Niger Police Force has arrested ten suspects in connection with, armed robbery, thuggery, possession of dangerous weapons, cattle rustling from various parts of the state.

The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun in a statement said the suspects were arrested during separate operations conducted by police surveillance teams and operatives attached to Tudun-Wada Division and Central Police Division, Minna.

He explained that two suspects, Habibu Isyaku, 20 years, and Musa Yakubu, 18 years, were intercepted by police on a motorcycle around Western Bye-Pass on November 17, 2025.

According to him, a locally made gun was recovered from them, and they were unable to provide a satisfactory account of themselves.

The suspects have been charged to court with criminal conspiracy, thuggery, and being in possession of dangerous weapons and illicit substances.

Abiodun also stated that in another development, five suspects were arrested in a sting operation in some identified black spots around Sayako, Tudun-Natsira, Abdul Salam Qtrs, and Baida on November 14, 2025.

The suspects include, Abdullahi Sani, 27years, Mohammed Inuwa, 21years, Abbas Yahaya, 25 years, Abdulrahman Ismail, 29 years, and Mohammed Abubakar, 28 years, were arrested with suspected cannabis, a sharp knife, a long saw blade, and illicit substances.

The PRO further disclosed that three suspects were arrested for receiving and selling suspected rustled/stolen cattle.

They include, Naziru Mustapha, 25 years, Husseini Abubakar, 30years, and Kabiru Magaji, 40years, were arrested in connection with the theft of cows in Ibeto area of Magama LGA.

“Eight cows were recovered from them, and efforts are ongoing to arrest two other suspects, Bashar Sani and Ibrahim Tasiu, who are currently at large”

” The police are continuing their investigation to identify other receivers and recover other rustled cattle, ” he added.

An operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, was on Thursday, fatally stabbed by a middle-aged man suspected to be mentally unstable in Ondo State.

The tragic incident occurred in Oke-Ala community in Oba-Ile, Akure North Local Council Area of the state when two personnel of NSCDC was deployed over a complaint on public disturbance by the suspect.

According to sources in the area, the mother of the suspect had raised the alarm over the disturbing activities of his son, who had been unstable for years and was causing unrest in the area.

One of the sources stated that the situation escalated while the officers attempted to prevent the suspect from further disturbance but he allegedly overpowered one of the officers and stabbed him repeatedly.

“The boy has been acting weirdly of late and suddenly became violent, disturbing the entire area. It was when he was struggling with the officer that he took his knife and stabbed him several times,” the source stated.

“It was shocking because the officer was even armed with a gun and his colleague, yet they could not prevent the brutal attack.

The injured NSCDC personnel was rushed to the hospital but later died from the injuries sustained during the violent encounter.

Confirming the incident, the NSCDC Public Relations Officer in the state, Daniel Aidamenbor, said the officers were in the process of restraining the suspect with the intention of taking him to a psychiatric hospital for proper treatment when the incident occurred.

He explained that the tragic attack happened in the course of trying to ensure the safety of both the suspect and the community.

“It is true. The incident happened. It occurred when our officers were attempting to take the man to a facility where he would be treated.”

An eight-month-old baby was miraculously rescued unharmed on Thursday, following a multiple-vehicle collision at Otedola, inward Tollgate, on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

The crash left four pedestrians with severe injuries.

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, confirmed that the early-morning accident involved four vehicles: a Hydra truck with registration number APP 261 FA, an LT commercial bus marked EPE 574 YC, a Ford vehicle numbered GG 283 XQ, and an unregistered Mark flat-body truck.

Initial findings indicated that the four injured pedestrians, including a woman carrying the infant on her back, were attempting to cross the expressway when the speeding LT bus struck them.

The force of the impact reportedly triggered a chain of secondary collisions involving the other vehicles.

LASTMA officers deployed to the scene were able to rescue the infant, who was found alive and uninjured despite the severity of the crash.

The injured adults were stabilised on site before being transported to the Lagos State Accident & Emergency Centre near the Tollgate for immediate treatment.

Police officers from the Alausa Division were also present, securing the area and assisting emergency responders as they worked to manage the situation and ease traffic pressure on the busy expressway.

LASTMA spokesperson, Adebayo Taofiq said all the affected vehicles had been cleared from the road to prevent prolonged congestion and restore normal traffic flow.

The agency’s General Manager, Mr Olalekan Bakare-Oki, commiserated with the victims and wished them quick recovery.

He also cautioned pedestrians against crossing expressways, urging them to make use of pedestrian bridges and describing such risky crossings as both avoidable and potentially fatal.