The Sokoto State Police Command has said its men are still searching for the suspected killers of a student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Deborah Samuel. Samuel was stoned to death in May 2022, by some students believed to be her classmates over allegations of blasphemy. When questioned about the silence on the case, the spokesman for the command, DSP Sanusi Abubakar, said those arrested by the police were not the prime suspects, stressing that they were only among those who organised the riot.

The Nigerian Army, on Friday, said security operatives have rescued some kidnapped victims in Manini village, along Pole Wire, Birnin Gwari road, Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. According to a statement by Director Army Public Relations, Onyema Nwachukwu, the successful operation was executed by a combined team of operatives led by the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 1 Division, Nigerian Army, Maj Gen Taoreed Lagbaja, accompanied by a team of operational commanders.

The four Catholic sisters abducted along the Okigwe-Umulolo axis of Okigwe LGA in Imo state have regained their freedom. Secretary-general of the Sister of Jesus The Saviour, Zita Ihedoro, confirmed their release on Tuesday in a statement, where she revealed that their release was unconditional. The four sisters, namely, Johannes Nwodo, Christable Echemazu, Liberata Mbamalu, and Benita Agu were kidnapped on their way to a thanksgiving mass in the LGA on Sunday.

The United States (US) government has signed an agreement with the Nigerian government to repatriate $23million in loot belonging to the former dictator, General Sani Abacha that was stashed in the foreign land. The agreement tagged ‘the Abacha-5’according to the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami was signed today after a series of negotiations with the American government. Malami said the Nigerian government and the US Department of justice have had a series of meetings targeting the recovery of the Nigerian Money stashed by the former dictator all over Europe and America during his reign as the head of state.

The Police have revealed that one of the suspects arrested for conspiring to assassinate former Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara, has given reason for his planned action. According to the suspect who linked Dogara to an incident that occurred to him in the past, he is looking to buy a rifle that he will use to kill Dogara. Bauchi State Commissioner of Police, Umar Mamman while giving an account of the events that led to the arrest of the suspect said they received discreet information that one of their police officers was attempting to sell a rifle, when they went after him he confessed that someone in Tafawa Balewa LGA approached him concerning intent to purchase a rifle, that prompted the Police officer to pick rifles from the Police armory. According to Mamman after they interrogated the police officer they got the name of the person who approached him so they went ahead and arrested the suspect.

The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has banned the parading of suspects by Nigerian police officers, if it must be done, then a court order must be obtained. This ruling was passed by Justice Zainab Abubakar in a suit marked FCH/ABJ/SC/01/2022 and filed by Victor Ojionu against the Inspector-General of Police and Attorney-General of the Federation over the unlawful arrest, handcuffing detention, and pre-trial media parade by a team of IRT police officers on 17th September 2019.