A 6-year investigation by the Observatory for Religious Freedom in Africa (ORFA) has revealed that 79,323 people were killed in terrorism-related violence across Nigeria between 2020 and 2025, while 34,773 civilians were abducted during the period. The findings are contained in ORFA’s 2026 report titled, _Four Times Boko Haram?...
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Nigeria has been identified as the site of what the United States describes as one of its most significant counterterrorism operations in recent years, with US Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism at the National Security Council, Sebastian Gorka, revealing that 199 jihadists were killed...
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed banks and other financial institutions across the country to immediately freeze the accounts, assets and financial transactions of 6 individuals and four Bureau De Change (BDC) operators over alleged links to terrorism financing. The directive was contained in a circular dated June...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to arraign Bello Abdullahi Bodejo before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja over allegations bordering on terrorism financing and money laundering to the tune of $2.530 million. The EFCC, on Monday, June 22, 2026 filed a twelve-count charge before the...
Sokoto State High Court has sentenced three individuals, including a foreign national, to death by hanging after finding them guilty of terrorism-related offences and illegal arms trafficking. The convicts — Jabbi Alhaji Yalle, a citizen of the Republic of Niger, Yusuf Muhammad, popularly known as Sallau, and Kabiru Muhammad...
Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday sentenced two women arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) for their involvement with terrorism to forty years in prison. The convicted women, Safiya Salihu and Halima Abdullahi, are mother and sister respectively of the terrorist kingpin, Kachallah Ibrahim Battujo, who...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – As debates over how to tackle Nigeria’s worsening security challenges intensify, a respected hospitality and tourism consultant and former Director of the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), Mr. John Akumba Adzer, has called for the establishment of specialized Tourist Police Units within the proposed...
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu has charged graduating recruits under the Restore Hope initiative to decisively confront terrorists, bandits, kidnappers and other criminal elements threatening the peace and security of the nation. The COAS gave the charge on Thursday, 18 June 2026, during the graduation...
The (President Ahmed Bola) Tinubu administration’s renewed push for State Police has reopened one of the most consequential public policy debates in Nigeria’s democratic history. The proposal has gained momentum because it speaks directly to a painful reality confronting millions of Nigerians. The country’s security architecture is failing. Terrorism, banditry, kidnapping, violent...
A Federal High Court in Katsina State has sentenced a female arms courier to death by hanging after the Department of State Services (DSS) successfully prosecuted her for conspiracy to commit, aid and abet terrorism, the second death sentence secured by the DSS in the month of June. The...
Borno State Government has distributed relief materials to 434 indigenes of Ngoshe community in Gwoza Local Government Area who were recently rescued by security agencies after spending three months in Boko Haram captivity. Governor Babagana Zulum visited the victims in Pulka on Monday and directed the immediate distribution of...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday vowed to intensify Nigeria’s fight against terrorism, banditry and kidnapping, declaring that his administration would show “no mercy” to those responsible for violence across the country. Speaking in his Democracy Day address, the President said security remains central to the survival of Nigeria’s...
By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday sentenced each of the five persons arrested on May 31, 2026, by the Department of State Services (DSS) for being accomplices in the 21 November 2025 attack on St. Joseph Catholic Church school, Papiri, Niger...
Hundreds of young men and women on Tuesday at the National Assembly in Abuja, called on Nigerians, irrespective of their soco-political leaning, to unite against insecurity across the country. The youths said they could no longer stand by and watch what they described as the politicization of insecurity in...
Former Kano State Governor, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has expressed deep concern over the worsening security situation across Nigeria, warning that the country is facing a dangerous escalation of violence and criminality. Kwankwaso said the growing incidents of banditry, terrorism, kidnapping, communal clashes, and armed robbery across several states...
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, has called on Nigeria’s banking sector to strengthen efforts at disrupting terrorism financing and other illicit financial flows that threaten national security. The COAS made the call on Monday, 8 June 2026, while receiving the Group Managing Director and Chief...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has paid glowing tribute to Nigeria’s security personnel for their unwavering commitment and sacrifices in the ongoing battle against terrorism, banditry, kidnapping, and other security threats across the country. In a message addressed to troops and other frontline security operatives, the President commended members of...
ABUJA – Executive Director of Development Specs Academy, Professor Okey Ikechukwu, has emphasized the crucial role of the media in safeguarding national security, saying journalists must balance the public’s right to information with the responsibility to protect sensitive information that could endanger the country. Speaking during an interactive session...
In the heart of northeastern Nigeria, where the struggle against the Boko Haram insurgency has claimed countless lives, one story stands out—that of 16-year-old Jummai Hamman. A young mother who, like many in her community, faces the daily challenges of survival, Jummai’s life changed irrevocably when she lost her...
A civil society group, Concerned Nigerians for Peace, Security and National Unity, has announced plans to stage a peaceful road walk in Abuja on Monday to mobilise support for collective action against insecurity and promote national unity. The group said the security situation across the country requires all Nigerians,...