Armed bandits on Saturday night abducted a bride, her bridesmaids, and several wedding guests in Chacho village, Wurno Local Government Area of Sokoto State, disrupting preparations for a ceremony scheduled the following morning. Residents said the attackers stormed the community around midnight, firing sporadically before whisking away the victims to an unknown location. Several women…
Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, has accused ECOWAS of inconsistency in its reaction to threats against democracy in West Africa, saying the bloc appears vocal when soldiers intervene but muted when elections are disrupted by technological failures. Writing on X on Sunday, Obi said the events in Guinea-Bissau — where authorities reported…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declared a nationwide security emergency, unveiling sweeping measures that include the largest police and military recruitment drive in recent years. In a statement on Wednesday, the President cited the resurgence of violent attacks across several states, stressing that “the times require all hands on deck.” Under the directive, the Nigeria…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan and other African leaders have condemned the recent coup d’état in Guinea-Bissau, describing it as an attempt to disrupt the democratic process just days after peaceful presidential and legislative elections. In a joint statement, Jonathan, speaking as Head of the West African Elders Forum; former Mozambique President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, head…
The Senate has directed its joint committee on security to investigate the sudden withdrawal of military personnel from Government Girls Secondary School, Maga, in Kebbi State shortly before bandits invaded the school. The committee is expected to submit its report within two weeks. The upper chamber also mandated the same joint committee to probe the…
A Department of State Services (DSS) investigator on Wednesday testified that Mr. Tukur Mamu lived “above his means” during the 2022 Abuja-Kaduna train abduction by a terrorist group. The testimony was given behind a witness screen at the Federal High Court in Abuja, where Mamu is facing terrorism charges. The 6th prosecution witness (PW-6) alleged…
The 24 schoolgirls abducted from Government Girls’ Comprehensive Science Secondary School (GGCSS) Maga in Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State on November 17 have been rescued unhurt after nine days in captivity. A combined team of soldiers, police officers, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) personnel, vigilantes and local hunters carried out the…
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday welcomed the release of the 24 schoolgirls abducted by terrorists in Maga, Kebbi State, last Monday. The gunmen attacked the school at dawn on November 17, kidnapping the students shortly after a military detachment had left the premises. The incident triggered similar kidnappings in Eruku, Kwara State, and Papiri, Niger…
The United Kingdom (UK) government has rejected Nigeria’s request to transfer Ike Ekweremadu, the former deputy senate president, to serve the remainder of his prison term in Nigeria. Ekweremadu is currently serving a prison sentence in the UK for organ trafficking.
Nigeria’s military leadership has launched a review into the alleged withdrawal of soldiers from a school in Kebbi State shortly before suspected terrorists abducted dozens of students. The Defence Headquarters expressed worry over the attack in a statement on Sunday, saying it was “deeply concerned” about the abduction of 25 girls from Government Girls Comprehensive…
