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The forcibly displaced population across Nigeria’s Northwest geopolitical zone has climbed by 143,189 persons in just six months, marking a 22 percent surge that exposes the deepening humanitarian fallout from banditry and armed violence in the region. Fresh figures from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Nigeria Forcibly Displaced Populations dashboard, published…
Nigeria is contending with extraordinary levels of insecurity, with approximately 2.2 million kidnapping incidents recorded within a single year and ransom payments estimated at N2.2 trillion, a security expert, Prof. Oyesoji Aremu, has said. Aremu, a security scholar at the University of Ibadan and Acting Vice Chancellor of Achievers University, Owo, Ondo State, made…
Nearly one week after terrorists stormed three schools in the Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, abducting pupils, students, and teachers, the victims remain in captivity, with security agencies still engaged in rescue operations as misinformation about their release continues to circulate online. The Oyo State Police Command confirmed on Friday that no victim…
Armed bandits killed at least 18 people in Bunkasau village on Friday night during a raid in the Bukkuyum Local Government Area. Over 80 assailants arrived on motorcycles at approximately 9 p.m. and opened fire on residents. The Zamfara State Commissioner for Information and Culture, Mahmud Dantawasa, confirmed the death toll and noted that many…
Three young men were killed and one injured on Good Friday after suspected armed assailants ambushed a group of youths returning home from a mining site in Nyamgo Gyel, Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State, in an attack that has left the community in grief and renewed alarm over the state’s worsening…
Fresh violence erupted in Jos on Wednesday, barely hours after the Plateau State government relaxed a 48-hour curfew. Sporadic clashes broke out across several districts, shattering the brief window of “relative calm” promised by the authorities. Panic-stricken traders, who had only just reopened their stalls for the 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. business window, were…
In the famous Pirates of the Caribbean films, Tortuga is introduced as a place where disorder has settled in and made it comfortable. It is noisy, violent, indulgent, and strangely functional. People drink, fight, recruit allies, lose fortunes, and bury grievances all in the same breath. Authority is not absent, but it is weak, improvised,…
The United Nations, the United States, and Türkiye have strongly condemned the deadly Kwara attack, describing it as a heinous act that underscores Nigeria’s deepening security challenges, as global attention turns to the country’s counter-terrorism response. Authorities confirmed that at least 75 people were killed when gunmen attacked Woro and neighbouring Nuku communities in Kaiama…
The Nigerian security architecture achieved a major milestone by rescuing the remaining kidnapped worshippers in Kaduna. This successful operation liberated several individuals who were seized from a church in Kajuru Local Government. The Office of the National Security Adviser coordinated the mission alongside the Department of State Services. Furthermore, the Kaduna State Government provided…
Former President Muhammadu Buhari was deeply pained by his inability to do more to resolve Nigeria’s lingering security challenges before leaving office in 2023, according to his former Chief of Staff, Professor Ibrahim Gambari. Gambari said , insecurity remained one of the issues that weighed most heavily on Buhari, despite notable gains recorded during his…
