Morakinyo Akinosun KATSINA – Residents in Nigeria’s northwestern state of Katsina have reached a peace agreement with armed bandits, aimed at ending years of violence and insecurity in the region.…
Martins Olasehinde Armed bandits suspected to be herdsmen invaded two communities in Nigeria’s north-central state of Benue, killing over 12 people and abducted seven children. The attackers reportedly sacked Yaav…
Ayomidele Oluwasusi EKITI – Gun-wielding kidnappers have abducted some passengers of a bus in southern Nigeria. The 18-passenger bus was ambushed at Emure Ile in the southwestern state of Ekiti,…
Morakinyo Akinosun Nigerians paid a total of ₦2.23 trillion as ransom over the 12 months between May 2023 and April 2024, a report from the statistics agency has revealed. This…
Morakinyo Akinosun At least 43 persons have been reportedly kidnapped by armed bandits in Kakidawa, Gidan Goga district, Maradun LGA of Zamfara state, northwest Nigeria. The incident occurred on Sunday…
Morakinyo Akinosun An explosion killed multiple travellers along a road in northwest Nigeria on Friday, in what a local news outlets reported as “the third incident in less than a…
Kareem Abdulrahman A former member of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, from the northcentral state of Nasarawa, Dr. Joseph Haruna Kigbu, has been kidnapped by gunmen. Dr. Kigbu was reportedly abducted…
Olayomi Koiki Terrorists – locally dubbed as bandits in Nigeria have reportedly killed at least 10 farmers, including women and a Chinese national in Wayam and Belu-Belu villages in Rafi…
Morakinyo Akinosun ZAMFARA, Nigeria – Terrorists – locally dubbed as bandits in Nigeria have reportedly kidnapped dozens of villagers, including women, children, and the elderly in the northwestern state of…
Olayomi Koiki Tibor Nagy, a former United States Assistant Secretary of State for Africa Affairs has expressed concerns about the intensified insecurity in Nigeria under the President Bola Tinubu-led government.…
