Federal Government of Nigeria has intensified efforts to evacuate its nationals from South Africa following renewed concerns over xenophobic violence targeting foreign nationals. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bianca Ojukwu, in a statement shared on X on Monday, confirmed that Nigeria remains deeply concerned about the safety of its...
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Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has directed security agencies to launch an immediate manhunt for the perpetrators of the deadly attack on Saai Community in Mbajir Ward of Katsina-Ala Local Government Area, where about 10 residents were killed by suspected armed herdsmen. Governor Alia also ordered security operatives to...
The Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos, on Wednesday, reserved ruling on a preliminary objection on jurisdiction filed by counsel to some suspects arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS), and standing trial for their roles in the Angwa Rukuba massacre of late March and early April...
Senator representing Benue South Senatorial District and Senate Minority Leader, Comrade Abba Moro, has condemned in strong terms, the killing of the state chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Alhaji Ardo Risku Muhammad, on Saturday. Muhammad and his friend, Yakubu Isah, were reportedly ambushed...
Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani has pledged that the state government would assume responsibility for the welfare of the family of the late Ummulkhairi Usman Aliyu, who was brutally lynched by a mob at Maraban Jos in Igabi Local Government Area. The Governor made the pledge over the weekend...
Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, has ordered a decisive security response to halt the wave of political violence and killings in Osun State as preparations intensify for the August 15 governorship election. The directive was delivered by the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of the South-West, Adegoke Fayoade,...
Ogun police begin hunt for suspects after death of veteran broadcaster Kitan Oyesiku, security guard
Ogun police begin hunt for suspects after death of veteran broadcaster Kitan Oyesiku, security guard
Ogun State Police Command has launched a full-scale investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of veteran broadcaster and retired Ogun State Television (OGTV) personality, Ms. Kitan Oyesiku, and her security guard. The tragic incident came to light on Sunday, June 21, 2026, after a resident of Iyana Agodo...
President of EBOMI Ministries, Prophet Isa El-Buba, on Sunday led hundreds of Christians and concerned citizens on a peace protest walk in Jos, Plateau State, as part of activities marking the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN)-declared “Black Sunday” against worsening insecurity across the country. Speaking during a press briefing...
From Chibok, Dapchi and Now Oriire — Is This Season 3 of Pre‑Election Abductions By YUSHAU A. SHUAIB
From Chibok, Dapchi and Now Oriire — Is This Season 3 of Pre‑Election Abductions By YUSHAU A. SHUAIB
On Friday, 15 May 2026, Nigeria witnessed something unprecedented: coordinated school abductions carried out simultaneously in the Southwest and the Northeast. It was a dark day that reopened old wounds and stirred new fears, as non‑state actors executed highly organised operations with alarming precision. In Oriire Local Government Area...
At least six people have been killed and several others injured in fresh attacks on communities in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, less than 24 hours after reported assaults on herders and their livestock in the area. The latest incident adds to a growing cycle of violence...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres “to urgently invoke Article 99 of the UN Charter and bring Nigeria’s escalating insecurity—marked by mass abductions, killings, attacks on civilians, mass displacement, and other grave human rights violations—to the attention of the UN Security...
Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has called on the Federal Government to urgently demonstrate stronger political will in tackling insecurity across the country, warning that the worsening wave of violence has become unbearable for Nigerians. The call was made in Sokoto at the end of a three-day national prayer...
Benue Killings: Court continues trial of ethnic militia arrested by DSS for illegal arms’ possession
Benue Killings: Court continues trial of ethnic militia arrested by DSS for illegal arms’ possession
Weeks after the Federal High Court in Abuja began the trial of suspected members of Fulani and Idoma militias linked to ethic killings in Benue State, the same court on Monday, admitted in evidence a report of the Department of State Services (DSS), on how certain Agatu leaders in...
Former Senate Minority Leader and APC Senate candidate for Plateau North, Simon Mwadkwon, has called for the urgent establishment of state police to address recurring attacks and worsening insecurity in Plateau State. Mwadkwon made the call during a media engagement at his campaign office on Metropolitan Crescent, Tudun Wada,...
Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has dismissed reports suggesting that terrorists have established operational bases in Nigeria’s South-West region, insisting that recent security incidents in Oyo State do not indicate the presence of an entrenched insurgent network in the zone. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Director of Defence Media...
Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has expressed deep concern over what he described as Nigeria’s growing loss of humanity following the brutal killing of a teacher and the rape and murder of an elderly woman. In a strongly worded post shared on X, Obi said the disturbing...
Troops of Operation Enduring Peace (OPEP) have uncovered illegal arms manufacturing sites in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State and arrested five suspected Berom militia members linked to the fabrication of weapons used in attacks across the state. Security sources according to a report by a security...
Nigeria Police Force has dismissed an Assistant Superintendent of Police, Nuhu Usman, alongside four other officers over the unlawful killing of a suspect in Effurun, Delta State. Force Public Relations Officer, Anthony Placid, who confirmed the development on Sunday while addressing newsmen in Abuja, said the affected officers will...
Berom Diaspora Coalition (BDC), in collaboration with allied groups, on Tuesday raised fresh alarm over escalating violence in Plateau State, claiming that more than 500 people have been killed between November 2025 and April 2026 despite assurances by government to end the attacks. The groups, which include the Berom...