Zamfara State Police Command has neutralised two suspected bandits and recovered explosive devices during separate security operations in Bungudu Local Government Area of the state.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Command’s spokesperson, DSP Yazoo Abubakar, said armed hoodlums invaded the Funture area of Rugar Buda Village via Nahuce District in Bungudu Emirate around 12:30 a.m., firing sporadically in an attempt to cause panic among residents.

He said operatives, alongside other security personnel stationed in Nahuce, swiftly mobilised to the scene and engaged the attackers in a gun duel.

According to him, two bandits were killed during the encounter, while others escaped into nearby forests with possible gunshot injuries.

He added that a vigilante member, identified as Kabiru Auwal, sustained a gunshot injury to his left hand and is currently receiving treatment at a medical facility.

The Command said patrol and confidence-building operations have been intensified in the affected communities to prevent further attacks and ensure residents’ safety.

In a related development, the Command disclosed that operatives of the newly established Violent Crime Response Unit, VCRU, in collaboration with the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (EOD-CBRN) team, discovered and neutralised an Improvised Explosive Device, IED, along the Bilbis–Kuncin Kalgo Road.

According to DSP Abubakar, the pressure-plate IED, suspected to have been planted by terrorists, was detected at the Hayin Kagana–Kuncin Kalgo axis and safely dismantled without casualties.

He said the device was professionally evacuated and destroyed in line with standard safety procedures to prevent accidental detonation, rendering the area safe for public use.

The Commissioner of Police, Ahmad Muhammad Bello, commended the operatives for their professionalism and assured residents of continued efforts to sustain security across the state.

Three suspected illegal miners transporting solid minerals believed to be lithium ore without valid documents have been apprehended by the Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).

The state commandant of NSCDC, Abbas Nda Mohammed, while briefing newsmen on Tuesday gave the names of the suspects as Musa Abdullahi, 45, Aliyu Ibrahim, 20, and Ishaq Ibrahim, 51, all from Keffi in Nasarawa State, saying that they were apprehended during an intelligence-led operation by operatives of the Mines and Steel Unit attached to the Command’s Special Patrol Team.

He said, “The operation formed part of the corps’ renewed crackdown on illegal mining and economic sabotage in the state.”

Abbas explained that the suspects were arrested on the Jebba Expressway in the Okolowo area of Ilorin at about 10 p.m. on Friday.

His men, he said, intercepted a truck bearing registration number DKA 990 XJ, Kaduna State, conveying about 36 tonnes of substances suspected to be lithium ore.

Preliminary investigations, according to the state commander of NSCDC, showed that the suspects failed to provide valid mining licences, waybills or any legal documents authorising the possession and transportation of the mineral resources.

He said that investigations were ongoing to ascertain the actual source and ownership of the minerals, identify other persons connected to the transaction and determine the mining company involved, assuring that the suspects will be prosecuted in accordance with the law upon conclusion of the investigation.

Abbas expressed the corps’ determination to safeguarding critical national assets, pointing out that the command will intensify operations against illegal mining and other criminal activities across the state.

A 30-year-old man, identified as Spiro Odese, has reportedly killed his father following a heated argument over a lack of food in the house in Edo State.

DAILY POST gathered that the incident happened on Sunday, May 24, 2026, at Ikhe-khe Uhumwenbho community in Ewatto, Esan South East Local Government Area of the State.

It was learnt that the deceased, identified as Friday Odese, was a farmer in the Ikhe-khe Uhumwenbho Ewatto before he was allegedly killed by his son.

The 30-year-old man was, however, lynched by angry youths following the killing of his father.

A source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, alleged that the killing resulted from a heated argument between the father and son over a lack of food in the house.

“The son, simply identified as Spiro Odese, was irked with the father’s response over his inability to provide food in the house.

“A heated quarrel then broke out, and angered with this development, the son immediately reached out to a cutlass and used it to attack the father, killing him on the spot”, he said.

The source added that a woman who saw the attack raised an alarm and called for help.

He said a neighbour who attempted to rescue the man was also attacked and inflicted with severe injuries, adding that the man is currently in the intensive care unit in an undisclosed hospital in the state.

He stated that, following a reprisal from an angry mob, the young man was lynched and in a few hours confirmed dead.

When contacted, the spokesperson of the Edo State Police Command, ASP Eno lkoedem said the police in Ewohimi Division are yet to be briefed on the development.