Kidnapping spree escalates as FG negotiates hostages’ freedom

The released pupils Despite the reported intensified military operation against bandits, the criminals have continued their wave of terror, abducting 20 persons in Kwara and Kano between Monday night and Tuesday morning. The development comes barely 24 hours after 38 worshippers abducted from the Christ Apostolic Church, Oke-Isegun, Eruku, Ikere, Kwara State, on November 18, […]

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Abducted Kebbi schoolgirls’ release not a victory – Atiku

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has criticised the Federal Government over the release of abducted schoolgirls in Kebbi State, saying their freedom should not be presented as an achievement but as evidence of Nigeria’s worsening security environment. In a statement issued by his media office on Wednesday, Atiku said the return of the schoolgirls was […]

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Kidnapping crisis: Governors convene emergency session, school lockdowns rise

L-R: Governors Ademola Adeleke (Osun) represented by his deputy, Kola Adewusi; Biodun Oyebanji (Ekiti); Seyi Makinde (Oyo); Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos); Dapo Abiodun (Ogun) and Lucky Aiyedatiwa (Ondo) during the South-West Governors Forum meeting, at the Oyo State Governor’s Office in Agodi, Ibadan, on Monday, November 24, 2025. In response to the escalating security crisis in […]

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Now is time to establish state police, Southwest governors warn again

set up regional security fund, intelligence-sharing system move to tighten borders The Southwest governors have warned that now is the time to establish state police, as any further delay could be disastrous for Nigeria. Stressing the urgent need to establish state police, the governor’s declared emphatically: “The time is now. It can no longer be […]

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IPOB rejects life sentence for Nnamdi Kanu, says agitation not a crime

The Indigenous People of Biafra has rejected Thursday’s judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja sentencing its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, to life imprisonment on seven terrorism-related charges. In a statement on Friday by its spokesman, Emma Powerful, the group insisted that Kanu “committed no offence known to Nigerian law” and maintained that his agitation […]

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Kanu jailed for life: South East leaders rally for political solution

In a dramatic proceeding that lasted for over seven hours, Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, sentenced the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, to life imprisonment following his conviction on all seven counts of terrorism charges preferred against him by the Federal Government. But in a […]

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INEC okays Ibadan PDP convention, affirms Turaki leadership

says Ekiti election will hold By John Dike Osogbo The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reaffirmed the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by National Chairman Kabiru Tanimu Turaki (SAN) as the party’s legitimate leadership, while rejecting a request to postpone the upcoming Ekiti State governorship primaries. It  rejected […]

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Heavy security at PDP headquarters ahead of factions’ parallel meetings

Security has been heightened at the Peoples Democratic Party national headquarters in Abuja as two rival camps prepare to hold separate meetings at the same venue. In a video circulating online and posted by a news platform, Symfoni, armed policemen and patrol vans were seen stationed at the entrance of the party’s secretariat on Tuesday […]

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Atiku condemns Kebbi school attack, laments insecurity

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has condemned the attack on Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School, Maga, in Kebbi State, describing it as another tragic reminder of the country’s worsening insecurity. In a statement posted on his X handle on Monday, he said he was devastated by the incident, which claimed the life of the […]

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