Exactly seven days after over 300 students were abducted from St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri in Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State, bandits have launched another deadly attack in Palaita community, Erena Ward, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State.

“We sent our children to go to school to learn, not to become political tools or objects of bargaining and negotiation”

A syndicate including a pastor who specialises in abduction, trafficking and sale of children have been apprehended by the Niger state Police command.

Venerable Edwin Achi was kidnapped alongside his wife and daughter on October 28, 2025

The Police Command in Ondo State on Wednesday arrested a suspected kidnapper and  rescued a couple in Itaogbolu community of Akure North Local Government Area of the state.

The DSS operative, who testified as the 6th prosecution witness (PW-6) in the ongoing terrorism trial of Mamu, told Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja.

The Kebbi Government on Wednesday confirmed that none of the 24 freed Maga schoolgirls suffered any form of sexual abuse while in captivity.

Tension broke out on Tuesday at the main entrance of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, after multiple rounds of ammunition reportedly tumbled out of a speeding passenger bus along the Zaria–Katsina road. A video posted on X by Zagazola Makama, a counter-terrorism platform, showed the incident unfolding directly in front of the university gate, sparking […]

Property and goods worth billions of naira were destroyed in a factory in Abubor Nnewichi, Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State on Wednesday.

The police command in Edo says it needs information that led to the arrest of one Timothy Gilbert, who allegedly doused his girlfriend, 40-year-old Angela Ogah, with acid in Benin City.

“For Dana, the problem is that it was a choice between safety and disaster. So we didn’t take the commercial thing as a priority. The priority was safety,” Keyamo said.

Suspected armed herdsmen on Monday evening attacked Agboda community in Mararaba Udege, Nasarawa Local Government Area of Nasarawa State and macheted one person on his way to a church crusade on the head, which disrupted the gathering.

Community sources alleged that the bride stabbed the victim while he was asleep and later went to a neighbour’s house asking for food.

An elderly woman was reportedly killed by a stray bullet during the assault on Isapa, near Eruku in the same Ekiti LGA

The UN condemned a surge in kidnappings in Nigeria, and called on authorities to take urgent steps to halt the attacks and try perpetrators