•Defence minister, Christopher Musa The Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa (retd.), has directed security personnel not to hesitate in confronting armed bandits and terrorists, declaring that any operative who fails to neutralise criminals under the excuse of awaiting orders would be treated as collaborating with them. Musa gave the...
•Terrorists A commercial driver, Jibrin Mohammed, has been reportedly killed by terrorists on the New Bussa-Ibbi road in Borgu LGA of Niger State. A witness told our correspondent that Jibrin and six traders in his vehicle were returning from Sabon-Pegi weekly market around 10pm on Sunday when he rammed into a road block mounted by […]...
•Terrorists The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) has claimed that suspected Islamic terrorist groups killed 3,610 people and abducted 3,960 others across Nigeria between January and June 2026. The human rights organisation also alleged that about 300 churches were destroyed, while 800 abducted Christian ...
•Terrorists The Borno State Police Command has said suspected fighters of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) picked all students who were in their classrooms during today’s attack on Government Day Secondary School, Lassa, in Askira-Uba Local Government Area. Police Public Relations Officer, Nahum Kenneth Daso, confirmed the incide...
•Terrorists A teacher has been confirmed dead and dozens of students abducted from Government Day Secondary School, Lassa, in Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State, a border community with Adamawa State. The Special Adviser to Adamawa State governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, on Media and Strategy, Mr Solomon Kwamagar, a resident of Lassa, con...
•Terrorists The United States has designated a Nigerian national and three companies operating in the country as alleged financial facilitators of activities linked to the terrorist group, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. They were designated in the latest action, which targeted a total of three individuals and six entities accused of faci...
In a rare display of bravery never witnessed before since terrorists have been attacking communities, abducting residents across the country, youths of Ohuhu community in Abia state mobilised and stormed the forest in pursuit of Fulani terrorists who had kidnapped two members of the community. After about four hours of confrontation, the terro...
•Yoruba traditional hunters The palace gates of Ife trembled with more than words. When the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, opened his mouth, he didn’t just speak, he summoned. In a nation bleeding from kidnappings, massacres, and forests turned into killing fields, Nigeria’s most revered monarch made a call that shook the corridors of [&he...
Troops of the Nigerian Army, supported by the Nigerian Air Force, have rescued Mrs Amina Abubakar, the wife of the late Major General Rabe Abubakar, who was abducted by bandits alongside her husband several weeks ago. The Defence Headquarters announced the rescue today. It said the operation followed intensified search-and-rescue efforts by tr...
•Kidnapped Oyo Principal, Rachael Alamu Barely 25 days after the kidnap of over 40 pupils alongside their teachers at Baptist Nursery and Primary School, Yawota, Community Grammar School and L.A. Primary School, Esiele, in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, residents of Ogbomoso, yesterday, again trooped out in large numbers to demand ...
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