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An estimated 30,000 armed Fulani militants are currently driving rural insecurity and religious freedom violations across Nigeria. This disclosure forms the core of a new report by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. The document characterizes these fluid nomadic factions as some of the deadliest non-state actors operating within the country. Moving in…
Armed herders killed nine people during a night raid on Edikwu Ankpali in Apa Local Government Area on April 12. The victims ranged from a 29-year-old only son to a 78-year-old patriarch who fathered dozens of children. Villagers released the names of the dead to prevent the state from treating the massacre as a mere…
The terrorism trial of nine suspects charged in connection with the 2025 Yelwata massacre was abruptly suspended on Tuesday after one of the defendants collapsed inside the courtroom, forcing an adjournment. Proceedings had barely commenced around 10 a.m. when Alhaji Haruna Abdullahi, the third defendant, suddenly slumped in court. Prison officials attempted to…
ABUJA — The United States Congress has introduced a high-stakes legislative hammer aimed at Chinese mining interests and violent extremists operating within the Nigerian hinterlands. Titled the “Nigeria Religious Freedom and Accountability Act of 2026,” the bill seeks to dismantle a shadow economy where foreign miners reportedly fund insurgency. Specifically, US lawmakers allege that Chinese…
The Federal Government is preparing to arraign multiple suspects linked to the deadly Yelwata attacks before a Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, in what marks a critical test of the administration’s pledge to prosecute violent crimes and restore confidence in communities repeatedly scarred by communal bloodshed. The suspects, identified as having strong…
