After many days of hard work by security forces and government representatives, Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq (CON), has announced the freedom of 38 persons who were recently abducted in an attack on Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) Eruku, Ekiti LGA of the state. Governor AbdulRazaq in a statement by...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has launched a scathing attack on President Bola Tinubu led administration following a series of mass kidnappings in Northern Nigeria, accusing the Federal Government of “surrendering to terrorists” through what it describes as weak, uncoordinated, and reactionary security measures. In a statement signed by its...
A fresh wave of anxiety has gripped communities in Borno State after suspected Boko Haram/ISWAP fighters stormed a farmland in Askira/Uba Local Government Area and abducted 14 girls—an attack that further deepens Nigeria’s unsettling rise in mass kidnappings. The incident, which occurred on November 22 around 3:30 p.m., adds...
UPDATED: 50 St. Mary’s pupils escape mass abduction, 253 remain in bandits’ captivity in Niger State
UPDATED: 50 St. Mary’s pupils escape mass abduction, 253 remain in bandits’ captivity in Niger State
A wave of relief swept through Papiri community in Niger State over the weekend as 50 children earlier seized during a violent raid on St. Mary’s Private Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools found their way back home and into the arms of their anxious families. The Thursday night attack,...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the withdrawal of police officers currently providing security for Very Important Persons in the country. Henceforth, police authorities will deploy them to concentrate on their core police duties. The presidential directive was issued at the security meeting President Tinubu held on Sunday with the police,...
The Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Alhaji Bashir Mohammed Dalhatu, has warned that the worsening insecurity across Northern Nigeria poses a grave threat to national stability, urging leaders at all levels to act decisively to halt the resurgence of violence, mass abductions and terror...
Troops of the North East Joint Task Force ‘Operation Hadin Kai’ (OPHK) have again repelled a mid night invasion by suspected members of Boko Haram terrorists, who attempted to wreck havoc in Magumeri Local Government Area of Borno state. Magumeri located in Northern Senatorial District is about 45kms drive...
Following the reported Boko Haram/ISWAP ambush which led to the death of two Civilian Joint Task Force members, with some troops of the North East ‘Operation Hadin Kai’ missing in action last week, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume (Borno South), has urged the Federal Government and security agencies to quickly...
Truces Between Farmers and Armed Groups in Katsina: Evidence of State Absence, By AUDU LIBERTY OSENI
Truces Between Farmers and Armed Groups in Katsina: Evidence of State Absence, By AUDU LIBERTY OSENI
To capture the voices of those directly affected by the escalating terror attacks in Katsina State, I engaged with local residents, security officials, researchers, and NGO practitioners. Their accounts reveal a disturbing consensus: the unchecked violence in North-West Nigeria has pushed farmers across 20 local government areas in Katsina...
Borno State Government has warned the public to be on high alert following the discovery of a fraudulent Facebook account impersonating Governor Babagana Umara Zulum. In a statement issued from the Senior Technical Assistant on Print and Digital Communications to the Governor, Abdurrahman Ahmed Bundi, described the account —...
Edo State Police Command has arrested 24-year-old social media personality Omoyemen Osarobo — widely known as “Madam Oil Rice” — after she allegedly staged a fake kidnap drama in Benin City to grow her online following. Police spokesman CSP Moses Yamu, in a statement released in Benin and shared...
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has again signalled that the long-running case of the convicted IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, is edging toward a political resolution — one he insists is rooted in diplomacy, dialogue and a carefully negotiated plan already in motion. In a statement released in Umuahia by...
No fewer than 2 police officers have lost their lives during an attack by bandits on a patrol team in Sabon Sara Village, Bauchi State. The Nigerian Police Force, Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the attack in a statement issued on Friday. CSP Hundeyin said a combined...
The quiet of Kuraje community in Zamfara State was shattered late Friday night when armed bandits swept into the village, firing sporadically and dragging women and children into the dark. But less than twenty-four hours later, every one of the abducted residents—ten women and fifteen children—was back home, thanks...
Recent trends in our national life have forced Nigerians to abandon the virtue of incurable optimism and unconditional hope in the nation as a perpetual reality. It used to be that in all circumstances, Nigerians would never believe that the nation is under any terminal threat. But in recent...
Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni has ordered the immediate shutdown of all boarding secondary schools across the state, citing the need to protect students amid rising wave of kidnapping snd other security concerns. Governor Buni gave the directive in a statement released in Damaturu on Saturday by the...
Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, has expressed profound sorrow over the passing of Hajiya Rahmatu Awwal Ibrahim, wife of the Emir of Zazzau Suleja, Alhaji Muhammadu Awwal Ibrahim. In a statement issued on Saturday by his Chief Press Secretary, Bologi Ibrahim, the governor conveyed heartfelt condolences to the...
Federal High Court (FHC) has dismissed as outright falsehood a viral claim that Justice James Omotosho narrowly escaped an assassination attempt days after sentencing Nnamdi Kanu to life imprisonment. The rumour, pushed out by a Facebook blogger on Saturday, alleged that the judge was attacked in the early hours...
Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has said security forces are closing in on the bandits who kidnapped students of Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, in Kebbi State. Twenty-five students were taken during the attack on the school in Danko Wasagu Local Government Area on Monday, though...
The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Alfred Adewale Martins, has called for “more urgent official measures to curb the alarming rate of insecurity across Nigeria.” ”The festering terrorists’ attacks in parts of the country and the mass killing of innocent Nigerians in recent times, have underlined the need for the...