227 abducted from Niger State Catholic school

  The Niger state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) says “227 persons, including teachers and students” were abducted when bandits attacked St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary…

FG temporarily shuts 47 Unity Colleges over security concerns

  The federal government has ordered the immediate closure of 47 of Nigeria’s Unity Colleges. The directive, issued in a circular released on Friday, cites “recent security challenges in some…

Stop violence against Christians, Pentagon chief urges Nigeria

  US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met with Nigerian National Security Advisor Nuhu Ribadu, urging Africa’s most populous nation to take steps to curb violence against Christians, the Pentagon said…

Plateau shuts down schools over rising insecurity

  The management of the Plateau State Universal Basic Education Board (PSUBEB) has ordered the immediate closure of all junior and senior schools in the state. The PSUBEB described the…

Insecurity: Katsina shuts all public schools

  The Katsina State Government has ordered the immediate closure of all public schools across the state following escalating security threats and banditry attacks reported in several communities. Commissioner for…

Police warn against protest over abduction of Kebbi schoolgirls

  Kebbi State Police Command said on Friday that it received credible information that some non-governmental organisations are planning protests in the state over the abduction of schoolgirls in Maga.…

Identify Who Ordered Soldiers’ Withdrawal Before Kebbi Schoolgirls’ Abduction, Gov Idris Tells Military

  Governor Nasir Idris of Kebbi State has queried the withdrawal of military personnel from Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, shortly before the abduction of students by bandits. Idris…

US lawmaker condemns Niger Catholic school attack, kidnapping

  US Congressman Riley Moore has condemned the abduction of students and teachers from St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State. The lawmaker described…

How some Niger schoolgirls escaped when kidnappers’ car broke down – Eyewitness

  An eyewitness has narrated how some students of St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State escaped from their abductors.   Recall that armed…

Police speak on abduction rumour in Nasarawa school

  The Nasarawa State Police Command has denied reports claiming that two pupils of St Peter’s Academy, Rukubi, in Doma Local Government Area, were abducted during school activities, describing the…

Intelligence links school abductions to killing of terror commander in Niger airstrikes – Sources

Fresh intelligence has linked the recent abduction of schoolchildren in parts of Kebbi and Niger States to the killing of a notorious terror commander, Babangida, during Nigerian Air Force (NAF) airstrikes in Niger.

Kidnapping: Niger blames school for reopening despite closure order

  The Niger State Government on Friday condemned the kidnapping of pupils from St. Mary’s School in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area, saying the incident occurred after the school reopened…

BREAKING: Bandits Attack Catholic School In Niger State, Abduct Students

  Gunmen have reportedly kidnapped an undisclosed number of students during an attack on St. Mary’s Primary and Secondary School, Papiri, Niger State.   It was learnt that the attackers…

Tinubu directs Matawalle to relocate to Kebbi to oversee rescue of abducted schoolgirls

    President Bola Tinubu has directed Bello Matawalle, minister of state for defence, to relocate to Kebbi over the abduction of schoolgirls in the state. Twenty-five students were abducted…

Bandits kill Sokoto residents, abduct mothers, babies

  Suspected bandits have attacked Kurawa village in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State, killing two residents and abducting 15 others, including four nursing mothers and their babies.…