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Nigeria’s Mass terrorism trials, US labels and Tinubu’s political optics
Rita Olaniyi The United States’ decision to issue a travel warning on Nigeria, citing terrorism, kidnapping risks and civil unrest, has intensified scrutiny of the country’s security situation at a moment when authorities are staging one of the largest terrorism…
At least 30 killed in bandit attack on 3 villages
At least 30 people have been killed and several others are missing following a coordinated attack on three villages in northwestern Nigeria, authorities and residents said on Saturday. Armed gunmen on motorcycles launched the early-morning raids in the communities of…
Bandits Attack National Park Service Office in Oyo, Kill Personnel
Frank Okon Suspected bandits on Tuesday night attacked the old National Park Service (NPS) office in Oloka, Orire Local Government Area of Oyo State, killing an unspecified number of personnel. The Conservator of the Park, Tesleem Kareem, confirmed the incident…
2027 polls: Why must Tinubu concede 41 Unity Colleges to bandits?
Sopuruchi Onwuka The government’s announcement shutting down 41 unity colleges in the country following regular, smooth invasion and abduction of innocent kids in boarding houses signals loss of hope in the fight against banditry and Islamist insurgency in the country….
Village helpless as bandits kidnap 160 in twin attacks
Sopuruchi Onwuka It was a tale of hopeless tragedy in the Kuchi community in Niger State weekend when gunmen launched twin attacks unchallenged and spent several hours pillaging the villagers and kidnapping some 160 of them. The incident happened in…
FG orders troops to rescue kidnapped Kaduna students
Sopuruchi Onwuka The federal government has ordered immediate release of hundreds of school children abducted by mainly foreign ransom seeking bandits operating in the country. The mass rallying of school children in Kaduna marks the largest security affront by the…
Terrorists may overun Nigeria, 346 killed in Plateau
Group accuses government of complicit silence Resumption of killing in some communities in Plateau State means that terrorists operating in the country may expand their killing fields in no distant time. Gideon and Funmi Para-Mallam Peace Foundation which raised the…
Bandits kidnap 130 in Zamfara state
About 130 people, including women and children were on Sunday abducted when gunmen raided four villages in Zamfara state, worsening the spate of mass abduction of villagers in the Northwestern states of the country. State Commissioner for Information, Ibrahim Dosara,…
Bandits demand N30 m for abducted Katsina farm girls
Marauding bandits laying siege in the northwestern parts of the country have abducted some 22 children on whom they have slammed N30 million ransom. The number of abducted children who are mainly underage girls remain uncertain but police records showed…
Flood, banditry, inflation menace Nigerians with starvation
Sopuruchi Onwuka The prediction of hunger which has formed a consistent warning since the occupation of the farming communities of the country has been amplified by the prevailing spate of flood incidents that submerged vast farmland and wiped hopes of…
