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As Army ‘threatens onslaught, Aba residents fret, contemplate relocation

There is palpable tension in the commercial city of Aba, Abia State, over the Army threat to hit back over the killing of its...

Two university students killed by their abductors in Kogi State

Two students of Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH) kidnapped have been killed by kidnappers. The two students were among other students kidnapped some...

As Leah Sharibu clocks 21, groups converge, call for prayers for her, 82 Chibok girls

On her 21st birthday and 6th year in captivity, the Nigerian girl security forces left behind in captivity, Ms. Leah Sharibu, will be remembered...

14 of 24 abducted Kogi varsity students rescued

Fourteen students of Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara in Kogi, abducted by bandits on Thursday night, have been rescued Mr Bethrand Onuoha,...

No word on kidnapped students as Senator Karimi makes case for State Police

By Ralph Omololu Agbana 48 hours after the kidnap of an unspecified number of university students from a university in Kogi State, there has been...

Military neutralises 715 terrorists, rescues 465 kidnap victims in April – DHQ

By Sumaila Ogbaje (NAN) Defence Headquarters says troops have eliminated a total of 715 terrorists and rescued 465 kidnap victims in ground and air operations...

Mande, member of gang that attacked Abuja-Kaduna train in 2022, arrested

Nearly 26 months after he allegedly  joined a group of terrorists to attack a train, killing several passengers,  collecting whopping sums to free many,...

AGF arraigns terrorists who kidnapped, killed Imo monarch; remanded in Kuje prison

By Yemi Oyeyemi, Abuja. The Federal Government on Tuesday at the Federal High Court in Abuja arraigned four suspected terrorists who allegedly kidnapped and killed...

Blunt Zamfara emir nails it: Foreigners, mineral resources behind insecurity in North/West

The Emir of Kwatarkwashi, His Royal Highness Abubakar Ahmad Umar, has blamed foreign collaborators, and the presence of mineral resources for the worsening insecurity...

Escaped Chibok girls languish while rehabilitated captors fare better as CAN wants govt to bring back 91 more

Some Chibok girls whe escaped from Boko Haram captivity have been lamenting the raw deal they are getting in the hands of government, noting...

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