Police rescue kidnap victim, arrest suspect in Kwara

Kwara State Police successfully rescued 26-year-old Shekinat Mukaila, a kidnap victim, and arrested a suspect linked to the abduction in Wande Community.

The army said the operation, which took place in the Ovia North-East Local Government Area of Edo State, was carried out by troops participating in Operation WABAIZIGAN.

By Kingsley Omonobi Troops of the 4 Brigade, Nigerian Army, under the 2 Division, have rescued 14 kidnapped victims following a kidnap incident along the Lagos–Benin Expressway in Ovia North-East Local Government Area of Edo State. The operation, conducted under Operation Whirl Stroke, followed credible intelligence re

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has arrested 17 foreign nationals suspected of operating a cyber fraud syndicate and rescued 85 victims of suspected human trafficking during an intelligence-led operation at Dawhenya in the Greater Accra Region.

DHS says more than 900 suspected human traffickers were arrested and 180 victims rescued during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, including 30 children.

A total of 26 battalions are now operating across the sector, with a security official warning on Sunday that the situation was "a snowball rolling downhill."

The head of internal security for Hamas in central Gaza was among the dead.

The head of the Hamas-run Palestinian internal security service in central Gaza and an associate have been killed after their vehicle was targeted by an Israeli air strike.

Israeli strike kills a top Hamas security official in Gaza, medics and police say  Reuters

CAIRO, July 26 - An Israeli airstrike on Sunday killed a senior officer of the Hamas-run Palestinian internal security service in the Gaza Strip and an associate as they travelled in a vehicle through Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza, medics and police officials said.

Israeli air strike on vehicle in Deir al-Balah kills two Two Palestinians have been killed and seven others wounded in an Israeli attack on a vehicle south of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, Wafa news agency reports. The Palestine Red Crescent Society said its teams transferred the two fatalities and wounded peopl