•Acting Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu The recent abduction of 177 worshippers on Sunday from ECWA Church and Cherubim and Seraphim Churches 1 and 2 in Kurmin Wali community, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, has once again forced the nation to confront a disturbing and persistent question: what exactly is the motive behin...
The Niger State Police Command has arrested four suspected vigilante members over the abduction and killing of a 32-year-old cattle trader, Umar Bingel, in Kontagora. Police Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, in the Police weekly bulletin, said the victim, a resident of Dadin-Kowa area of Kontagora, was abducted on February 12, 2026, ...
Residents of Kurmin Wali village in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State have narrated how bandits attacked their community on Sunday and abducted many persons. Some of those who escaped from the bandits and families of those abducted confirmed to our correspondent yesterday during a visit that many people were taken away by gunmen, [&...
•Doctors protesting Doctors in Edo State have halted medical services across parts of the 18 local government areas as they continue their strike action over the abduction of one of their colleagues, Dr Ibrahim Babatunde. Despite assurances from security agencies that efforts to secure his release are ongoing, the doctors said they could no lo...
•Armed Fulani herdsmen The stakeholders in the Bunu community in Kabba Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State have lamented the activities of bandits who have abducted about 70 residents and seized control of about 21 ancestral communities. The President of Bunu Development Association, BDA, Pastor Kolawole Johnson, made the disclosure in a ...
•General Christopher Musa (rtd) The immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa (rtd), today pledged to probe the withdrawal of troops before an attack on the Government Comprehensive Girls Secondary School, Maga, Danko Wasagu Local Government Area in Kebbi State. Troops reportedly withdrew from their duty posts before the ...
•Governor Bago (L) in handshake with Turaki National Chairman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Tanimu Turaki SAN has made a case for the overhauling and restructuring of Nigeria’s security architecture to make it more responsive to the security needs of Nigerians. Turaki made the suggestion when he led a high powered delegatio...
•Governor Umaru Bago of Niger State The Catholic Diocese of Kontagora has denied the Niger State government’s claims that St. Mary’s Catholic Schools in Papiri received a security alert before yesterday’s abduction. In a statement signed today by Daniel Atori, Media Aide to Bishop Bulus Dauwa Yohanna, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN)...
The Nasarawa State Police Command has dismissed a viral report alleging the abduction of two pupils from St. Peter’s Academy in the Rukubi area of the state. The Command disclosed this in a statement today, signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, Ramhan Nansel, for the Commissioner of Police, Shetima Mohammed. It said that the […...
•Kontagora Vicariate The Catholic Diocese of Kontagora has condemned the attack on St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State, where armed men reportedly abducted students, teachers, in the early hours of today. In a statement issued today by the Diocesan Secretary, Rev. Fr. Jatau J...
The Frontier is Nigeria’s leading online newspaper. It is published by Okims Media Links Limited headed by Sunny Okim, a veteran journalist who is widely known as The Grandmaster, fondly called so by colleagues and friends for being Nigeria’s pioneer movie journalist.
© 2026 The Frontier, Published by Okims Media Links Limited.
designed by winnet services
