•The terror group A yet-to-be-identified group has claimed responsibility for the attack on Ngoshe, a community in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State, where scores of soldiers and civilians were killed and over 300 abducted on Wednesday night. It was earlier reported that on Wednesday night, the terrorists stormed and burned down a mil...
•Donald Trump US President Donald Trump decried yesterday’s shooting of two National Guard soldiers blocks from the White House as an “act of terror” and said the perpetrator was a migrant from Afghanistan. “This heinous assault was an act of evil, an act of hatred and an act of terror,” Trump said, as he vowed […]
•Empty school hostel A prominent coalition of Northern women leaders has sharply criticised the widespread closure of schools across Niger, Kebbi and other northern states following the recent wave of mass abductions, warning that government actions amount to “panic, not protection.” The Voices for Inclusion and Equity for Women (VIEW) said it...
•Chief Nduese Essien Worried by the worsening security situations in the country, a former Minister of Lands, Housing & Urban Development, Chief Nduese Essien says he is deeply troubled by the alarming deterioration of security across the country with increased wave of killings, kidnappings, and terrorism attacks which paints a picture of ...
•Tinubu and bandits It was not an interview. It was a private conversation, a rare moment of candour from a sitting governor who, in a hushed tone, admitted what many Nigerians dread to hear: insurgency and banditry may not end soon. The chat, which began on routine social issues, veered into the thorny subject of […]
•A USAID officer watches as a US military C-17 cargo plane taxis to a stop at Kathmandu’s international airport Former President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev Samson Ayokunle, has described as belated, a claim by United States Congressman Scott Perry that the US Agency for International Development (USAID) funded terroris...
•Nigerian troops As the protracted war against insurgency in Nigeria’s North-East zone enters into its second decade, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has urged the federal government to contract “defence contractors” to rid the country of blood-sucking terrorists. “We can outsource this fight. We can do this wi...

