Crime and Violence

Fresh revelations have emerged from the trial of five suspected members of the proscribed Ansaru terrorist group, with the Federal Government telling the Federal...

Justice Ibrahim Salim of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered that an alleged ransom negotiator for the Islamic State for West Africa...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Kaduna North federal lawmaker Mohammed Bello El-Rufai have called for urgent security intervention following the abducption of Ahmed...

Families say they raised millions of naira, borrowed money and sent representatives to deliver ransom to kidnappers holding their children. The police say sustained...

Nigeria has stepped up diplomatic pressure on South Africa following the deaths of three Nigerian nationals in separate incidents between September 18 and 21,...

By bbc.com US death row inmate Christa Pike is "conscious and speaking" after surviving a failed execution attempt in Tennessee last week, her lawyers say. Pike,...

A joint operation involving the Nigerian Army, Department of State Services (DSS) and the Western Nigeria Security Network, known as Amotekun, has killed a...

Tension has continued to mount in Asaba following the death of Mr Unity Ekpevbughe Adeda, a Deputy Director in the Delta State Ministry of...

Gunmen have reportedly demanded ₦30 million for the release of six Islamic clerics allegedly abducted in Zamfara State after attending a special prayer session...

The Plateau State Government has imposed an immediate dusk-to-dawn curfew on Barkin Ladi, Bokkos and Mangu Local Government Areas following a fresh escalation of violence that has left several people dead and heightened fears among residents. The restriction,...