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The Kebbe Local Government Area of Sokoto State has distributed 150 bags of maize and cash assistance to households displaced by bandit attacks across several communities in the area. The Chairman of the Council, Hon. Musa Garba Kuchi, supervised the distribution exercise held on Monday at the Palace of the District Head of Kebbe, Sarkin Kebbin Kebbe, in Kebbe town.
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), under the inspired and visionary leadership of the Commandant General Prof. Ahmed Abubakar Audi _mni OFR_, the Corps is committed to ensure prompt access to civil centred justice through its preventive modules of eradicating illegalities, fraud and economic sabotage within the confines of the nation.
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), under the inspired and visionary leadership of the Commandant General Prof. Ahmed Abubakar Audi _mni OFR_, the Corps is committed to ensure prompt access to civil centred justice through its preventive modules of eradicating illegalities, fraud and economic sabotage within the confines of the nation.
Troops of Joint Task Force North West, Operation FANSAN YAMMA (JTF NW OPFY), arrested a suspected illicit drug peddler in Kaduna State and foiled a terrorist attack, rescuing two kidnapped victims in Sokoto State, during separate operations on 12 and 13 September 2026.
The attention of Headquarters 8 Division, Nigerian Army/Sector 2 Joint Task Force North West Operation FANSAN YAMMA ( OPFY) has been drawn to a misleading report circulating on various media platforms claiming that a group of Islamic scholars were abducted at the residence of Senator Abdul'aziz Abubakar Yari in Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
Troops of the Joint Task Force North West, Operation FANSAN YAMMA (JTF NW OPFY) arrested a suspected terrorists, intercepted ammunition courier and apprehended a suspected terrorist logistics supplier in separate operations in Kaduna State.
The Zamfara State Police Command has commenced a coordinated rescue operation following an attack by armed bandits along Dakko–Damri feeder road in Bakura Local Government Area, where six Islamic clerics (Imams) were abducted.
The Commissioner of Police, Zamfara State Command, CP Ahmad Muhammad Bello, PSC+, MNIPS, CCNP, has presented 27 cheques under the Nigeria Police Force Group Life Assurance Scheme to the families and next of kin of deceased police officers, amounting to a total sum of ₦12,150,868.33 (Twelve Million, One Hundred and Fifty Thousand, Eight Hundred and Sixty-Eight Naira, Thirty-Three Kobo).
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has confirmed that between 4th and 10th September 2026, a total of 17 terrorist fighters and their family members surrendered to its troops in Borno State. This was contained in a statement signed and issued to Defence Correspondents in Abuja by the Director, Defence Media Operations, Major General Michael Onoja while highlighting on the successes and achievements recorded during the period by Armed Forces of Nigeria across various threatres nationwide.
The Nigerian Army has refuted a report carried out by some media platforms claiming that group of Islamic scholars were abducted at the residence of Senator Abdul'aziz Abubakar Yari in Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State. According to the Nigerian Army, the report is not true rather it is misleading the public.
Troops of Sector 2 Joint Task Force North West, Operation FANSAN YAMMA, rescued 12 civilians during separate operations against terrorists in Kaura Namoda and Tsafe Local Government Areas of Zamfara State on 7 September 2026. In the first incident, troops responded to a distress call following the infiltration of terrorists into a residence at Tsohon Tasha, Kaura Namoda Local Government Area. Troops engaged the terrorists, forcing them to abandon six abducted civilians and flee across a nearb
Troops of Sector 1, Joint Task Force North West, Operation FANSAN YAMMA, foiled a cattle rustling activity and recovered over 500 cattle during a swift response operation in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State on 8 September 2026.
