Tag: Security Crisis
Kidnapping Crisis Deepens Across Nigeria as Ransom Payments Hit 7.78 billion...
Kidnapping has grown into an increasingly lucrative criminal business across Nigeria, with armed groups collecting nearly 5.8 million in confirmed ransom payments in just...
Tinubu’s 2027 Reelection Campaign Begins as APC Faces Economic and Security...
Nigeria’s 2027 presidential campaign officially got underway Wednesday, putting President Bola Tinubu’s bid for a second term firmly at the center of the country’s...
Gunmen Kill 30 in Fresh Attack on Kaduna Village
At least 30 people were killed after armed men attacked Naridon village in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State, northwestern Nigeria, in a...
Nigeria’s RCCG Pastor Adeboye Faces Backlash Over Security Comments
Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, has come under scrutiny after remarks he made on Nigeria’s insecurity...
Peter Obi: “I am ready to die for Nigeria”
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Peter Obi, the 2027 presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Party, has declared his readiness to die for Nigeria, saying...
Nationwide Protests Demand Action on Nigeria’s School Kidnappings
ABUJA, Nigeria — Protests demanding urgent action on Nigeria’s school kidnappings spread Tuesday across Oyo, Ogun, Abuja, Lagos, Delta, and Plateau, as teachers, civil...
Makinde Responds to Fayose’s Kidnap Remarks, Calls Them Baseless and Says...
OWERRI, Nigeria — Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has fired back at former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose over remarks linking him to...
Zamfara Governor’s Chief of Staff Survives Gunmen Ambush
GUSAU, Nigeria (FN), The Chief of Staff to Zamfara State Governor, Moukhtar Lugga, narrowly escaped death Thursday evening when gunmen ambushed his convoy along...
Teacher killed and 25 girls Abducted in Gunbattle at Nigerian School...
Armed men stormed a girls’ secondary school in northwestern Nigeria early Monday, killing a teacher and abducting at least 25 students after a gunbattle...
