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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...

U.S. Lawmakers Move to Sanction Kwankwaso, MACBAN, Others Over Religious Violence as Military Ties Deepen

A group of five Republican lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives has introduced sweeping legislation aimed at holding the Nigerian government and specific...

If There Was No Christian Genocide, There Was Never Sheik Abubakar Abdullahi; We Cannot Mourn a Hero While Denying the Crime That Made Him...

By Jonathan Ishaku When the Nigerian government publicly mourned the death of Imam Abubakar Abdullahi in January 2026, it did so with language that was...

DSS Arrests, Arraigns Suspects Over 2023 Killing of Four Soldiers

The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested and arraigned two suspects in connection with the 2023 killing of four soldiers in Ashaka Aboh,...

Karma: Edo Police Close In on Kidnap Syndicate as Suspects Arrested in Victim’s Hospital

In a breakthrough in the investigation into the abduction of a medical doctor in Auchi, the Edo State Police Command has arrested three key...

Gang Violence Rocks Anambra Community as Police Probe Triple Killing

● President-General, alleged cult hitman among victims By Chuks Collins Awka Anambra State was thrown into shock on Friday evening following the killing of the President-General of...

Nigeria’s Defence Reboot: How Minister Musa Is Charting New Security Course

By Sabastine Abu In a significant departure from previous approaches, Nigeria's Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa (rtd), is spearheading a comprehensive, multi-dimensional strategy aimed...

In A Nigerian Village, Extremists Issued A Call To Prayer And Then Slaughtered Those Who Turned Up

WORO, Nigeria (AP) – Weeks after residents of two Nigerian villages ignored a letter from militants announcing they would come to spread their extreme...

Kwara Governor Arrives Kaiama With 1000 Soldiers in Bloody Week as Terrorists Kill Over 130 in 48 Hours

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has arrived embattled Kaiama Local Government Area  with 1,000 soldiers deployed on the orders of President Bola Tinubu to...

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