Category: News
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Nigeria, US Agree on Enhanced Security Cooperation Framework
The Nigerian government and the United States have reached an agreement to strengthen bilateral security collaboration aimed at addressing the country’s security challenges, the Presidency announced on Sunday. A statement issued by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, said both countries have committed to the immediate implementation of a non-binding…
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Tinubu Orders Police Withdrawal From VIP Escorts, Approves Recruitment of 30,000 Officers
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the immediate withdrawal of police personnel assigned to guard Very Important Persons (VIPs) nationwide, ordering their redeployment to communities where they can focus on core policing duties. The directive was issued during a high-level security meeting held on Sunday at the State House, Abuja. Present at the meeting were…
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Anxiety mounts over fate of abducted 327 pupils
Punch Newspaper Parents, school owners and teachers in the country have expressed worry over increasing abductions of schoolchildren and the fate of the 327 pupils kidnapped in Kebbi and Niger states. They note that with the current trend, no one is certain of the next educational institution that may be attacked. Schools in the North…
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Police rescue 25 kidnapped victims, foil bandit attack in Zamfara
Zamfara State Police Command says it foiled bandits attack and rescued 25 kidnapped victims Friday night. In a statement, the public relations officer of the state police command, DSP Yazid Abubakar, said the rescued victims included 10 women and 15 children. He stated that they were kidnapped in Kuraje village of Damba area unit in…
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Soyinka Faults Trump’s Military Threat
Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, has faulted U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to deploy American forces to Nigeria. Soyinka spoke after meeting Governor Hyacinth Alia in Makurdi on Friday. The nonagenarian warned that Trump’s comments showed a “pre-set mindset” and ignored Nigeria’s complex security challenges. “You don’t just open your mouth and say, ‘I’m coming to…
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How Niger Schoolgirls Escaped After Kidnappers’ Vehicle Broke Down — Eyewitness
An eyewitness has described how some students of St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State, managed to escape after armed bandits abducted them early Monday morning. The attackers, who arrived on motorcycles around 2 a.m., fired repeatedly upon entering the school premises, forcing students and staff into panic as…
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Terrorism: Nnamdi Kanu Bags Life Imprisonment
The Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced the self-acclaimed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, to life imprisonment for terrorism. Justice James Omotosho said he sentenced Kanu to life imprisonment on counts one, four, five, and six, instead of a death sentence. He also sentenced the IPOB leader to 20…
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Federal High Court Convicts Nnamdi Kanu on Terrorism Charges, Rules Sit-at-Home Order a ‘Terrorist Act’
The Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, on counts one and two of the terrorism charges brought against him, ruling that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt. Justice James Omotosho held that Kanu’s declaration of a “sit-at-home” order across the…
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CAF Award 2025: Full List of winners
Celebrity footballer, Achraf Hakimi has won the CAF 2025 African Footballer of the Year award, following an outstanding season with both club and country. The 27-year-old Moroccan beat Egyptian forward Mohamed Salah and Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen to the prestigious honour, cementing his status as one of Africa’s top football talents. In other award categories,…
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Kebbi School Attack: First Escapee Emerges, Troops Hunt for Remaining Girls
One of the 25 schoolgirls abducted in northwestern Nigeria has escaped and is now safe, authorities confirmed on Tuesday, as local hunters and security forces intensify efforts to locate the remaining missing students, according to AP News. The girls were seized in the early hours of Monday when armed men stormed the Government Girls Comprehensive…