Petrol tanker explodes, kills one, razes six shops in Anambra
A tanker conveying Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) exploded in Ozubulu, Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State, killing one person and destroying no fewer than six shops. The incident…
Yobe Orders Closure Of Boarding Schools Over Rising Insecurity
The Yobe Government has ordered the closure of boarding secondary schools in the state due to security challenges. This was contained in a statement by Mamman Mohammed, the Director…
Kebbi Varsity Shuts Down With Immediate Effect Amid Security Concerns
The management of Abdullahi Fodio University of Science and Technology, Aliero, in Kebbi State, has ordered the immediate closure of the institution, directing all staff and students to vacate…
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…



















