•Terrorists Many terrified residents in their thousands yesterday fled the new theatre of persistent and sporadic attacks by terrorists in Borgu and Agwara local councils of Niger State, seeking refuge in the Benin Republic, a situation worsening the country’s deepening security and humanitarian challenges, which have seen more than 3.7 millio...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has strongly condemned the killing of 56 Nigerians and the abduction of women and children in Konkoso Village, Niger State, describing the attack as brutal and unacceptable. The incident occurred on February 14, 2026, when terrorists and bandits attacked communities in Borgu Local Government Area, killing residents,...
•Bandits Armed bandits have killed six persons in Tungan-Makeri and set a police station ablaze in the nearby Konkoso district, both in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State. Police authorities in Niger State said the incident occurred at about 3:00 a.m yesterday when armed men invaded Tunga-Makeri village through Shafachi District in Bor...
•NSCDC operatives The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Niger State Command, has condemned a deadly attack carried out by suspected illegal miners on a joint security patrol team at Zuzungi, Kataeregi. The incident occurred at about 12:30 p.m. yesterday during a routine operation aimed at curbing illegal mining activities and p...
•Terrorists with kidnapped schoolchildren At least 60 people were on Saturday killed in an attack at the Kasuwan Daji Market, Borgu LGA, Niger State. Sources said terrorists who emerged from the Kainji National Park stormed the market around 4pm, surrounded the market and slaughtered traders and buyers, while kidnapping several others, particu...
The federal government has reportedly secured the release of 100 schoolchildren abducted from St. Mary’s Private Catholic Primary and Secondary School, Papiri, in Agwara Local Government Area, Niger State. Bandits on November 21, 2025, attacked the school in the remote community of Papiri. Arriving around 2:00 a.m. on motorbikes, the gunmen st...
•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...
•Empty bunk beds inside a student dormitory at St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri, Niger State Parents of dozens of children kidnapped last week from a Catholic school in Nigeria are desperate for their release, with one father crying out that his son is so young he has not yet learned to speak. Armed gangs […]
•The school’s signpost and empty classroom Fifty of the more than 300 children abducted from a Catholic school in Niger state have escaped from their captors. The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) disclosed this in a statement today, adding they escaped between Friday and yesterday. “We have received some good news as fifty pupils e...
•Voters and presiding officers in the Saturday Niger LG elections The All Progressives Congress (APC) has swept the just-concluded Niger State Local Government Council elections, winning all 25 chairmanship seats across the state. The Niger State Independent Electoral Commission (NSIEC) officially confirmed the results, describing the polls as...
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