The Kano State Anti-Phone Snatching Squad has arrested seven suspected drug users during a raid at Mahaha Stadium as part of ongoing efforts to combat drug abuse, phone snatching and thuggery across the state.

The command’s spokesperson, Ibrahim Garba Ahmad, disclosed the development in an interview with a local radio station on Wednesday, saying the operation followed credible intelligence about the sale and consumption of illicit substances within sections of the Mahaha Stadium premises.

According to him, the squad’s commander, Nura Salisu Sharada, directed a team led by DC Abduljalal Sa’id Muhammad to raid the area.

“When our officers arrived at the scene, they found people openly trading in illicit drugs and other intoxicating substances, including locally identified products known as Madarar Sukudayi and Sholisho. The dealers fled on sighting the officers, but seven individuals who had come to purchase the substances were arrested,” Ahmad said.

He explained that the operation forms part of the squad’s expanded patrols across Kano under its “Damisa Ki Sabo” initiative, aimed at identifying and apprehending suspected drug dealers and users, as well as other criminal elements.

Ahmad added that following the arrests, Commander Sharada ordered that the seven suspects be handed over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kano State Command, for further investigation and possible prosecution.

Troops of 65 Battalion under the leadership of the Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel S Adeojo, have dismantled a suspected illegal bunkering site in the Orile area of Lagos.

This was disclosed in a statement by the Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 81 Division Nigerian Army, Lt-Col Musa Yahaya.

Yahaya said while acting on credible intelligence, the troops raided the site and arrested six suspected oil bunkerers.

According to him, the operation also led to the recovery of four trucks, one pumping machine, and assorted pipes and drums allegedly used for illegal bunkering activities.

He added that the suspects and recovered items have been handed over to the officers and men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps Lagos State Command for further necessary action.

“The General Officer Commanding 81 Division Nigerian Army, Major General Adebayo Abdulrahman Babalola, commended the troops for the successful operation and charged them to sustain the offensive against economic sabotage and other criminal activities within the 81 Division area of responsibility,” the statement said.

Troops of the Nigerian Army under Operation HADIN KAI have arrested two suspected collaborators of Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, during an intelligence-led operation in Magumeri Local Government Area of Borno State.

The arrests were disclosed by counter-insurgency and security analyst Zagazola Makama in a post on X.

According to intelligence sources cited by Makama, troops of the 109 Special Forces Battalion, in collaboration with Hybrid Forces, carried out the operation at about 5:08 a.m. on July 28 following credible intelligence from the Hybrid Forces Headquarters in Maiduguri.

The operation led to the arrest of Modu Collu, 20, and Bashir Goni Tijani, 47, both residents of Magumeri town.

The sources said preliminary interrogation indicated that the suspects admitted to collaborating with Boko Haram/ISWAP fighters operating in the area.

Troops also recovered a Tecno mobile phone belonging to one of the suspects, Modu Collu, during the operation. The device has been taken into custody for further analysis.

Military sources said the suspects and the recovered exhibit are being processed and will be handed over to the Joint Intelligence Fusion Centre (JIFC) for further investigation and necessary action.

The arrests are part of ongoing intelligence-driven operations under Operation DESERT SANITY V aimed at dismantling terrorist support networks, disrupting logistics and denying insurgents access to local collaborators across the North-East.

Military authorities said the security situation across the theatre remains relatively calm but unpredictable, adding that troops have maintained a high level of morale and operational readiness.