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The President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Bishop Wale Oke, has called on President Bola Tinubu to intensify military operations against bandits and terrorists, warning that the nation’s survival depends on crushing insecurity “without regard for sacred cows.” Oke made the remarks on Sunday in Ibadan, following the recent announcement by former…
At least 28 travelers, including men, women, and children, were kidnapped by gunmen on Sunday night in Zak community, located in the Bashar District of Wase Local Government Area, Plateau State. The abduction occurred around 8 p.m. as the group was travelling from Zak village to Sabon Layi community to attend an Islamic event,…
A Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound while under investigation for allegedly diverting police weaponry to criminal gangs in Niger State. The officer, DSP Isah Abdullahi, reportedly shot himself inside a secured armory on December 16, 2025, as auditors confronted him over significant shortages in arms and ammunition….
The worsening Zamfara insecurity has taken another grim turn with the killing of a former Vice Chairman of Bukkuyyum Local Government Area, Hon. Mu’azu Muhammad Gwashi, by suspected bandits despite the payment of a ₦15 million ransom by his family. Gwashi was reportedly abducted about five months ago and kept in captivity until he was…
Many parts of the country are still experiencing large-scale banditry, even though military operations are beginning to yield expected results. Armed groups have financed their operations through kidnapping for ransom, cattle rustling, human and narcotics trafficking, among other criminal activities. Recently, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi’s mediatory efforts seem to have yielded some intelligence reports that the…
Unknown gunmen had abducted 37 students from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Kaduna State, on 11 March 2021. They previously released 10 of them and recently threatened to kill the remaining students if concerned authorities did not yield to the demand for a ransom of N500 million. The threats met with public ululation particularly…
States in Northeastern region of Nigeria have been ravaged by activities of bandits who are currently on a wanton spree of kidnapping, rape and brazen attacks on local communities. While the menace cuts across the region from Zamfara to Kastina, Kaduna appears to be the epicentre now. This follows El-Rufai’s position that his government will…
More than 600 students have been abducted from schools in Northwest Nigeria since last year December. Zamfara State is the latest in this disturbing development in the country’s kidnap-for-ransom conundrum. The Jangebe abduction of nearly 300 schoolgirls was the second mass kidnap that had ravaged schools in less than ten days. Another kidnap was executed…
