand naira (N25,821,0000 00) Cheques to 22 families of the deceased Police Officers who had died. While presenting the Cheques on Friday (today) at the Police Headquarters Jos to the deceased Families by CP Ayodeji Faniyan said, the process eliminated the previous issues such as miscalculation,short payment and delays.
The Cross River State Police Command has taken note of a viral video circulating on social media alleging that market women at Watt Market, Calabar, held a Police officer following a chase involving a suspected internet fraudster, during which a trader’s goods were reportedly scattered. The narration is false Sunday Eitokpah Akata in a statement issued to journalists in calabar said *The Command wishes to state that the narrative accompanying the video is misleading and does not accuratel
The Cross River State Police Command has confirmed a boat collision incident involving two speed boats in the Ikang axis of Bakassi Local Government Area of the state Preliminary information available to our reporter has it that the Command indicates that the incident occurred on 6 September 22026 at about 1214 hours, while a W23 speed boat carrying 13 Nigerian passengers was sailing from Ikang towards the Republic of Cameroon through the Cameroon territorial waters around the Tikoro area.
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The Sokoto State Police Command has confirmed the death of one person who stabbed prominent Islamic cleric, Malam Musa Lukuwa, in Sokoto. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Rufa’i Ahmad, confirmed this on Friday. He said the suspect was killed by mob action after stabbing Lukuwa in the stomach immediately after the congregational Friday prayer.
The Cross River State Police Command has detained and commenced investigation into the circumstances waranting an alleged unauthorised hernia surgery performed on Ukpan, surname withheld, ‘M’, 60 years, at a private clinic in Ekori, Yakurr Local Government Area, cross river state after the patient reportedly developed complications following the procedure.ASP Etoikpah Sunday Akata Police Public Relations OfficerCross River State Command in a statement stated
The Cross River State Police Command has arrested 22-year-old Ason Onen Usang in Abi Local Government Area, and recovered an unregistered Dayang motorcycle suspected to have been stolen from Ikom Local Government Area cross river state . . The suspect was arrested at about 9:00 p.m. on 9 September 2026, by the men of EkorI Police Division while allegedly attempting to sell the motorcycle.
The Plateau State Police Command has confirmed and regrets to inform the general public of a tragic attack on a bus conveying passengers at Dungus, Kuru District, Jos South Local Government Area. The Command said it's received a distress report on 13th September 2026, at about 19:45PM that unidentified gunmen operating on a motorcycle had opened fire on a Toyota bus, with Registration Number BUU 621 ZL, while conveying passengers to Jos.
The Berom Youth Moulders-Association (BYM),has confirmed that 11 people were killed following the attacks on a Commercial But in Dungus, Kuru, Jos South Local Government Area, and Ta-Hoss in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau on Sunday.
Police in Sokoto on Monday arraigned six youths before the Chief Magistrate Court in Tambuwal for allegedly inciting public disturbance. This was disclosed to our correspondent in Sokoto by the Spokesperson of the Sokoto State Police Command, DSP Ahmed Rufai, in a telephone interview.
