June 27, 2022
Nigeria: Killings - Zamfara, Benue Ask Residents to Take Up Arms Against Bandits
The rising spate of banditry attacks has forced the Zamfara and Benue state governments to ask their citizens to arm themselves with weapons for self-defence. Read more »
Nigeria: Abuja-Kaduna Train Attack - Passengers Shun Lagos-Ibadan Rail Corridor
The March 28, 2022 explosion that affected Abuja-Kaduna passenger train service has continued to impact negatively on operations of Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) as passengers… Read more »
Nigeria: SERAP Sues Buhari Over Alleged Missing N11trn Electricity Fund
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged President Muhammadu Buhari before the Federal High Court in Lagos over the alleged failure of the Federal… Read more »
June 26, 2022
Nigeria: Boko Haram - 200,000 Displaced People in North-East Yet to Be Repatriated - Zulum
Borno State governor, Babagana Zulum, has said that more than 200,000 people displaced in the North-East as a result of the Boko Haram insurgency were yet to be repatriated to the… Read more »
June 25, 2022
Nigeria: Group Alleges Plot to Kill Labour Party Candidate
An Onitsha-based human-rights group, International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) has alleged a plot to assassinate the presidential candidate of the… Read more »
June 24, 2022
Nigeria: Gunmen Kidnap 22 Farmers in FCT
Gunmen, suspected to be bandits have abducted 22 farmers in a community within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, the Nigeria Police has said. Read more »
June 25, 2022
Nigeria: Bandits Release Zamfara Wedding Guests After Ransom Payment
Gunmen who abducted 29 people returning to Zamfara State from Sokoto State where they had gone to attend the wedding of colleagues have released them after the payment of an… Read more »
Nigeria: Federal Govt Should Provide Legal Assistance for Ekweremadu - Lawyers
Some senior lawyers have called on the federal government to get involved in the arrest of Ike Ekweremadu, a former deputy senate in the United Kingdom over allegations of organ… Read more »
June 24, 2022
Nigeria: Court Orders Interim Forfeiture of Drug Baron's Funds to FG
Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the temporary forfeiture of the sum of N4, 413,110 million, belonging to an alleged Brazilian based… Read more »
Nigeria: Train Attack - We're in Hell Over My Husband's Abduction, Wife Cries Out
Wife to one of the captives of the train attack of March 28, Mrs Maltida Kabir has said that the 87 days of her husband's absence and in kidnappers' den has been hell for her and… Read more »
June 23, 2022
Nigeria: 8 Die in Another Bayelsa Boat Mishap
It was said to be raining and the tarpaulin used to provide shields for the passengers was blown off by the wind forcing it to cover the driver's face. This made him hit another… Read more »
June 21, 2022
Nigeria: 85 Days After Kaduna Train Attack - 50 Remaining Hostages Threatened By Snakes, Scorpions, 9 Feared Dead
Eighty-five days after the terror attack and abduction of passengers on the Kaduna- bound train, about 50 women, children, men are still languishing in the bandits' den. Read more »
June 19, 2022
Nigeria: How Nigeria Can Leverage China's Global Security Initiative
Nigeria and some other countries in the Sahel Region are ravaged by the activities of terrorist elements operating on ungoverned spaces for so many years. These security threats… Read more »
Nigeria: Terrorists Attack Kaduna Church, Kill 3 Worshippers, Abduct Many
Unknown gunmen, on Sunday, attacked worshippers at St. Moses Catholic Church in Robuh, Unguwan Aku, Kajuru LGA of Kaduna State while winding down their first mass. Read more »
June 17, 2022
Nigeria: EFCC Cautions Youths Against Fraudulent Use of ICT
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Abdulrasheed Bawa has cautioned youths across the country against fraudulent use of Information and Communication… Read more »
Nigeria: Police Arrest 5 Suspects Over Gombe Communal Crisis
Gombe State police command has disclosed that it arrested five culprits who allegedly perpetrated the recent communal violence between the Lunguda and Waja ethnic groups in Balanga… Read more »
June 16, 2022
Nigeria: 47 Boko Haram Terrorists, 2 Civilian JTF Killed in Crossfire
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) in conjunction with the Civilian Joint Task Force have killed 47 terrorists including top commanders of the Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah… Read more »
June 15, 2022
Nigeria: Pirates Ambush Boats, Abduct 8 Passengers in Bayelsa
Suspected sea pirates have ambushed two passenger boats along the Egweama-Yenagoa route near Obama flow station in Brass local government council and abducted eight of the… Read more »
June 14, 2022
Nigeria: Kidnapped Kwara Anglican Bishop, Wife, Driver Regain Freedom
The Bishop of the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion, Jebba Diocese, Kwara State, Bishop Oluwaseun Aderogba, his wife and driver have been released from kidnappers' den after 48… Read more »
June 15, 2022
Nigeria: Bandits Demand N150m for Abducted 30 Wedding Guests
Bandits have demanded N150 million ransom for the wedding guests they kidnapped last weekend on the Sokoto-Gusau Highway. Read more »
June 14, 2022
Nigeria: ICPC Arraigns Abba Kyari Impersonator Over N4.5m Job Scam
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), has arraigned a business woman, Ramat Mercy Mba, who was impersonating the late chief of staff to… Read more »
Nigeria: Gunmen Kidnap Priest, Anglican Bishop, Wife in Plateau, Oyo
Suspected gunmen have abducted the Bishop of the Anglican Communion, Jebba Diocese, Kwara State, Rev Oluwaseun Aderogba. Read more »
Nigeria: Kidnappers of 30 Sokoto Wedding Guests Contact Families
Kidnappers of 30 wedding guests along Sokoto-Gusau Road have contacted some of the victims' families. Read more »
June 13, 2022
Nigeria: NDLEA Arrests Suspects, Seizes Us, Dubai-Bound Drugs At Lagos Airport
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a Nigeria-based Congolese, Kandigu Kadi and a Nigerian, Makowulu Ebuka Anthony, at the NAHCO and SAHCO… Read more »
Nigeria: As Buhari's Administration Winds Down in 11 Months - Nigeria Still Grapples With Terrorism, Kidnappings, Killings
With just eleven months to the end of President Muhammadu Buhari's administration, the spate of terror attacks, killings by gunmen and kidnapping for ransom has continued unabated… Read more »