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Gombe: FRSC sensitises schoolchildren on safety
Gombe: FRSC sensitises schoolchildren on safety
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Gombe State Command, on Thursday visited students of Bethany International College in the state to educate them on safety issues.
Mr Suleiman Bilayabu, the Officer in-charge of Youth Safety Education (YSE), FRSC, Gombe State Command while speaking to the students at the school premises in Nasarawo community, Gombe said road safety remained a collective responsibility.
Bilayabu said that the awareness was part of activities to commemorate the 8th United Nations Global Safety Week which he said was a biennial event aimed at raising awareness about road safety and accident prevention.
He said that the awareness would help to prepare the students early enough as the next generation of drivers and road users in the country.
YSE was conceived as an initiative to impact good road culture amongst the young pupils and students.
“This is done to ‘Catch them Young ‘and lay a foundation so that the pupils imbibe good road behaviour at early age before adulthood; that’s why we are here on this special day,” he said.
While sensitising the students, Janet Kassa, the Command’s Public Enlightenment Officer, in the state told them to imbibe good road use as well as discouraging them from engaging in underage driving.
Kassa enlightened the students on road signs to safeguard them from avoidable accidents.
She said that such enlightenment was key to reducing accidents and children being the future of the country, needed to be empowered with necessary information on how to stay alive by being cautious while on the road.
She commended the school for inculcating road safety education as part of the topics that students were being taught.
“This is why the students are highly knowledgeable on safety rules and signs; its impressive,” she said.
On her part, the Manager of the school, Mrs Benedicta Olaniyan, commended the FRSC for coming to the school to enlighten young people on good road use.
Olaniyan who was represented by Mr Olabisi Samuel, the College’s principal appealed to the Command to assist in establishing a safety club at the college, a request which Bilayabu said would be facilitated within a month.
Our Correspondent reports that materials containing safety tips were handled over to the school for road safety education.
This year’s theme is, “Streets for Life: Make Walking Safe, Make Cycling Safe,”
Gombe: FRSC sensitises schoolchildren on safety
Troops Arrest Three Suspected Cattle Rustlers in Borno
By: Zagazola Makama
Troops of 212 Battalion deployed at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Tuba have arrested three suspected cattle rustlers during an operation in Karnuwa general area of Borno State.
Security sources said the operation followed intelligence provided by a local resident, Malam Muhammadu Ardo, concerning alleged cattle rustling activities within the area.
The troops reportedly mobilised to Karnuwa at about 12:30 p.m. on May 4, 2026, where they apprehended the suspects identified as Mallam Mohammad Abatcha, 28; Mallam Mamman Bukar, 18; and Malam Modu Hassan, 30.
According to the sources, the suspects were intercepted while using a pickup vehicle with registration number WW 806 GZ Delta, allegedly employed in transporting stolen cattle.
The rustled cattle were recovered and immediately handed over to their rightful owners at the scene of the arrest.
Items recovered from the suspects included a bow and arrow, three mobile phones, five national identity cards and the sum of N20,650.
Preliminary investigation reportedly revealed that the suspects admitted to repeatedly stealing and selling rustled cattle to buyers in Maiduguri.
Security sources further disclosed that investigators suspect possible links between the suspects and members of the Islamic State West Africa Province or Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad due to alleged inconsistencies observed in their statements during interrogation.
Troops Arrest Three Suspected Cattle Rustlers in Borno
Troops Discover Illegal Refinery Site, Recover 600 Litres of Stolen Crude in Rivers
By: Zagazola Makama
Troops of 29 Battalion operating under the Joint Task Force South-South, Operation Delta Safe (OPDS), have uncovered an illegal refining site and recovered about 600 litres of suspected stolen crude oil in Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State.
Security sources said the discovery was made at about 10:00 a.m. on May 12, 2026, during ongoing anti-illegal bunkering operations in the Niger Delta region.
The troops reportedly discovered the illegal refining site around Asa community, where a large cooking pot loaded with stolen crude oil was found stockpiled in sacks.
Military authorities said the recovered products and equipment were handled in accordance with operational directives guiding anti-crude oil theft operations under Operation Delta Safe.
The operation was conducted without any confrontation or security incident.
The Nigerian military has continued to intensify operations against crude oil theft, illegal refining and other forms of economic sabotage across the Niger Delta region.
Troops Discover Illegal Refinery Site, Recover 600 Litres of Stolen Crude in Rivers
Troops, NDLEA Raid Drug Hideout in Katsina, Arrest Suspected Supplier to Terrorists
By: Zagazola Makama
Troops of the Forward Operating Base (FOB) Malumfashi at Kafur, in collaboration with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, have raided a suspected drug peddlers’ hideout in Kafur Local Government Area of Katsina State.
Security sources said the operation was conducted at about 12:30 p.m. on May 12, 2026, at Huguma village following intelligence on illicit drug activities within the area.
During the raid, troops apprehended one suspect identified as a major supplier of illicit drugs and other substances to terrorists and criminal elements operating within Kafur Local Government Area and surrounding communities.
Items recovered during the operation included 146 grams of suspected cannabis and 16.5 grams of a substance identified as Exol-5.
The suspect and the recovered drugs have since been handed over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for further investigation and necessary legal action.
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