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Bello Hassan was seated in his classroom with a pen in hand, writing a test, when armed men stormed his school in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State and marched him into the forest at gunpoint. Fifty six days later, the 15 year old walked out of captivity carrying an unexpected message. “Since…
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…
Nigeria’s rank-and-file soldiers now take home a minimum of N100,000 a month, more than double the N49,000 they earned only a couple of years ago, yet the country’s defence chief concedes that the money flowing into the armed forces still falls short of what the war against insurgency and banditry demands. Defence Minister Christopher…
The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress are considering a joint nationwide strike to protest the worsening security situation across the country. Union executives began internal discussions following a string of high-profile mass abductions targeting schools, rural communities, and urban motorists. Organised labour leaders argue that the state’s inability to protect basic lives…
The Nigerian Air Force has deployed specialised aerial surveillance aircraft to track bandits who abducted dozens of school children and teachers in Oyo State. Armed criminal gangs seized 18 primary pupils, seven secondary students, and seven teachers during coordinated raids on communities in the Oriire Local Government Area. One teacher died during the initial assault…
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…
The Nigeria Labour Congress has declared absolute solidarity with the ongoing nationwide strike action organized by the Nigeria Union of Teachers. Labour President Joe Ajaero issued a stern warning to the federal and state governments regarding the unchecked expansion of the domestic kidnapping industry. The central union described the academic shutdown as a vital and…
The long-feared northern industry of mass school abductions has arrived in the South-West. A joint security force has trapped a gang of armed kidnappers within the Old Oyo National Park corridor. The gunmen had earlier launched a coordinated broad-daylight raid on three schools in the Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. The state government…
