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Former Rep. Abba Anas Adamu: Sad, another dead delivered after ransom payment

The death of former Jigawa lawmaker Abba Anas Adamu after weeks in captivity has reopened one of Nigeria’s deepest national wounds: the grim reality...

Nigeria’s Security Crisis Deepens After U.S. Christmas Airstrikes, New Report Reveals

A new security analysis released by the Stefanos Foundation has painted a grim picture of Nigeria’s worsening insecurity in the months following the United...

Plateau: Attacks claim more lives, residents lament living in fear

By Yusuf Danladi Fresh violence has again rocked Plateau State as suspected gunmen reportedly killed at least 13 persons in a midnight attack on Ngbra...

ISWAP Storms Magumeri Military Base As North-East Insurgency Escalates

The Nigerian military has confirmed that fighters of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) launched a fierce overnight assault on the Forward Operating...

Police Move to Dismiss ASP Nuhu Usman, Five Officers Over Killing of Restrained Suspect in Effurun (+Video)

The leadership of the Nigeria Police Force has initiated dismissal and prosecution proceedings against six officers implicated in the fatal shooting of a civilian,...

Night of Terror in Plateau, Adamawa: How Rural Killings Are Evolving into a Deeper Crisis

Last Sunday night in Gako Village, Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State, the stillness was shattered by gunfire. By morning, a pastor, Rev....

RESCUE RACE IN KOGI: Gunmen Strike Orphanage, Children Freed as Search Intensifies

Fear and relief now hang side by side over Zariagi, a quiet settlement along the Kabba Junction axis of Lokoja, after a late-night raid...

Angwar Rukuba Killings: Plateau Moves Against Suspects as Court Orders DSS Remand

● Hearing adjourned to April 30 amid push for justice In a decisive legal move following the deadly Angwar Rukuba violence, the Plateau State Government...

Notorious IPOB/ESN Commander Arrested in Ebonyi State

By Obioha Victor Troops of the Nigerian Army scored another victory in the battle against insecurity and violent separatism in the South East as they...

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