Gunmen believed to be bandits carried out a fatal overnight assault on Yankamaye village in the Tsanyawa area of Kano State, killing an elderly woman and kidnapping three residents. The ...
Summary Bandits have carried out yet another violent raid in the Palaita community of Erena Ward, located in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, seizing 24 people, including pregnant ...
Summary The Anglican community in Kaduna has been thrown into deep mourning following confirmation that the abducted priest in charge of Ebenezer Anglican Church, Ungwan Maijero in Chikun Local Government ...
Summary President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday announced a nationwide security emergency in response to the surge in attacks, killings, and mass abductions carried out by armed groups and suspected terrorists ...
Summary The Nigerian Senate has adopted a resolution classifying kidnapping as an act of terrorism, calling for an amendment to the Terrorism Act that would enforce the death penalty as ...
Summary The Bauchi State government has ordered the shutdown of every public and private school, extending this decision to state-owned primary, secondary, and tertiary institutions, as well as schools owned ...
President Bola Tinubu has directed that police personnel currently assigned to protect Very Important Persons (VIPs) be withdrawn and redeployed to core policing duties across the country. The announcement was ...
Gunmen have reportedly kidnapped an undisclosed number of students during an early morning attack on St. Mary’s Primary and Secondary School in Papiri, Niger State. The assailants were said to ...
In a decisive effort to tackle the growing security challenges in Edo State, Governor Monday Okpebholo has initiated the demolition of properties tied to kidnapping and cult-related violence, promising to ...
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