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Senator Adams Oshiomhole has thrown his weight behind the use of lethal force against armed criminals, faulting the Inspector General of Police, Olatunji Disu, for sounding apologetic about the shooting of suspects and insisting that officers should open fire on gunmen without hesitation. The Edo North lawmaker, who spoke on Monday during an interview…
Fresh bloodshed in Southern Kaduna has reopened Nigeria’s bitter argument over worsening insecurity, with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar accusing the administration of President Bola Tinubu of prioritising foreign applause over the safety of citizens. In a statement issued on Monday by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku, who is…
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday closed one of Nigeria’s most consequential terrorism trials by handing life sentences to two senior commanders of the Ansaru group, only for the Department of State Services to reject the punishment within hours and announce plans to seek a stiffer penalty at the Court of Appeal….
Terror walked into a Nigerian classroom again on Tuesday evening when armed men stormed Government Secondary School, Odo-Ekina, in the Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State, and seized the school principal, a National Examinations Council ad hoc official and four students who were seated for the ongoing NECO Senior School Certificate Examination. The Kogi…
Relief has finally settled over Eda Oniyo, a quiet farming community on the border between Ekiti and Kwara states, where fifteen worshippers snatched from a church more than two months ago are now recovering in hospital beds in Ado Ekiti. Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji walked through the emergency and children’s wards of the…
A worsening tide of armed violence has now uprooted more than 3.5 million people across the Lake Chad Basin, pushing one of the world’s most protracted humanitarian emergencies to what the United Nations refugee agency has described as a dangerous tipping point. The warning came from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, which…
The Oyo State Government has firmly pushed back against fresh allegations that it secretly paid money to the armed group holding dozens of pupils and teachers seized from three schools in Oriire Local Government Area, insisting that no ransom has changed hands as the ordeal enters its seventh week. The rebuttal came on Friday…
Examination halls turned into scenes of terror in Lassa town on Monday morning as gunmen stormed Government Day Secondary School in the Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State, abducting an unspecified number of students sitting the National Examinations Council Senior School Certificate Examination and killing at least one teacher. The attackers struck at…
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria has welcomed the death sentence handed to four men convicted for the June 2022 attack on St Francis Catholic Church in Owo Ondo State as a powerful signal that perpetrators of mass killings and terrorism will face severe consequences. The Federal High Court in Abuja delivered the…
The Nigerian Senate has formally commenced the constitutional process required for the establishment of state police, pledging full legislative backing to overhaul the country’s strained security architecture as banditry, kidnapping and violent crime continue to ravage communities nationwide. Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Yemi Adaramodu, confirmed the development…
