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ISWAP claims to have killed Brigadier General following Borno ambush

Promise Eze 18 November 2025 0

Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters claimed they killed Brigadier General M. Uba following the ambush of a convoy of soldiers and Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) operatives in Borno state. The attack occurred on Friday along Damboa Road near Wajiroko, where troops were

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25 Students Abducted as Bandits Attack Kebbi Girls’ School, Kill Vice-Principal

Dooyum Naadzenga 17 November 2025 0

Bandits have reportedly abducted 25 students from the Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School in Maga, Kebbi state, following a deadly pre-dawn attack that has plunged the community into fear and grief. The armed attackers, wielding sophisticated weapons, stormed the school around 4:00am on Monday, firing shots as they forced their way into the premises […]

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Interpol arrests 11 suspected terrorists in Nigeria during Africa-wide operation

Promise Eze 24 October 2025 0

The International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) has arrested 11 suspected “high-level members of several terrorist groups” in Nigeria. The arrests were made as part of Operation Catalyst, a joint two-month initiative by Interpol and AFRIPOL across six African countries — Angola, Cameroon, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, and South Sudan. In a statement, Interpol said the

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New terror group ‘Wulowulo’ emerges in north-central Nigeria—Governor Sule

Promise Eze 15 October 2025 0

Abdullahi Sule, governor of Nasarawa State, has raised alarm over the infiltration of a new faction of Boko Haram insurgents, known as Wulowulo, into the north-central region of Nigeria. Speaking on Monday during a stakeholders’ meeting with security agencies in Lafia, the state capital, Sule said the emergence of the group could worsen the already […]

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CAN to FG: End delay, denial over attacks on Christian communities

Awwal Owolabi 9 October 2025 0

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has urged the federal government to end what it called the “delay or denial” in addressing the ongoing violence against Christian communities across the country, especially in the north. In a statement issued on Tuesday, October 8, 2025, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, president of CAN, said Christian communities have continued […]

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Northern states turn to peace deals as bandit violence persists

Awwal Owolabi 8 October 2025 0

State governments and communities across northern Nigeria are increasingly striking peace deals with bandit groups as a means to curb persistent violence, according to data compiled by SBM Intelligence. The arrangements, which often include amnesty, rehabilitation, and safe passage, are designed to reduce attacks and kidnappings that have plagued the region for over a

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Housewife docked for allegedly threatening to kill ex- husband

our reporters 26 September 2025 0

A 38-year-old housewife, Temitayo Adefioye, was on Thursday docked in an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court Ibadan for allegedly threatening to kill her former husband. Adefioye, whose address was not provided is charged with assault, threat to life and conduct likely to cause the breach of peace. The Prosecution Counsel , Insp Olagoke Adegbenro told the court […]

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Again district Head, two women kidnapped in Plateau

Kingsley Chukwuka 23 September 2025 0

The district Head of Birbyang, Alh Zubairu Usman Garba and two other women were on Sunday night kidnapped in Kanam local government area of Plateau state by gunmen in the area. The gunmen, who stormed the community, shooting sporadically, abducted wife of the District Head but she later managed to escape from captivity. Our Correspondent […]

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106 Nigerians Arrested For Drug Offences In India -Report

Guest Writer 21 September 2025 0

By Agency Report A total of 106 Nigerians have been listed among 660 foreign nationals arrested across India on charges of drug trafficking last year. A report by the Indian Express also listed Nepalese (203) and Myanmarese (25) topping the list. Quoting data from the country’s Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) annual report, the medium noted […]

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Police arrest pharmacist over unprofessional treatment of patient in Bauchi

Samuel Luka 20 September 2025 0

The Police have arrested a pharmaceutical shop owner over unprofessional negligence and degrading treatment meted on a patient in Bauchi state. As contained in a crime bulletin made available to newsmen by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), CSP Ahmed Mohammad Wakil on Friday, the arrest was in response to a letter of complaint from […]

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REPORT: Nigerians most arrested Africans for drug crimes in India

