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Amid Rising Wave of Kidnappings, Attacks, IGP Puts DIGs on The Run, Orders Interstate Security Clampdown

Against the backdrop of a worsening security situation marked by mass abductions, school attacks and renewed banditry across several parts of the country, the...

Schoolchildren Hostage Takers Shift Focus to Prisoner Swap, Reject Ransom Claims (+Video)

The terrorists holding 46 pupils and teachers abducted from schools in Oyo State have narrowed their demands to the release of detained members, according...

BETRAYED IN THE FOREST: Bandit Kingpin Seizes 50 Zamfara Elders on Peace Mission

What began as a desperate quest for peace ended in shock, fear and captivity after 50 community elders who ventured into a forest to...

Senator Karimi Says Insurgency, Banditry Will Fail as Kogi Battles Persistent Security Threats

Senator Sunday Steve Karimi, representing Kogi West Senatorial District, has expressed confidence that the current wave of insurgency and banditry confronting Nigeria will ultimately...

Police Rescue Former Minister Adelabu’s Sister, Twin Sons After Fierce Gun Battle; But Other Pupils, Teachers Remain in Forest

Relief and celebration swept through family members and residents on Saturday as security operatives successfully rescued Mrs. Olaide Busayo Adegoke John-Paul, younger sister of...

THEIR CHILDREN ARE ABROAD, OURS ARE KIDNAPPED: Eleven Years After Chibok, Why Nigeria Still Cannot Protect Its Schoolchildren

By Alifa Daniel (Editorial Consultant), with additional reporting drawn from the internet More than a decade after the abduction of 276 schoolgirls in Chibok shocked...

Adelabu Family Confirms Abduction of Sister and Twin Sons in Ibadan (+ Video of Kidnap)

The family of former Minister of Power and Oyo State governorship aspirant, Adebayo Adelabu, has confirmed the abduction of his younger sister, Mrs. Olaide...

Looted weapons from Libya found with terrorists in Nigeria

By NAN The United Nations (UN) says some weapons looted during the Libyan conflict in 2011 have ended up in the hands of extremist groups...

UPDATED: Owo Catholic Church Terrorists Sentenced to Death by Hanging After Landmark DSS Prosecution

UPDATED: Owo Catholic Church Terrorists Sentenced to Death by Hanging After Landmark DSS Prosecutio By Yemi Oyeyemi, Abuja Justice finally caught up with the perpetrators of...

DSS SMASHES ARMS NETWORK LINKED TO PAPIRI SCHOOL ABDUCTION, ARRESTS FIVE SUSPECTS INCLUDING TWO FOREIGN COLLABORATORS

● Recovers 15 AK-103 Rifles, 1,434 Rounds of Ammunition in Major Counter-Terrorism Operation In what security officials are describing as a significant breakthrough in the...

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