President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday said those taking laws into their hands, bearing arms illegally and seeking to profit from a climate of fear and insecurity would be decisively dealt with. He spoke in Wudil, Kano, at the Passing-Out-Parade of the Cadets of the fourth Regular Course of the Nigeria Police Academy. He said his […]

  Eleven kidnapped passengers from the March 28 Kaduna train attack, who were released last weekend, have been reunited with their families. The victims were released by their abductors on Friday, following a series of negotiations with the Federal Government after spending eleven weeks in captivity. The eleven victims comprise six females and five males. […]

  Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has described the claims linking the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) to the church attack in Owo as mere speculation. He stressed that no evidence has confirmed that the terrorists were responsible for the attack which claimed many lives and left several others injured. “I am not going […]

  Gunmen have abducted about 40 traders who were travelling to Zamfara from Sokoto at the weekend. Journalists gathered that most of the traders were those selling phone at the Bebeji Plaza in Zamfara. Over 60 of the traders were travelling when the gunmen struck, but more than 20 managed to escape. Chairman of the […]

  The terrorists that attacked the Abuja-Kaduna bound AK9 train on March, 28, have released 11 out of the remaining 61 abducted train passengers, after almost three months in captivity. Alhaji Tukur Mamu, the negotiator and media consultant to controversial cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, said the 11 victims were released on Saturday. But one of […]

  Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has described last Sunday’s massacre of worshippers in Owo, Ondo state as a message to the people and the response of the people would be that they were not slaves. Professor Soyinka made the remarks when he paid a condolence visit to Governor Akeredolu in his office in Akure […]

  The Kaduna State Government has described as untrue, several reports suggesting that the bandits attack in Kajuru was carried out by terrorists who used a helicopter to shoot at their victims. While the government mourned the gruesome killing and burning of houses in the attacked locations, the Commissioner for Internal Security, Samuel Aruwan, said […]

  The Federal Government has linked the fighters of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) to the attack on a Catholic church in Owo, Ondo State. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, disclosed this Thursday while briefing State House reporters after a meeting of the National Security Council presided over by President Muhammadu […]

  Bandits kidnap Rev Fathers, set ablaze octogenarian, kill several villagers in Niger By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo In Kaduna State, about 32 locals were killed by bandits in separate attacks on 4 communities in Kajuru Local Government Area of the state. Journalists were told on Thursday that the gunmen attacked Ungwan Gamu, Dogon Noma, Ungwan Sarki […]

  Locals who fled from Kwari village in Jibiya Local Government Area of Katsina have said that over 80 people were kidnapped by bandits who invaded the community and set their food barns and local shops on fire. The over 2000 villagers who were now taking refuge at a primary school in Jibiya town, said […]