Air Vice Marshal Sikiru Smith (retd.), who was abducted on Monday in the Ajah area of Lagos State, has regained his freedom after spending six days in the hands of his captors. The retired General was released in the early hours of Saturday October, 2. The spokesman for the Police in Lagos State, Adekunle Ajisebutu, also confirmed the development. “I can confirm that he has been released,” he said. It could be recalled that Smith, who is currently the Chairman of Double Wealth Ventures Limited, a dredging and engineering firm, was supervising work on a site in the Ajah area of Lagos State on Monday when masked gunmen invaded the place and shot into the air to scare away people.

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has declared a total shutdown in the Southeast on October 1, and operation "no Nigerian flag" in all organizations in the region with effect from September 25, 2021. The group made the announcement in a statement by the Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, saying there would be no movement in the Southeast on October 1, 2021.

The magistrate court sitting at Yaba, Lagos, has remanded Samuel Phillips, the police sergeant dismissed over his alleged involvement in the fatal shooting of Monsurat Ojuade, an 18-year-old girl. Announcing the sacking of Phillips, the Police Public Relations Officer, Adekunle Ajisebutu in a statement of Friday said Phillips was dismissed after the conclusion of his orderly room trial. “The suspect will be charged to court for murder,” he added. The statement reads: “This is to inform the general public that Sgt Samuel Phillips who was tried for the shooting incident of 11th September 2021 that led to the death of Monsurat Ojuade has been dismissed from the Nigerian Police Force. He was dismissed after the conclusion of his orderly room trial. The suspect will be charged to court today for murder. “Recall that the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, had promised that the matter would be properly investigated. 

The House of Representatives has reached a resolution to investigate and prevent the alleged leakage of classified documents to the general public, describing it as an act of sabotage. This decision was taken after the adoption of a motion by Rep. Babatunde Adejare at the plenary on Thursday, titled: ‘Need to Address Leakage of Classified Security Documents to the Public.’

Gunmen have killed three policemen and injured two persons while setting a police vehicle ablaze at the Ezeiweka area of the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra State. It was gathered that the two persons injured were also cops during the shooting incident at a security post mounted by the police operatives.

The Yobe Police Command says it has arrested a 22-year-old Yobe housewife, Khadija Yakubu, for allegedly Killing three Stepchildren with Poison in Potiskum town, Yobe State. The incident occurred at Makara-Huta area of Potiskum in the early hours of Friday when the three deceased drank a poisoned tea allegedly prepared by their stepmother. ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, the Police Public Relations Officer in the Yobe State Police Command, confirmed the incident, noting that the suspect had been apprehended. According to him, the victims were; Umar Alh Haruna, aged 12; Ahmed Alh Haruna, aged 9; Maryam Alh Haruna, aged 11 as well as a 7-year-old Zainab Alh Haruna.