•Tinubu In an attempt to recreate the global #BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) campaign that trailed the 2014 abduction of 276 Chibok girls from the Government Girls Secondary School in Borno State, many Nigerians, especially celebrities, yesterday rejected the goodwill messages by the federal government and demanded immediate action over the abductio...
•South-West governors The Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE) has strongly denounced the synchronised kidnapping of more than 45 schoolchildren, students, and teachers across three educational institutions in the Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, which occurred on Friday, May 22, 2026. The affected schools include: Baptist Nursery and P...
•Chief Emeka Anyaoku The Patriots, a group of senior Nigerian citizens and professionals led by the former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, has expressed deep concerns about the prevalent killings and kidnappings as a result of banditry going on in the nation, including poverty among the citizens. The eminent group m...
The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has warned that rising incidents of kidnapping and banditry in the South-West should not be tolerated, stressing the need for stronger security structures to address the growing threats. The group’s National Publicity Secretary, Jare Ajayi, made the remarks during an interview on Frontlin...
•Policemen The Commissioner of Police in Ondo State, Adebowale Lawal, has ordered a suspension of all night programmes in religious centres across the state due to escalating security challenges. Speaking at the state police headquarters in Akure while parading suspected kidnappers, Lawal urged religious and community leaders — regardless of f...
•Bandits Human rights activist, Steven Kefas, has called for a beef up of security in Kajuru and Chikun Local Government Areas of Kaduna over the spate of abductions in those places. Kefas made the call this morning during an interview on Channels Television. He said the terrorists come into the communities “for fun,” take women […]...
•Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State The Edo State government has postponed resumption of all public and private schools in Edo Central Senatorial District for the second term academic session. The postponement followed last week’s violent protest in Ekpoma, Esan West local government area, over incessant kidnappings in the locality. Severa...
•GKS President Felix Adedokun Inept leadership has been identified as one of the major causes of the spiralling cases of violence, kidnappings amongst others crimes in the country. This was disclosed by Bro. Felix E. Adedokun, President, God’s Kingdom Society (GKS), Church of the Living God while responding to questions at a press conference o...
•Nigerian Senate Amid renewed national security challenges, the Senate has announced a major shake-up of several standing committees, fulfilling its earlier pledge to reconstitute the committee on National Security and Intelligence. The announcement was made during plenary today by the Senate Selection Committee chaired by the President of the...
•Tinubu and ADC logo The spokesman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Bolaji Abdullahi, has accused the federal government of “making deals with insurgents” in a bid to free abducted victims. He stated this while reacting to the release of 24 schoolgirls who were abducted by bandits during an attack on the Government Girls Comprehensive...
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