Category: Security
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TROOPS STORM TARABA, CHASE KIDNAPPERS INTO BUSH AND FREE THREE YOUTHS
Imagine kidnappers thinking they’ve got easy prey in a quiet Taraba village—then troops crash the party, sending them scampering and rescuing the captives in a Hollywood-style chase On January 5, 6 Brigade/Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke troops mobilized on solid intel to Sangai Village, Bachama Ward, Karim Lamido LGA, pursuing suspects toward the Taraba-Plateau border…
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EDO VOWS KIDNAP CRACKDOWN AFTER DOCTOR’S BRUTAL SLAYING
Heartbreaking loss in Auchi—a doctor abducted and killed in cold blood. Now Edo State government is doubling down, swearing to hunt the culprits and wipe out kidnapping for good. The Okpebholo administration called Dr. Abu Momoh Tahir’s murder “unfortunate, painful, and regrettable,” condoling his family while assuring the public: perpetrators won’t escape justice. Pre-yuletide bush-combing…
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SUDAN’S KORDOFAN KILLING FIELDS: UN SOUNDS ALARM ON CIVILIAN SLAUGHTER
Imagine drone strikes pounding hunger-ravaged North Darfur right before Sudan’s war hits its 1,000th bloody day—now the UN’s begging for a ceasefire as thousands flee escalating horrors in Kordofan. OCHA warns rival armies—Sudan’s military vs Rapid Support Forces—have partitioned the nation since April 2023, triggering over 12 million displacements, the world’s largest crisis, with fresh…
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NIGER STATE MASSACRES: UN DEMANDS SCHOOLS SAFE FROM SLAUGHTER
Heartbreaking scenes in Niger State—over 30 slaughtered at a village market, homes torched, kids snatched—now the UN’s screaming for shields around civilians and classrooms before it’s too late. UN Resident Coordinator Mohamed Fall slammed the January 3 bloodbath in Kasuwan Daji, Borgu LGA, plus fresh horrors in Agwara, Kwara, and Ondo, calling them blatant human…
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UN SLAMS US SEIZURE OF MADURO: VENEZUELA’S VOICE MUST PREVAIL
Picture the UN Human Rights Chief calling out a bold US military move on Venezuela’s president—now they’re warning it trashes global rules and leaves the world less safe. Is this justice or a sovereignty shocker? Volker Türk and spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani blasted the US seizure of Nicolás Maduro, insisting unilateral force violates international law and…
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NIGER POLICE DEFUSE MYSTERY MISSILE IN VILLAGE FOREST
Imagine stumbling upon what looks like a missile in your local bush—chilling, right? That’s exactly what happened in Niger State’s Zugurma community, but police swooped in fast to neutralize the threat. In Mashegu LGA, residents spotted a suspected unexploded military ordnance (UXO) in a forest, prompting swift action from Ibbi Division cops who cordoned off…
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RIVERS POLICE DIG UP SHALLOW GRAVE: 2 NABBED IN OKRIKA YOUTH MURDER
Okrika mom’s desperate plea pays off. Rivers Police Anti-Kidnapping Unit busted two suspects over missing youth Sampson Worianime’s gruesome end—body exhumed from shallow grave. Nov 11 vanish: Worianime tagged Ogbogbo Community lads to measure old settlement land. Petition sparked intel probe, nabbing Igwe Alex (26, Aleto-Eleme Chief Security) and John Mikel (24, same hood). Confessions…
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EDO BROTHERS’ KIDNAP HORROR: YOUNGER SLAIN AND DUMPED, DOCTOR BRO STILL TRAPPED
Fresh med grad Tahir Abu’s dreams crushed. Kidnappers killed him during captivity, abandoning his body by a riverbank in Etsako West bush. Elder brother Dr Babatunde Abu, houseman at Edo Teaching Hospital, remains their hostage as family scrambles. Jan 1 nightmare unfolded on Auchi’s City Pride Road, Igbira Camp. Gunmen ambushed the duo driving home…
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LAGOS POLICE LOCKS DOWN EXTORTION COPS: N3.3M COUPLE HEIST EXPOSED, FULL PROBE UNDERWAY
Viral X firestorm delivers. Lagos Command nailed identities Monday of Area H Ogudu officers busted for allegedly extorting $2,000 (N3.3m) from an innocent couple nabbed Dec 18. They coughed back N2.2m only after social roar, then pleading to pocket N1.1m as “already divvied among mates.” Spox SP Abimbola Adebisi tweeted (@AbimbolaShotayo). Culprits yanked to HQ,…
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VENEZUELA CRISIS DEEPENS: UN FLAGS 8M NEEDING AID, SLAMS US RAID LAW BREAK
8 million Venezuelans one-quarter of the pop desperate for basics, UN warns; humanitarian crunch worsens post-US strike snatching Maduro (NY court Monday on drug/gun charges with wife Cilia). Spox Stéphane Dujarric Monday: OCHA teams assess, deliver food/health/protection to vulnerable under Resident Coordinator lead. But 2025 Response Plan? Just 17% funded ($600m+ gap)—world’s worst. “Urgent cash…
