Several security agents, civilians, have been reportedly killed while four Chinese nationals were kidnapped by gunmen believed to be bandits who attacked a mining site in Niger State. The attack was said to have occurred on Wednesday afternoon in Ajata, Aboki in Gurmana ward of Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger. The state Commissioner for Internal Security and Humanitarian Affairs, Emmanuel Umar, while confirming the incident said the number of casualties is yet to be ascertained. Residents revealed that a search party found 37 bodies of soldiers and policemen in a bush near the mining site Thursday morning.
Six other corpses of civilians were also recovered from the bush.

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba has revealed that the Nigeria Police Force is taking the identification of its officers via the introduction of an e- Warrant Card. This is to ensure standardization and upgrade of the Force Identification system. This was made known in a statement on the 29th of June 2022 by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi.

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor, has faulted the directive of the Zamfara state governor urging his state residents to arm themselves for self-defence in the wake of banditry. Following the unabated banditry activities that have engulfed the state, the Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawale had yesterday urged Zamfara state residents to procure or acquire arms for self-defence against the bandits. Similarly, the Governor also directed the state Commissioner of police to facilitate the acquisition of the arms by residents through the prompt issuance of a licence to those who indicate interest and are qualified to bear the arms.

Ondo State Governor, Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has signed an Executive Order for the compulsory installation and use of Close Circuit Television (CCTV) devices in all public and private institutions in the state. A statement issued yesterday by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Richard Olatunde, revealed that the order became imperative in the light of the increased spate of insecurity in the country owing to the state of insecurity and the need to ensure safety of lives and property in all public and private institutions and centres throughout the state.

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Abdullahi Bala as the new Executive Secretary (ES) of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund (NPTF). His appointment is with immediate effect.

Gunmen suspected to be terrorists had attacked the Maranatha Baptist Church and the St Moses Catholic Church both in the Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State in the early hours of 19th June 2022. The Sunday attack which reportedly claimed the lives of three worshipers and the abduction of many others was claimd to be coming barely after a week after some hoodlums invaded communities in the same LGA, killing about 32 villagers.