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Yoruba Nation advocate Sunday Adeyemo, widely known as Sunday Igboho, has confirmed that members of his private security outfit, Iru Ekun, who sustained injuries during an ambush by suspected bandits in the Old Oyo National Park, Oyo State, have fully recovered. Igboho disclosed this in a video message on Sunday, 28 June 2026, where…
Fifty elderly residents of Magamin Diddi village in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State remain in the grip of bandits more than two weeks after they were seized while attempting to broker peace with a notorious gang leader, even as Governor Dauda Lawal insists his administration will not negotiate with armed groups. The…
Peter Obi, the former Anambra State governor and a leading opposition figure ahead of the 2027 election, has declared his readiness to die for Nigeria, arguing that genuine leadership demands the ultimate sacrifice in the face of the country’s worsening security crisis. Obi spoke in a recent episode of the Black Box interview on…
Soldiers of the Nigerian Army, backed by the Air Force, have rescued Mrs Amina Abubakar, widow of the late Major General Rabe Abubakar, weeks after bandits seized her and her husband on a Katsina road, even as the military widened its offensive across the troubled state. The Defence Headquarters announced the rescue on Monday,…
Retired Major General Rabe Abubakar has died in the custody of bandits, the Katsina State Government has confirmed, bringing a tragic end to weeks of efforts aimed at securing the release of the former Director of Defence Information. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Dr. Nasiru Mu’azu, announced the development in a…
Activist and African Action Congress presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has called on the federal government to extend the demolition tactics deployed against kidnappers’ hideouts to the mansions of politicians and public officials accused of stealing public funds. In a statement on his X handle on Tuesday, Sowore argued that the looting of the public treasury…
A combined security team rescued twelve abducted passengers on Saturday after armed men intercepted two commercial buses in Ondo State. The victims were travelling from Benue State to Ibadan when gunmen struck at approximately 01:30 am. The attack occurred at Isua Akoko, the administrative headquarters of Akoko South-East Local Government Area. State police command spokesperson…
A joint team of security operatives has rescued Mrs Grace Ogunleye, the Vice Chairman of Ilejemeje Local Government Area, from her abductors. Gunmen intercepted her on Wednesday along the Ipere-Iludun Ekiti Road, abandoning her vehicle by the roadside. Security forces, tracking her captors through the forests, freed her less than twenty-four hours after the assault….
Suspected Boko Haram insurgents attacked a school in Borno State on Friday morning, carting away an unspecified number of pupils in what witnesses described as a swift and unopposed raid deep within a conflict zone bordering the dreaded Sambisa Forest. The attack occurred around 9 am at Mussa Primary and Junior Secondary School in…
Lagos police have arrested two men, Elijah Emmanuel, 23, and Tony Ekwen Ogenata, 21, for the abduction and murder of 17-year-old Thompson Adams. Adams, a candidate for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, vanished on April 22 while returning from his test. Commissioner of Police Fatai Tijani confirmed the arrests on Wednesday following an intelligence…
