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Update: FG denies AFP Probe Alleging It Airlifted Multimillion-Dollar Ransom to Free Abducted Niger School Pupils

An investigation by Agence France-Presse (AFP) has alleged that the federal government secretly paid a multimillion-dollar ransom to secure the release of up to...

Gunmen Attack Peter Obi’s Convoy in Oyegun’s Residence in Edo

Unidentified gunmen on Tuesday attacked the convoy of Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, at the residence of former Edo State Governor, John...

ADC, Obidient demand accountability, reject council election results

Grief, defiance and calls for accountability dominated separate press briefings in Abuja on Monday as the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the Obidient Movement...

Governor Radda Commends Security Agencies for Rescue of 21 Kidnap Victims in Katsina

Governor Dikko Umaru Radda of Katsina State has commended the Department of State Services (DSS), the Nigerian Army and the Nigeria Police Force for...

If We Can See Them, Why Can’t We Stop Them? Zamfara’s Insecurity Crisis Deepens as Governor Lawal laments

The night Moriki went silent, it was not because its people were asleep. It was because they were hiding. When gunmen stormed the farming town in...

How Gunmen Who Killed Church Members Were Linked to Location

A prosecution witness from Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) on Wednesday told a Federal High Court that mobile phone analysis placed five men...

Owo Church Massacre: DSS Witness Details Alleged Funding, Planning and Chilling Execution of Attack

The trial over the June 5, 2022 massacre at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Owo took a dramatic turn on Tuesday as a...

DSS Begins Probe of El-Rufai, Sons Over Alleged Role in Dadiyata Abduction, Explains Passport Seizure

The Department of State Services (DSS) has reopened investigations into the 2019 disappearance of government critic Abubakar Idris, popularly known as Dadiyata, alongside other...

U.S. Treasury Freezes Assets of 8 Nigerians Over Terrorism and Cybercrime Links

The United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has included eight Nigerian nationals in its latest sanctions publication, freezing...

Security Crisis Deepens: Niger, Kwara Badly Hit as 26 Killed After Display of 176 in Kwara

Communities across Nigeria’s Middle Belt and North-Central region are reeling from a fresh spate of deadly attacks carried out by armed bandits and suspected...

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