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- The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, has warned that armed groups have reportedly infiltrated parts of the South-West, claiming they are preparing for coordinated attacks across the region.
A fresh wave of diplomatic tension surfaced on Friday as Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka criticised President Donald Trump over his recent threat to deploy American forces to Nigeria.- Nigeria’s Federal Government has defended its slow pace in bringing alleged terrorist financiers to trial, insisting that the individuals believed to be sponsoring Boko Haram, ISWAP, and armed banditry can only be prosecuted after investigators assemble evidence strong enough to withstand international scrutiny.
Superstar Afrobeat star, Wizkid’s son, Boluwatife Balogun, well known as Champz has joined the voices speaking out against the rising insecurity and challenges facing Nigeria.
The Kaduna State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has advised Christian-owned schools operating on the outskirts of the state to shut down temporarily or revert to day-school format in response to rising student abductions nationwide.
A major political shift has emerged in Kano’s Rimin Gado area, where hundreds of New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) supporters have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), signalling growing realignments ahead of future political battles.
A growing body of accounts from residents in Papiri has shed troubling light on how armed men raided St. Mary’s Catholic Missionary School after repeatedly warning that the attack was coming.
Police in the United Kingdom have stormed the apartment of a popular Nigerian Tiktoker, Peller.
Public affairs analyst and PDP member, Dickson Iroegbu, has delivered a scathing assessment of Nigeria’s worsening insecurity, accusing President Bola Tinubu’s administration of responding too slowly to the wave of killings and kidnappings across the country.
An irate mob on Friday set ablaze a property suspected to be a criminal warehouse on George Akume Way in Makurdi, Benue State capital, following the discovery of stolen motorcycles and household items.