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Zamfara Again: National Open University Bursar Nasiru Marafa Shot Dead in Zamfara

The Bursar of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Mallam Nasiru Gusau Marafa, has been killed in a shooting incident in Zamfara State,...

Pastor Killed During Abduction in Plateau State, Renewing Concerns Over Religious Violence: TruthNigeria reports 24 Bokkos clergy killed since 2013

By Masara Kim, TruthNigeria Pastor Emmanuel Hills and his wife, Scholastica, left their home in Bokkos, Plateau State, at dawn on Friday, August 28, expecting...

2027: ‘Cut their fingers’; ‘leave your husband’; ‘support APC or leave’ – troubling campaign rhetoric exposes the thin line between political mobilisation and intimidation,...

Nigeria's 2027 general election campaign has barely begun, but politicians and political appointees have already begun testing the limits of acceptable political speech. In the...

Two Extradited to U.S. for  Alleged Child Exploitation, Sextortion

Press Release   The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, August 26, 2026, facilitated the extradition of the...

15 NYSC members reportedly abducted; 11 rescued — Police

Families thrown into anxiety after corps members returning from Bayelsa orientation camp are ambushed on Kogi highway At least 11 people, most of them members...

The July Siege: Stephanos Foundation Report Paints Grim Picture of Violence in Nigeria

July 2026 left behind a chilling trail of bloodshed, abductions, burned homes and shattered communities across Nigeria, according to a report compiled by the Stephanos...

Bin-Per Massacre: Mangu Reels From Fresh Bloodshed as Plateau Faces Renewed Security Crisis

At least 24 reported killed as gunmen invade homes in Kombun; women, children among victims; mass burial held; homes and farms destroyed; Mutfwang orders...

Kupa Massacre: Kogi Assembly Demands Disbandment of Hybrid Vigilante Groups After 12 Die

...Lawmakers seek arms recovery, Forest Guards deployment as Assembly warns against fresh cycle of communal violence The Kogi State House of Assembly has called for...

(Video) Bundled Into a Car Boot: Viral Imo Arrest Rekindles Nigeria’s Police Brutality Debate

A disturbing viral video showing a young Nigerian being forced into the boot of a police vehicle has reignited nationwide concerns over police brutality,...

Death Without End: How Bandit Violence Turned Nigeria’s North-West Into a Landscape of Empty Villages as 21 Die in Sokoto

The latest attack on Tsamaye, a rural community in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State, is horrifying even by the grim standards...

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