Promise Eze 19 September 2025 0

No fewer than 106 Nigerians were arrested in India for alleged drug trafficking in 2024. The Indian Express, citing the Narcotics Control Bureau’s (NCB) annual report, noted that they make them the most arrested African nationals and the second-highest overall, behind only Nepalese citizens. The NCB said a total of 660 foreign nationals were apprehended across […]

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Plateau joint task force apprehends weapon fabricator

Kingsley Chukwuka 19 September 2025 0

Troops of joint security task force code named Operation Enduring Peace has dislodged an illegal arms manufacturing factory in Heipang district of Barkin Ladi local government area of Plateau State and apprehended the weapon fabricator with arms and ammunition recovered from the factory. The raid on the illegal weapon factory is in continuation of efforts […]

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Woman Burns Minor’s Private Part Over Witchcraft Suspicion

Samuel Luka 19 September 2025 0

Despite the efforts of the authorities to curb domestic violence, the ugly incident has occurred in Magama Gumau community, Toro local government area of Bauchi state where a housewife is reported to have brutalized a 7 year old girl by using a hot knife to burn her private part over allegation of witchcraft. An Activist […]

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Customs Intercept N5.1bn Worth Of Illicit Drugs From India, Canada at Lagos Airport

Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo 19 September 2025 0

Officers of the Nigeria Customs Service ( NCS), attached to the Murtala Muhammed Airport Command Ikeja Thursday, disclosed that illicit drugs worth over N5.1billion imported into the country from India and Canada has been intercepted The Customs Area Controller, Compt. Michael Awe, who disclosed this while showcasing the seized drugs at the Command’s headquarters in […]

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Violence threatens Benue’s role as Nigeria’s food basket – SBM Report

Awwal Owolabi 17 September 2025 0

Benue state’s status as Nigeria’s food basket is under threat due to unending violence that has killed thousands and forced farmers off their land, according to a new report by SBM Intelligence, a geopolitical research and consulting firm. The report, A Cycle of Carnage: Displacement, Insecurity, and the Failure of Governance in Benue State, says […]

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Police foil cult, robbery activities in Asaba, Ibusa, Arrest 63 cult suspects

Owen Akenzua 15 September 2025 0

Delta State Police Command on Sunday confirmed the arrest of no fewer than sixty three suspected Cultists, among others in its ongoing fight against criminal activities in the state. The Police Commissioner in the state, Mr Olufemi Abaniwonda who confirmed the arrest of the suspects to Journalists in Asaba, said that Operatives attached to the […]

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Banditry: Bauchi Muslim Parliament Backs Senator Buba’s Peace efforts

Samuel Luka 14 September 2025 0

The Bauchi State Muslim Parliament has declared total support for Senator Shehu Umar Buba’s peace initiative towards addressing banditry and other forms of criminality bedeviling Nigeria, especially the North. According to the Muslim group, the efforts of Senator Shehu Umar Buba, senator representing Bauchi south at the national assembly towards addressing security

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Police arraign accountant over alleged N4.5m fraud

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 13 September 2025 0

The police in Lagos on Friday arraigned a 27-year-old accountant, Oke Peter, before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court Lagos, over alleged N4.5 million fraud. Peter, whose address was not provided, is facing a charge of stealing, to which he pleaded not guilty. The Prosecutor, ASP Edet Ekpo, told the court that the defendant committed the […]

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Police sanction eight erring officers for misconduct in Ondo

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 13 September 2025 0

The Police Command in Ondo State says no fewer than eight officers of the command have been sanctioned for professional misconduct in the last two months. The State Commissioner of Police, Mr Adebowale Lawal, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Akure on Friday. Lawal said that the command […]

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ECOWAS debt: Court remands ECO Bank Legal Head over Perjury

Andrew Orolua 12 September 2025 0

The Head of Legal Department of the ECO Bank in the Northern Region, Ridwan Abdulwahab has been remanded at Kuje prison in Abuja following his arraignment on perjury and defamation of character. He was remanded on Thursday by Chief Magistrate Musa Sadiq where he was put on trial by the Inspector General of Police IGP […]