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Beaten, dehumanised – Rescued Niger passengers Recount How Bandits Treated Them In The Forest

Victims who were abducted from a Niger State Transport Authority (NSTA) bus last week, have narrated their experience in captivity. Some of them described the...

Kagara students regain freedom

27 pupils of Government Science College, Kagara, in the Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, kidnapped on Thursday, have regained their freedom. The abductees...

Gunmen kill Niger residents in Fresh Attacks

Some communities in Gurmana Ward of Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State have been attacked by gunmen. Reports revealed that Sarkin Zama, Bakin Kogi...

Bandits learnt kidnapping from Niger Delta militants, says Sheik Gumi

A popular Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi has said bandits learnt kidnapping from the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND). Gumi made the...

Army Dismisses Claim Terrorists Killed 20 Soldiers In North-East

The Nigerian Army has dismissed reports of killing of 20 soldiers by Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in the North-East Theatre...

Governors negotiating with bandits fuelling killings — Senate

The Senate has berated governors negotiating with bandits, saying such negotiations were fuelling banditry. The senators stated this on Wednesday during an extensive debate on...

Why Buhari is yet to proscribe bandits- Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said bandits cannot be proscribed in Nigeria because they don’t go by any name. Mohammed who...

INSECURITY: Buhari orders arrest of illegal arms bearers

President Muhumaadu Buhari has ordered arrest and prosecution of all illegal arms bearers in the country irrespective of their ethnic affiliation. Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina,...

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The first thing you feel when you land in Nigeria is about to change

By Bunmi Onabanjo-Kuku The first thing you feel when you land in a country is not its culture, not its...
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Cancel trips, return to protect Nigerians in S’Africa, Ezekwesili tells Tinubu

The Founder, School of Politics, Policy and Governance, Obiageli “Oby” Ezekwesili, has called on President Bola Tinubu to cut short his ongoing foreign visit to...

Why Obi, Kwankwaso’s Defection Is a Strategic Necessity in Nigeria’s Shrinking Political Space

By Alade Abiodun In a healthy democracy, defection is often viewed as opportunistic, even destabilising. In Nigeria’s current political climate,...

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The first thing you feel when you land in Nigeria is about to change

By Bunmi Onabanjo-Kuku The first thing you feel when you...

Cancel trips, return to protect Nigerians in S’Africa, Ezekwesili tells Tinubu

The Founder, School of Politics, Policy and Governance, Obiageli “Oby” Ezekwesili, has...