An operative of the Department of State Service, (DSS) on Wednesday told the Federal High Court in Abuja that the federal government did not a by time appoint Tukur Mamu to negotiate with terrorists who attacked a train on the Abuja -Kaduna corridor in 2022. The DSS operative, said Tukur, who is standing…
Former Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has unveiled plans to establish a Hisbah-like voluntary outfit under the Ganduje Foundation. He said this is with a view to engaging 12,000 personnel dismissed by the Kano State Hisbah Board. Ganduje, who is the immediate past National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), disclosed…
Amnesty International Nigeria has issued a stark warning that the recent surge in mass abductions of pupils and students from schools will cause a significant setback to education across Northern Nigeria. Country Director, Isa Sanusi explained that the profound trauma associated with abduction, coupled with the pervasive fear of being targeted, will ultimately prevent thousands…
Notorious bandit leader Mustapha Babaro has reportedly imposed a N50m levy on Yargoje and other communities in Kankara Local Government Area Katsina State. According to security analyst and journalist Bakatsine, residents said Babaro issued a stern warning to villages on Saturday, November 22, saying that failure to pay the levy within the set deadline…
The five police officers who were k!lled in an ambush by herdsmen in Bauchi State have been laid to rest. The State Commissioner of Police, CP Sani Omolori Aliyu, led his men to the funeral of the gallant officers in Bauchi on Monday, November 24, 2025. The spokesperson of the Bauchi State Police Command,…
Islamic cleric, Sheik Gumi, says the recent spate of kidnapping of school children are being carried out just to fuel the ‘’unpatriotic narration of the ‘’Christian genocide”. Gumi said this on his Facebook page a few hours ago. His statement comes after bandits stormed schools in Kebbi and Niger state and abducted over three…
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…
