Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has strongly criticised the Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration over the arrest and detention of students of Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, who reportedly staged a protest against rising insecurity in the area. In a statement shared on his official X (formerly Twitter) handle, Atiku...
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Edo State High Court sitting in Criminal Court 2 on Monday ordered the remand of several youths arrested during the recent protest in Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area of the state, directing that they be held at the Ubiaja Correctional Centre pending further proceedings. The court’s decision followed...
No fewer than 25 children kidnapped in Plateau State have been rescued after weeks in captivity, the state government has announced, crediting the operation to the combined efforts of the Department of State Services (DSS) and other security agencies. The children were abducted on December 21, 2025, along the...
Troops of Operation SAFE HAVEN (OPSH), Nigerian Army, have successfully rescued a retired senior army officer, Col. Joseph Ajanaku, who was abducted by gunmen in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State. A credible Army Headquarters source told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the retired officer was...
Former Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has strongly condemned the violent abduction of his cousin, Dr. Pedro Obaseki, at gunpoint, reportedly orchestrated under the direction of the Oba of Benin’s palace. In an official statement, Obaseki said,“I strongly condemn the violent attack, maiming, and abduction of my cousin,...
Troops of the Joint Task Force Operation WHIRL STROKE have foiled a kidnapping attempt along the Otukpo–Enugu Expressway in Benue State, rescuing several passengers and forcing the assailants to flee. The incident occurred on 22 December, 2025 at about 10:00pm following a distress call, prompting troops on routine patrol...
Niger State government has received the remaining kidnapped schoolchildren and their teachers from St. Mary, Papiri, rescued by the federal government. Farmer Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago received the rescued victims at the Government House, Minna. He described the release of the remaining kidnapped victims of the St. Mary Catholic...
A wave of relief swept across Nigeria on Sunday as the Federal Government confirmed the rescue of the remaining pupils and staff abducted from St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri, Niger State, bringing a painful chapter to a hopeful close. In a statement signed by the Minister of Information...
Relief and celebration have swept through Niger State following the release of all remaining schoolchildren abducted from St. Mary’s Catholic Private Primary and Secondary School in Papiri community, Agwara Local Government Area. The final batch of 115 students was freed on Sunday, bringing an end to a painful month-long...
Suspected Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists have abducted the newly elected Vice Chairman of Biu Local Government Area of Borno State, Alhaji Saidu, alongside two councillors and several other passengers. Security analyst Zagazola Makama disclosed that the abduction took place on Wednesday evening along the notorious Kamuya village–Buni Yadi road, as...
Federal Government has announced the reopening of 47 Federal Unity Colleges that were earlier shut due to security threats, bringing relief to parents, students, and education stakeholders across the country. The announcement was made on Thursday in a statement issued by the Federal Ministry of Education, which said the...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the immediate training and arming of more forest guards as Nigeria battles rising cases of kidnapping, banditry, and terror attacks across several states. The directive, which underscores the administration’s growing concern over the escalating insecurity, was revealed on Wednesday by presidential aide Sunday...
In a coordinated security operation, measurable successes have been recorded in decimating the activities of resurgent banditry in Kwara state. Shortly after the arrest of arms courier and recovery of 100 rounds of live ammunition along Gbugbu/Patigi road on Friday, a member of the kidnapping syndicate has also been...
Niger State Government has received the 100 rescued school children of St. Mary Catholic schools Papiri, Agwara local government area of the state. The National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, who was represented by Wing Commander Abdullahi handed over the children to the Governor at the government house in...
In what security operatives have described as one of Imo State’s most chilling criminal discoveries in recent years, the Imo State Police Command has uncovered a hotel and an adjoining mortuary allegedly used as a base for kidnapping, ransom collection and organ harvesting in Ngor Okpala. The operation, announced...
Borno State Police Command on Friday reported a heartbreaking incident in Banki, Bama Local Government Area, where four children were killed and one severely injured after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by suspected terrorist, detonated behind the Banki Motor Park in Wajari Ward. Confirming the incident in Maiduguri,...
Tension rippled through parts of Akwa Ibom last week after a false report claiming that female students of a secondary school in Oron had been abducted spread rapidly across social media. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that what began as a rumour soon snowballed into statewide panic before the government stepped...
Security operatives in Borno State have thwarted a Boko Haram raid on Malari, a farming community in Konduga Local Government Area, and have now intensified efforts to rescue three villagers kidnapped during the attack. According to the Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Nahum Daso, the assault unfolded on November...
Gallant troops of Operation MESA comprising personnel of 3 Brigade Nigerian Army in conjunction with the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) and Nigerian Police Force (NPF) while on fighting patrol on 29 November 2025, at about 2300 hours, received a distressed call from Yankamaye Cikin Gari village in Tsanyawa Local...
A wave of relief swept through communities in southern Borno after troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) successfully freed 12 young girls abducted by ISWAP fighters in Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno. The girls, aged between 15 and 20, were kidnapped on November 23 while harvesting crops on...