Barely 24 hours after gunmen abducted over 300 students from St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area, the governor of Niger state, Mohammed Bago, has ordered the closure of all schools across the state until after the New Year while the schools in security affected areas in the…
Pope Leo XIV has stated that both Christians and Muslims “have been slaughtered” in Nigeria, attributing the violence to extremist attacks as well as economic and land-related tensions. His comments come just weeks after the U.S. President claimed that a Christian genocide is taking place in the country. The Pope’s remarks were captured in…
The Nasarawa State Police Command has refuted online reports alleging that students of St. Peters’ Foundation Secondary School were abducted on November 21. Earlier in the day, social media was awash with claims that bandits had attacked the school and kidnapped some students. However, in a statement issued by the Command’s spokesperson, SP Ramhan Nansel,…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to immediately declare a state of emergency on insecurity. Atiku made the call while reacting to the attack and abduction of pupils from St. Mary’s Primary and Secondary School in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area, in the early hours of…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has once again raised the alarm over what it describes as systematic and sustained genocide against Christian communities across Northern Nigeria and the Middle Belt. The organization declared that the evidence of targeted killings, mass displacements, and the destruction of settlements can no longer be ignoredd. …
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has postponed his scheduled trip to Johannesburg, South Africa, and Luanda, Angola, as he awaits further security briefings on the kidnapped schoolgirls in Kebbi State and the attack on Christ Apostolic Church worshippers in Eruku, Kwara State. A statement from the Presidency explains that, following a request by the Governor of…
Former governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, has launched a fresh attack on former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Fayose launched his attack via a Short Message Service (SMS) he sent to the latter in appreciation of his attendance at his 65th birthday celebration. In the said SMS, which Obasanjo described as uncomplimentary thank-you note,…
President Bola Tinubu has ordered security agencies to launch an immediate operation to rescue the 25 female students abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Maga, in the Danko-Wasagu area of Kebbi State. Armed attackers invaded the school in the early hours of Monday, killing the Vice Principal, Hassan Makuku, and injuring a security guard, Ali…
The Bauchi State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested two men for allegedly stealing 600 litres of diesel used to power an MTN telecommunications mast at Sabon Kasuwa–Railway in the Bauchi Local Government Area. The command’s spokesperson, ASC Saminu Yusuf, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, November 15,…
Here is a polished and cohesive rewrite of the passage: Nigerian Navy officer Lt. A.M. Yarima, who was recently involved in a confrontation with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, reportedly escaped an assassination attempt at about 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, November 16. According to Vanguard, military sources…
