6. A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the Inspector-General of Police and the Lagos State Commissioner of Police to pay ₦10 million in damages to some #EndSARS protesters for the violation of their fundamental rights. Trial judge, Justice Musa Kakaki, in his judgment, held that the applicants/protesters were unjustly harassed and their constitutional rights were infringed upon while participating in the fourth memorial rally held on October 20, 2024.
7. In a major breakthrough against insurgency in the North-East, troops of Operation Hadin Kai, in collaboration with the Air Component, Civilian Joint Task Force, and local hunters, have dismantled several terrorist supply networks and neutralized scores of fighters in a series of ambushes, raids, and fighting patrols. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Markus Kangye, disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday.
8. At least 14 villagers and a mobile police officer were killed on Thursday in two separate attacks carried out by gunmen in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State. It was gathered that one of the attacks took place around 4:00 p.m. as the victims, mostly from the Chirang community, were returning from Bokkos market to Mangor village in the locality.
9. A 59-year-old woman, Rakiyat Musa, was on Thursday arraigned before the Igbosere Magistrate’s Court sitting at Tinubu, Lagos Island, for allegedly impersonating a Nigerian Customs officer and obtaining over ₦34,116,000 under false pretence. Musa, who appeared before Magistrate B. I. Amos, is facing a four-count charge bordering on conspiracy, obtaining by false pretence, stealing, impersonation, and conduct likely to cause a breach of peace.