•Armed Fulani herdsmen Former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Chief Michael Kaase Aondoakaa (SAN) has advised the people of Sai, in Katsina-Ala, Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue State, on the need to be united and courageous do as to overcome the attacks and killings orchestrated by armed Fulani herdsmen on their communities. Pop...
•Late teacher, Michael Oyedokun The family of Michael Oyedokun, the schoolteacher who was killed by kidnappers while in captivity, has expressed mixed emotions following the rescue of the pupils and teachers abducted during the May 15 attack on schools in Oyo State. Oyedokun was among the teachers abducted by gunmen from Community High School,...
•A man kicks a burning piece of furniture during a riot in the Johannesburg suburb of Turffontein Former Nigerian Ambassador to Switzerland, Joseph Ayalogu, has advised Nigeria and other African countries to demand compensation from the South African government for victims of xenophobic attacks in the Rainbow Nation. Ayalogu said this during ...
•Sunday Igboho Residents of Igboho in Oyo State were thrown into celebration after a kidnapped family, including a pregnant woman, her children and a sibling, were reportedly released following a two-hour ultimatum issued by Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho. A video circulating on social media showed large crow...
•Terrorists Fresh concerns over Nigeria’s worsening security crisis have emerged following coordinated ransom demands totalling N6bn by terrorists holding hundreds of abducted victims in Borno and Kaduna states. In Borno State, Boko Haram insurgents are demanding N5bn for the release of 416 women and children abducted from Ngoshe community in ...
•Alleged terrorism negotiator, Tukur Mamu An investigator with the Department of State Services (DSS) has told the Federal High Court in Abuja that complaints made by victims against alleged terrorism negotiator, Tukur Mamu, corroborated the findings by the agency. The sixth prosecution witness in the ongoing terrorism trial of Mamu said sever...
Following the recent arraignment by the Department of State Security (DSS) of Abdulmalik Abdulazeez Obadaki, the suspected mastermind of the 2012 gun attack on a Deeper Life Bible Church, Otite, near Okene, in Kogi State, which killed over 19 worshippers, families of victims and survivors have thanked the secret police for re-arresting and spe...
•EFCC national headquarters Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has handed over N96.5 million to victims of ponzi schemes in Enugu State. Its spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, said this in a statement yesterday in Abuja. Oyewale said the step was in line with the anti-graft agency’s commitment to combating economic and financia...
In Niger State, a journalist and Media Aide to the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), State Chairman, Bishop Bulus Dauwa Yohanna Dan Atori, have been threatened by some ‘faceless’ individuals over reports on last Friday’s Papiri schools attack by suspected terrorists who abducted over 300 pupils and members of staff. Threats to the CAN ch...
•Social media A cybersecurity expert, Loveth Odozor, has raised the alarm that kidnappers now use social media to identify and track victims. This is even as she called for the adoption of digital safety measures to help combat the growing issues of kidnapping and insecurity in Imo State, reports The Guardian. Odozor, who hails from […]...

